Energies
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2026
·Vol. 19
·期 8
·1816
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IF 3.9
Jie Miao,Xichen Yang,Yongkang Zhou,Hao Wang,Gongchang Peng
P2/O3-type Ni/Mn-based layered oxides are regarded as promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) because of their high energy density. However, their practical application is limited by low initial Coulombic efficiency, sluggish Na+kinetics, transition-metal dissolution/migration and irreversible phase transitions during cycling. Herein, a controlled P2 phase was achieved through elemental ratio regulation, enabling systematic synthesis of a series of NaxNi0.4Co0.1Mn0.5O2(x-NCMO) materials with tailored P2/O3 ratios. The optimized composition (x = 0.8), containing 16.6% P2 and 83.4% O3 phases, achieves an optimal phase equilibrium, thereby maximizing the synergistic coupling between the two layered polymorphs. This biphasic architecture demonstrates significantly enhanced Na+transport kinetics and exceptional electrochemical performance, high initial capacity of 168.65 mAh g−1and excellent rate performance, maintaining 84.88 mAh g−1at 10 C, outperforming most reported P2/O3 biphasic cathodes. Structural analysis and electrochemical analysis reveal that elemental ratio regulation modulates the TM–O electronic structure, promotes electronic transport, and accelerates Na+migration. These effects collectively reduce polarization, stabilize the structure, and thereby improve rate capability and long-term cycling capacity retention. This work provides an effective design strategy for designing high-performance layered oxide cathodes with improved structural and interfacial stability.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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YuKai Hua,MingPei Tan,Ming Liu,Xiao Yu,Donghai Wang,Yong Liu
P2-type layered metal oxides are promising cathode materials for Na-ion batteries (NIBs), but they suffer from Na + /vacancy ordering and P2-O2 phase transitions during charge–discharge processes, resulting in rapid capacity decay and poor rate performance. In this study, a non-equimolar five-component medium-entropy strategy was employed to design a Na 0.67 Ni 0.19 Cu 0.07 Zn 0.07 Mn 0.60 Ti 0.07 O 2 (NNCZMT) material. Unlike equimolar high-entropy designs, Ni and Mn remain as the main components, with Ni providing high capacity through the Ni 2+ /Ni 4+ redox couple and Mn stabilizing the P2 structure. The introduction of Cu 2+ , Zn 2+ , and Ti 4+ , which have slightly larger ionic radii and the same valence states as Ni 2+ and Mn 4+ , respectively, allows for mutual substitution, synergistically promoting a solid-solution reaction and excellent Na + diffusion kinetics. The NNCZMT electrode delivers a high reversible capacity of 110 mAh g −1 at 10 mA g −1 , an initial Coulombic efficiency of 96.8 %, remarkable cycling stability (94.7 % capacity retention after 100 cycles at 200 mA g −1 ), and excellent rate performance (57.2mAh g −1 at 2000 mA g −1 ).
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2025
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Wei Gao,Hao Hu,Jinkun Xue,Yongrun Dong,Wen Li,Xia Zhao,Xiang Mao,Zequan Li
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable interest as fluorescent nanomaterials; however, their long-afterglow emission properties remain underexplored. In this study, we synthesized dual-mode afterglow CDs exhibiting room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) via fluorine-sodium (F, Na) co-doping, achieving an extended afterglow lifetime of 574 ms. Under 365 nm UV excitation, the afterglow emission persists for 14 s (naked-eye observation) and 40 s (instrumentally quantified), demonstrating exceptional temporal resolution. Na doping enhances afterglow intensity by 11.3 %, while fluorine doping reduces the singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔE ST ) to 0.036 eV, facilitating efficient Reverse Intersystem Crossing and enabling TADF behavior. These synergistic effects position the developed CDs as promising candidates for anti-counterfeiting systems, multilevel data encryption, and high-security optical tagging.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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Zikang Hou,Wen Zhang,Xiangze Kong,Qingjuan Ren,Zhiheng Wang,Yufei Qin,Zhiqiang Shi
