Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00888G, Paper Qiao Gu, Mingtao Huang, Bingyu Huang, Wenhui Jiang, Ting Hu, Dirk Lützenkirchen-Hecht, Kai Yuan, Yiwang Chen CNT–X–Fe catalysts were prepared by tethering Fe(Phen) 2 to electron bridge (phenol, thiophenol, and pyridine)-functionalized carbon nanotubes to reveal the relationship between the spatial electron bridge and the ORR performance. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00038J, Paper Shuang Liu, Chong Xu, Sai Che, Guang Ma, Gong Cheng, Yuci Tian, Puyu Wang, Rui Wu, Jia-Qi Huang, Yongfeng Li, Jiangyan Wang A strategy using an electric field-sensitive solubilizing additive is developed to improve ionic conductivity and interfacial stability for stable lithium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06850A, Paper Haofeng Liu, Feng Zhou, Zekai Zhang, Haodong Wang, Hanqing Liu, Zhihao Ren, Endian Yang, Zhengdong Ma, Tongle Chen, Pratteek Das, Changde Ma, Ao Leng, shihao Liao, Xiong Zhang, Yabin An, Cheng Lian, Yanwei Ma, Hui-Ming Cheng, Zhong-Shuai Wu Electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) with a high energy density for ultralow-temperature use are crucial for polar and space explorations, but hindered by the lack of suitable electrolytes and electrodes. We... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00760K, Review Article Saisai Qiu, Haolin Zhu, Jia Xie, Shijie Cheng Anode-free sodium metal batteries (AFSBs) offer a compelling route toward high-energy and sustainable electrochemical storage by eliminating excess sodium and inactive anode hosts. Yet their practical viability is fundamentally limited... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00098C, Paper Zihui Yuan, Yingxia Zhao, Yue Sun, Yingying Xu, Yuanhong Zhong, Shaomin Peng, Ming Sun, Ning Yan, Youwen Liu, Lin Yu We introduce a protective interfacial water film strategy, where a highly ordered hydrogen-bonded network in the outer Helmholtz plane (OHP) leverages strong covalent O–H bonds and dense ice-like ordering to physically block Cl − ingress. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07230A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Juri Becker, Luca Schuster, Sascha Kremer, Till Fuchs, Juergen Janek "Reservoir-free" construction of solid state batteries could circumvent the handling of reactive lithium metal foils and further increase the energy density. Metallic interlayers could play an important role in the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07649H, Paper Baoquan Liu, Yanzeng Ge, Changfeng Lin, Haizhen Jiang, Tianyu Qiu, Jing Li, Hui Zhang, Jinlin Yang, Xinlong Tian Rechargeable lithium-chlorine (Li-Cl2 ) batteries represent a promising high-energy-density technology for use in large-scale applications. However, conventional cathodes suffer from weak interactions with Cl 2 and uneven LiCl deposition, resulting... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07165H, Paper Huan Li, Zhiqin Ying, Wenfeng Liu, Xin Li, Fanshu Kong, Ziyu He, Haofan Ma, Yunyun Yu, Rui Li, Meili Zhang, Yan Zheng, Xuefeng Hu, Yuheng Zeng, Luyao Zheng, Xi Yang, Jichun Ye The thermal evaporation of the Cr film prevents ambient air exposure and induces n-type doping in C 60 , thereby improving interfacial adhesion. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00643D, Paper Yuezhang He, Zhenqian Wang, Mohamed Atouife, Daniel De Castro Gomez, Xin He, Omar Hurtado Perez, Xingyuan Yang, Tianduo Peng, Jesse D Jenkins, Zheng Li Addressing climate change requires decarbonizing the iron and steel industry, which accounts for about 7% of global CO₂ emissions. Hydrogen-based direct reduced iron with electric arc furnaces (H₂-DRI-EAF) emerges as... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05955K, Paper Xingguo Zhong, Peipei Du, Ziwen Yang, Gaofeng Du, Xinqi Wei, Haoyue Liang, Xuhao Liu, Yalun Li, Wei Liang, Jinxing Huang, Yanpeng Guo, Xizheng Liu, Tianyou Zhai, Huiqiao Li An innovative upcycling strategy for the one-step reconstruction of random spent LiCoO 2 into high-value Li 6 CoO 4 , boosting the recycling profit tenfold compared to direct recycling methods. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03704B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Minwoo Lee, George Kwesi Asare, Tommy H. Richards, Dong Gyu Lee, Tae Kyung Lee, Jongsung Park, Juhong Oh, Jihoo Lim, Martin A. Green, Xiaojing Hao, Dohyung Kim, Helen Hejin Park, Jae Sung Yun In response to the lack of standardized space testing, this work establishes an accelerated thermal shock protocol to rigorously evaluate the stability of space-compatible perovskite solar cells. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06797A, Paper Minhao Yang, Shiang Zhao, Yanlong Zhao, Haoran Sun, Huarui Yan, Chong Zhang, Jiajun Qu, Jun Liu, Bobo Tian, Zhi-Min Dang Flexible dielectrics for high-temperature electrostatic energy storage suffer from poor thermal stability, low insulation strength and inferior charge-discharge performances at elevated temperatures and high electric fields. Constructing a crosslinked structure... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05591A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Zipeng Liu, T Terlouw, Patrick Frey, Christian Bauer, Russell McKenna Low-carbon fuels (LCFs) such as green hydrogen, synthetic hydrocarbons, and biofuels are critical for decarbonizing sectors that are difficult to electrify. In this study, we present a globally harmonized techno-economic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07058A, Paper Jie Sun, Xiaoyi Wang, Shaojie Zhang, Yu Cao, Haochen Gong, Mengting Zheng, Jun Lu The initial irreversible capacity loss (ICL) during the first charging process greatly reduces the affordable energy and power densities of commercial Li-ion batteries (LIBs). Though various solid-phase prelithiation additives have... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06034F, Paper Minghui Wang, Xihui Li, Peng Zhang, Zhaoxu Wang, Shumeng Hao, Shuang He, Xuan Qin, Guangmin Zhou, Weidong Zhou Advancing clean energy and waste recycling is essential for green ecology. Here, we propose a strategy of upcycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes into polymer electrolytes through depolymerizing PET and then... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06849E, Review Article YuChun Zeng, Hao Zhong, Yuhuo Luo, Qianhong Huang, Xiaoming Lin, Jun Liu Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted considerable attention for large-scale energy storage owing to their low cost, high safety, and resource abundance. Among various anode materials, hard carbon stands out for... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07479G, Paper Yongchuan Liu, Hengyang Zhu, Chenyu Wang, Guihuang Fang, Xiangxin Zhang, Baisheng Sa, Yuanqiang Chen, Ying Liu, Lunhui Guan, Yining Zhang High-voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs) face a critical barrier to practical deployment: conventional electrolytes fail to stabilize both the cathode and anode interfaces, triggering rapid degradation and safety risks. To... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06609C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Min Jae Lee, Xuanjie Wang, Tae Han Kim, Rohith Mittapally, Won Sik Kim, Young Ko, Bong Jae Lee, Jae Hyun Song, Hyung Jun Lee, Doo Nam Moon, Seung Hwan Ko, Gang Chen A scalable transparent radiative cooling film for vehicles can reduce the cooling load by 20% and cut annual carbon emission by 25.4 megatons of CO 2 , equivalent to removing over 5 million gasoline cars from the road. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06502J, Perspective Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Xingyu Ding, Xianbiao Fu The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays a pivotal role in sustainable hydrogen production and the transition to a carbon-neutral energy future. Traditionally, HER catalyst design has focused on optimizing as-synthesized... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06010A, Paper Zhenwei Li, Zhiyu Zou, Hengyuan Hu, Jie Chen, Mengchuang Liu, Ping Liu, Wenhua Zhang, Chang Lu, Zhaoxin Meng, Yongqiang Ji, Jie Yu, Meisheng Han, Yuliang Cao Understanding and regulating the interfacial Na+-storage kinetics of MoS2 anodes remains a key challenge for sodium-ion batteries. Here, Co-doped MoS2 is employed as a model to elucidate, from the perspective... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06986F, Paper Yiyang Hu, shao-jian zhang, Han Wu, Qianru Chen, Pengfang Zhang, Junnan Hao, Shizhang Qiao Aqueous zinc–iodine (Zn–I2) batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to inherent safety and environmental compatibility. However, their application is hindered by serious polyiodides shuttling, limited iodine conversion... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05863E, Review Article Suo Li, Libo Li, Hang Yang, Zhixuan Wang, Xiangrui Deng, Wenyi Lu, Wenhao Xu Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries promise exceptional theoretical energy density but face persistent challenges, notably polysulfide shuttling and sluggish redox kinetics. High-entropy materials (HEMs), leveraging their distinctive configurational entropy and unparalleled compositional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06121K, Paper Xueming Dang, Shuai Wu, Qian Li, Xiaorong Gan, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Dangyuan Lei, Huimin Zhao An oxygen spillover strategy achieves O* transport from metal atoms to couple with OH* on carbon atoms, then formation of OOH* in peroxy–ether intermediates for H 2 O 2 synthesis by Ni-CDs/COFs from H 2 O. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06908D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Siddhartha Nanda, Andrei Dolocan, Ayrton Yanyachi, Saurabh S. Satpute, Doosoo Kim, Kami Hull, Donal P Finegan, Ofodike Ezekoye, Hadi Khani Potassium(K)-ion batteries are an attractive alternative to lithium-ion due to their resource abundance, graphite-anode compatibility, manufacturability, and reduced reliance on critical metals. Yet their thermal safety remains poorly defined. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00134C, Review Article Madhusudhana M Devadiga, Subham Sarangi, Anushree S Bhat, Magdalena Osial, Kuruvilla Joseph, Sunday Olusegun, Jagdeep Singh, Nannan Wang, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, Jr., Santosh K. Tiwari Despite decades of research on CO 2 capture and conversion, translating laboratory advances into products for widespread public use remains elusive. This review argues that the persistent emphasis on incremental... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06874F, Paper Mengxiao Li, Yu Li, Huijie Wang, Mingjun Hu, Jun Yang Aqueous alkaline nickel-based batteries are regarded as ideal candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high safety and inherent low cost, but they are plagued by the toxicity, side... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06795B, Paper Xijun Liu, Le Zhang, Qiangchao Sun, Shuyu Bi, Min Lin, Guanghui Cao, Xionggang Lu, Hongwei Cheng Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising for renewable energy storage due to their inherent safety and reliability. However, zinc anodes are plagued by parasitic reactions, particularly under high-current-density conditions,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05711F, Paper Xinhua Zheng, Bibo Han, Chaofan Liu, Ruilin Li, Cheng Chao Li, Shikai Liu, Faxing Wang, Yuping Wu Developing practical zinc (Zn) batteries necessitates taming Zn electrodeposition at source to suppress associated unfavorable reactions while enhancing Zn utilization efficiency at commercially relevant areal capacities (≥10 mAh cm-2). This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05398F, Review Article Liyu Zhu, Hongbin Yang, Kun Liu, Wei Li, Yinjiao Tang, Xiaomin Li, Ting Xu, Lin Dai, Chuanling Si Growing environmental imperatives are driving the need to substitute petroleum-derived materials with renewable and sustainable alternatives to enable the production of biodegradable and carbon-neutral products. As a naturally abundant and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06107E, Paper Long Pan, Kaining Cao, Mufan Cao, Min Gao, Yuan Zhang, Yang Zhou, ZhengMing Sun A dilute electrolyte–heterostructure interlocking strategy that couples a Te/ZnSe heterostructure with a dilute NH 4 Ac electrolyte is proposed to trigger and sustain the reversible Te ↔ amorphous TeO 2 conversion for durable aqueous batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06723E, Paper Yanzhi Li, Yuhan Chen, Zhiyuan Li, Yuxin Cui, Lu Cheng, Ke Cao, Ying Han, Wenfeng Liu, Yao Zhou High-temperature electrostatic capacitors are essential for advanced power electronics and energy systems, yet most polymer dielectrics suffer from severe conduction loss and premature failure under coupled thermal and electrical stress.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06160A, Paper Zhiheng Shi, Guigui Liu, Haolong Huang, Ziyuan He, Chuanping Lei, Zhenfeng Feng, Minghui Ye, Yufei Zhang, Zhipeng Wen, Wencheng Du, Xiaoqing Liu, Yue Wei, Qi Yang, Yongchao Tang, Cheng Chao Li With choline cations (Ch + ) and 2-acetbromamide (BrAce) as coregulators, a coordination-escorted organo-interhalogen conversion strategy is developed, enabling durable dual-deposition Zn||I 2 batteries with high areal capacities. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04331J, Communication Guixiang Ding, Zhaoqiang Wang, Zihe Chen, Yin Xiao, Xin Liu, Li Shuai, Lihui Chen, Hongwei Huang, Guangfu Liao Edge-rich nickel–aluminum layered double hydroxide nanoflakes with abundant lattice O defects and unsaturated coordination-regulated high-spin Ni sites were constructed for effective and selective solar-driven CO 2 conversion in a pure water system. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05571G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Woojae Shin, Haoxiang Lai, Gasim Ibrahim, Guiyan Zang A harmonized global ammonia supply chain database across 63 countries was developed, quantifying the levelized cost of ammonia and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions for diverse production (gray, blue, yellow, pink, and green) and logistics. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05170C, Paper Tengxiu Tu, Xinyuan Zhang, Yijin Wu, Zhixian Mao, Jifang Zhang, Jiapeng Ji, Lei Xing, Jian Kang, Shan Chen, Porun Liu, Haimin Zhang, Huajie Yin, Huijun Zhao A multifunctional, impurity-tolerant, and renewable energy-compatible method for carbon dioxide capture and a mineralization method that offers a practical and scalable pathway for industrial decarbonization. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04445F, Paper Cheng-Lin Miao, Lu Feng, Xiao-Xue Wang, De-Hui Guan, Xin-Yuan Yuan, Ji-Jing Xu Asparaginate additive synergistically regulates bulk electrolyte and electrode/electrolyte interface in Zn metal batteries enabling long-term ultra-stable Zn plating/stripping at high depth of discharge and durable Zn batteries and Zn capacitors. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou A machine-learning-guided Mo–Cu dual-site cascade enables efficient electrochemical CH 4 -to-EtOH conversion via a three-electron *O 2 − -mediated pathway, achieving near-100% liquid selectivity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05317J, Paper Xiaosa Xu, Junjie Chen, Jin Li, Zhenyu Wang, Zixiao Guo, Pengzhu Lin, Yu Wang, Jing Sun, Baoling Huang, Tianshou Zhao A single-Ni-atom-anchored COF as a catalyst is proposed to enhance the decomposition kinetics of lithium salt and construct the inorganic-rich SEI and CEI layers for anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05181A, Review Article Min Xu, Hongmin Liu, Xinran Gao, Yitao Lou, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) offer exceptional energy density and safety, yet interfacial instability at both cathode and anode remains a major challenge. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05191F, Paper Wen Zhou, Gaohong Liu, Yanbing Mo, Xiao Zhu, Kaiyue Zhu, Xiaoli Dong A synergy electrolyte of weak-solvating methyl difluoroacetate and high-permittivity isobutyronitrile facilitates forming LiF-/Li 3 N-rich interfaces, enabling lithium-ion batteries to operate at high-voltage, high-rate and wide-temperature scenarios. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04331J, Communication Guixiang Ding, Zhaoqiang Wang, Zihe Chen, Yin Xiao, Xin Liu, Li Shuai, Lihui Chen, Hongwei Huang, Guangfu Liao Achieving efficient photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is pivotal for sustainable energy and carbon neutrality. However, a fundamental challenge resides in the rational design and fine-tuning of catalyst active sites.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05198C, Review Article Ke-Feng Ren, Zhong-Yu Li, Xin Shen, Cong Guo, Weizhai Bao, Feng Yu, Ebrahim Nemati-Kande, Long Kong, He Liu, Xin-Bing Cheng, Jingfa Li Solvation structure of electrolytes can decide the movement of ions and regulate interfacial chemistries in rechargeable batteries. A variety of novel solvation structures are reported with the rapid evolution of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03477A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Shijie Wei, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing We systematically assess the climate change mitigation potential of hydrogen-based fuels in global container shipping at the fleet level from 2020 to 2050. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04892C, Paper Wang Xu, Yongbiao Mu, Yaoyu Yin, Anjun Hu, Yuanjian Li, Jian Wang, Qi Liu, Jianping Long, Lin Zeng, Shimou Chen High-voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs) face severe cathode-electrolyte interfacial degradation at elevated temperatures. To address this issue, we develop a conjugated topologically confined composite electrolytes (M-FGPE) by in situ incorporating... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou Electrochemical conversion of methane (CH4) represents a sustainable route for converting greenhouse gases into valuable liquid fuels and chemicals. However, achieving high-yield products at industrially relevant current densities remains a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06107E, Paper Long Pan, Kaining Cao, Mufan Cao, Min Gao, Yuan Zhang, Yang Zhou, Zhengming Sun Tellurium-based aqueous batteries (TeABs) promise high theoretical capacity but are constrained by sluggish Te 0 /Te 4+ conversion and rapid capacity fading. Here, we introduce a dilute electrolyte-heterostructure interlocking (DEHI) strategy that couples a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04114G, Paper Qingping Yu, Rong Liu, Licheng Wei, Zhenying Zheng, Lifeng Zhang, Hu Yang, Qingyu Kong, Jihao Zhang, Zhiwei Hu, Qilei Song, Xiaoping Gao, Nanjun Chen, Xiaoqing Huang We present Ru–W nanoclusters integrated with W single atoms on a N-doped carbon substrate (RuW/W–NC) for AEMFCs, where RuW/W–NC with a Ru loading of 0.1 mg cm −2 achieves a high power density of 2.03 W cm −2 and can be run stably at 1 A cm −2 for 100 h. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05191F, Paper Wen Zhou, Gaohong Liu, Yanbing Mo, Xiao Zhu, Kaiyue Zhu, Xiaoli Dong The slow desolvation process and the low ionic conductivity of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) pose significant challenges, severely limiting their performance in extreme environments. Herein, we propose a weakly-solvated electrolyte system... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05519A, Perspective Anchun Tang, Minsi Li, Xueliang Sun, Weihan Li All-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs) are widely regarded as promising candidates for next-generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density and intrinsic safety. However, the full realization of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04445F, Paper Cheng-Lin Miao, Lu Feng, Xiao-Xue Wang, De-Hui Guan, Xin-Yuan Yuan, Ji-Jing Xu Organic additives are effective in solving the intractable problems of aqueous zinc-metal batteries (AZMBs). However, the structure design principles and structure-activity relationship of the additives are still elusive. Herein, a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04804D, Paper Chunlin Xie, Shengfang Liu, Jin Wang, Xianghui Meng, Shuyi Yu, Jiaming Zhang, Haijun Peng, Dan Sun, Yougen Tang, Hai-Yan Wang Anode-free sodium batteries (AFSBs) offer superior cost, energy density, and manufacturing advantages over sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) by eliminating the conventional anode. However, their development is fundamentally hindered by dead sodium... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02047F, Paper Xiao Jun Shi, Huanwen Wang, Taoqiu Zhang, Tong Xue, Haiyong He, Hong Jin Fan For ultrafast-response supercapacitors, it is very challenging for typical porous carbon electrodes to exhibit both high volumetric (Cv) and areal (Ca) capacitances, especially under high rates, due to inefficient pore... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05762K, Paper Weizhen Fan, Yifan Sha, Jianan Zhang, Litao Shi, Anfei Wang, Hai Su, Keming Song, Yan-Bing He, Junmin Nan As one of the most promising alternatives to LiPF6 salt in the fast-charging electrolyte, the application of high-content lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) in the LiFePO4 batteries has been seriously hindered by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02910D, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Shaowen Mao, Siqin Yu, Jianping Xu, Hang Chen, Wen Zhao, Martin Blunt, Qinjun Kang, Michael Robert Gross, Bailian Chen, Jolante Van Wijk, Qingwang Yuan, Kai Gao, Saif R. Kazi, Mohamed Mehana Hydrogen is a versatile resource with important roles in decarbonization, industrial manufacturing, and energy integration. However, current hydrogen production predominantly relies on fossil fuels, resulting in significant emissions and energy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05221A, Paper Jiajie Huang