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) offer compelling advantages for grid-scale energy storage, owing to their safety and cost competitiveness. However, the implementation of economically competitive cellulose separators in SIBs is hindered by oversized pore structures and insufficient electrochemical stability. Here, we develop a high-performance cellulose separator through in situ polymerization of a Bis[(3-methyldimethoxysilyl)propyl]-polypropylene oxide (BSPPO) coating on commercial substrates. The BSPPO modification synergistically optimizes pore architecture for homogeneous Na + deposition while expanding the electrochemical stability window to 4.87 V through functional group engineering. Crucially, the polymer coating enables a dual-pathway Na + transport mechanism, integrating high-rate ion conduction through pore channels with polymer chain-mediated transport, resulting in superior ionic conductivity (1.33 mS cm −1 ) and Na + transference number (0.69). Hard carbon||Na cells incorporating the 20 % BSPPO-modified separator demonstrate exceptional cycling stability, maintaining 99.5 % coulombic efficiency and 90.7 % capacity retention over 100 cycles at 2C. This work introduces a dual-pathway ion transport strategy, advancing cellulose separators toward practical high-performance SIB applications.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2025
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Yongyi Li,Wei Li,Zhigang Shao,Huiyang Xu,Shuanglong Li,Bo Wang,Xiaorui Huang,Shichao Jiao,Zhiwei Li
Photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide from water is regarded as an environmentally benign technology for energy storage and supply. Herein, a disordered K&Na-C 3 N 5 photocatalyst co-intercalated with K + &Na + and modified by cyano/hydroxyl groups is successfully fabricated via alkali-activated thermal-polymerization. Alkali activation effectively anchors cyano and hydroxyl active groups on the surface: hydroxyl groups enhance the material's hydrophilicity and promote proton transfer, while cyano groups exhibit electron-attracting characteristics to localize photogenerated electrons. Simultaneously, interlayer intercalation of K + &Na + forms electron transport channels, synergistically facilitating surface proton transfer and optimizing charge distribution. This multi-component modification strategy significantly enhances the adsorption capacity of O 2 , effectively modulates the 2e − ORR pathway, and improves the selectivity of H 2 O 2 , demonstrating its excellent bifunctional properties. Experimental data show that the optimally alkali-activated K 3 &Na 3 -C 3 N 5 achieves a remarkably high H 2 O 2 production rate of 26,920.49 μmol g −1 ·h −1 — a 90.3-fold increase over unmodified C 3 N 5 . This work pioneers alkali activation as a universal and scalable paradigm for engineering surface-active sites to enable performance amplification through functional group-metal ion cooperativity, and it provides a design blueprint for advanced carbon nitride-based photocatalysts to boost H 2 O 2 fuel cell performance.
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Advanced Energy Materials
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 13
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Yuzhuo Zeng,Weijing Bai,Jianhui Zhu,Maowen Xu,Jian Jiang
Intrinsically weak metal affinity and sluggish sodium (Na) nucleation/molten fluidic transport of conventional hosts impede the fabrication of high-capacity Na anodes. Mediating surface free energies (SFEs) of hosts and reinforcing their intermolecular attraction to viscous Na fluids can radically solve these problems. Herein, “canaled” tin oxide nanorod arrays grown on a 3D carbon cloth (CC) matrix exhibit distinct polar/nonpolar SFE components that markedly elevate the solid–liquid wettability for molten Na is reported. Such nanocanal defects render strong capillary forces for spontaneous molten Na imbibition and help to instantly activate Na─Sn alloying and Na nucleation reactions. Furthermore, sodiophilic Na 15 Sn 4 interlayers evolved in former alloying procedures also aid in reducing Na nucleation energy barriers and guide the planar electro-deposition/dispersion, alleviating the uncontrolled Na dendrite growth. The derived Na/Na 15 Sn 4 /CC anodes can thus keep stable after 2000 h of galvanostatic cycling at 1 mA cm −2 or high-rate testing, without notable dendritic formation. The packed full cells also show superior rate capability and cyclability (capacity retention over 91.5% after all cycling at 1 C). This work provides a smart nano-engineering way to trigger a fast infusion of molten metals into hosts and synergistically facilitate Na fluidic transport, which may push forward the scalable application of Na metal batteries.
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纳米工程
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金属电池
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界面化学
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先进功能材料
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Energy & Environmental Science
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2016
·Vol. 9
·期 4
·1430-1438
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IF 25.427
Yong Jiang,Min Wei,Jinkui Feng,Yuchen Ma,Shenglin Xiong
Room-temperature Na-ion batteries (NIBs) have been generally expected to offer a hopeful perspective for renewable energy storage applications on a large scale. However, a shortage of appropriate anode materials for NIBs has hindered their large-scale applications. Here, we report the strong chemical bonding of tin sulfide on amino-functionalized graphene that is prepared by a facile amine-thermal reaction. In contrast to previous reports on graphene-based composite electrodes, our strategy has the following merits: the one-step formation of amino-functionalized reduced grapheme oxide (RGO) from GO and tight contact of SnS2 nanocrystals at an amino-functionalized graphene interface. This concept has been demonstrated by experimental results which are in congruence with first principles theoretical calculations. When investigated as an anode material for NIBs, the composite maintained a capacity of 680 mA h g−1 after cycling for 100 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g−1, and 480 mA h g−1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g−1. The outstanding performance results from the unique structure of the hybrid nanosheets.
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2022
·Vol. 34
·期 47
·2206039
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IF 32.086
Yangyang Lai,Huixian Xie,Peng Li,Biao Li,Along Zhao,Laibing Luo,Zewen Jiang,Yongjin Fang,Shengli Chen,Xinping Ai,Dingguo Xia,Yuliang Cao
The anionic redox reaction (ARR) has attracted extensive attention due to its potential to enhance the reversible capacity of cathode materials in Li/Na-ion batteries (LIBs/SIBs). However, the understanding of its activation mechanism is still limited by the insufficient mastering of the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics. Herein, a series of Mg/Li/Zn-substituted Na x MnO 2 and Li x MnO 2 cathode materials are designed to investigate their ARR behaviors. It is found that the ARR can be activated in only Li-substituted Li x MnO 2 and not for Mg- and Zn-substituted ones, while all Mg/Li/Zn-substituted Na x MnO 2 cathode materials exhibit ARR activities. Combining theoretical calculations with experimental results, such a huge difference between Li and Na cathodes is closely related to the migration of substitution ions from the transition metal layer to the alkali metal layer in a kinetic aspect, which generates unique Li(Na)–O–□ TM and/or □ Li/ Na –O–□ TM configurations and reducing reaction activation energy to trigger the ARR. Based on these findings, an ion-migration mechanism is proposed to explain the different ARR behaviors between the Na x MnO 2 and Li x MnO 2 , which can not only reveal the origin of ARR in the kinetic aspect, but also provide a new insight for the development of high-capacity metal oxide cathode materials for LIBs/SIBs.
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Energy Storage Materials
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2021
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Yuansheng Shi,Zhizhen Zhang,Pengfeng Jiang,Ang Gao,Kangwan Li,Qinghua Zhang,Yang Sun,Xueyi Lu,Dapeng Cao,Xia Lu
Layered sodium transition metal oxides (NaTMO 2 ) have garned considerate attention as candidates for cathode materials in practical Na-ion batteries because of their potentially high energy density and operating voltage. Among the several categories (P2, P3, O3) of layered NaTMO 2 materials, P3 type cathodes are least studied due to the fast capacity/voltage fading induced by P3-O3 phase transition, as shown by the very few compositions visited in previous reports. It is highly desirable to stabilize the P3 phase throughout the sodium extraction/insertion process as P polytype allows facile migration of Na + -ions between two adjacent prismatic sites. In this work, we synthesized a phase pure P3-Na 0.75 Mg 0.08 Co 0.10 Ni 0.2 Mn 0.60 O 2 (P3-MNCM) via the incorporation of Mg, while successfully maintains the P3 structure during the charging/discharging process. This together with good ionic conductivity , endows good structural reversibility, and consequently leads to superior cycling performance and rate performance than undoped composition. In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) further verifies that P3-MNCM cathode demonstrates a near zero strain feature. Of special importance is that the P3-O3 phase transition is effectively suppressed with the incoporation of Mg into the transition metal layer. These findings demonstrate the potential of P3 structure as a promising choice for Na ion cathode materials, which open a feritile avenue and will hopefully inspire more endeavors in the exploration of high performance sodium ion batteries.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Zhiya Lin,Zhilong Wu,Hanyi Lin,Yidan Chen,Hai Jia,Quanlin Chen,Xiaohui Huang,Shaoming Ying
Heterostructured anode materials have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their ability to optimize interfacial structures between different components. This design not only facilitates the formation of stable solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) films but also enhances the overall electrochemical performance, including battery capacity and cycle stability. In this study, a novel N -doped carbon-modified NiSe 2 /FeSe 2 heterostructure combined with carbon nanotubes (NC@NFS/CNTs) composite was successfully synthesized via co-precipitation and gas-phase selenization. This material was subsequently applied as an anode for Na-ion batteries (NIBs). Based on the synergistic effect of the interfacial properties of the heterostructure and the highly conductive nature of CNTs, the NC@NFS/CNTs composite exhibited excellent electrochemical stability and superior long-term durability. The battery retains a capacity of 332.4 mAh g −1 after 5000 charge/discharge cycles a current density of 5 A g −1 . Moreover, the capacity retention rate remains as high as 77 % even after 10,000 cycles at an ultra-high current density of 40 A g −1 . Ex-situ XPS and XRD analyses, along with low-temperature EIS tests, demonstrate that the Na + storage properties of the NC@NFS/CNTs electrode are significantly enhanced. This improvement is primarily attributed to the heterojunction structure and the presence of highly conductive phases (CNTs and N -doped carbon layers), which effectively improve the electrode’s kinetic performance and enhance the stability of the SEI film.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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Yanyan Ma,Hongwei Zhang,Haofei Cong,Yuxiao Wang,Shuwen Xin,Peilong Xu,Yuanbin Qin,Guangxu Xu,Xiaochan Kang,Fengyun Wang
Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are considered satisfactory anode candidates for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their high energy density and modest plateau. However, the TMPs anode suffers from poor cycling and rate properties owing to the negative effects of severe volumetric expansion and sluggish reaction kinetics. Herein, a novel structure of porous core/shell CoP@N-C nano polyhedral embedding on 2D MXene nanosheets (CoP@N-C/MXene) was synthesized by self-assembly and in-situ phosphorization methods. The porous CoP@N-C with the unique core/shell structure benefits the infiltration of electrolytes and alleviates the volumetric change. Besides, high-conductive 2D MXene nanosheets could enhance electrical conductivity and charge transfer kinetics, and effectively inhibit CoP@N-C pulverization and agglomeration. Based on the above advantages, the as-prepared CoP@N-C/MXene anode delivers an excellent cycling capacity, outstanding rate capability and low-temperature high-rate capability. This synthetic strategy of CoP@N-C/MXene architecture can be extended to other materials which are promising for SIBs electrodes.
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Small
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2022
·Vol. 18
·期 16
·2105738
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IF 15.153
Man Yuan,Chenyang Meng,Ang Li,Bin Cao,Yue Dong,Dengke Wang,Xuewei Liu,Xiaohong Chen,Huaihe Song
Fast charging rate and large energy storage are key requirements for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in electric vehicles. Developing electrode materials with high volumetric and gravimetric capacity that could be operated at a high rate is the most challenging problem. In this work, a general multi-interface strategy toward densified carbon materials with enhanced comprehensive electrochemical performance for Li/Na-ion batteries is proposed. The mixture of graphene oxide and sucrose solution is sprayed into a water/oil system and furtherly carbonized to get graphene/hard carbon spheres (GHSs). In this material, abundant ingenious internal interfaces between the crystalline graphene and the carbon matrix are created inside the hard carbon spheres. The constructed interfaces can not only work as a pathway for the escape of volatile gas generated during sucrose pyrolysis to prevent the formation of abundant pores, which leads high packing density of 0.910 g cm –3 and low surface area of 13.3 m 2 g –1 , but can also provide a conductive “highway” for ions and electrons. When used as the anode material for both LIBs and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), the GHS shows the high gravimetric/volumetric reversible capacities, high-rate performance, and low temperature properties simultaneously, implying the great potential application in practical LIBs and SIBs.
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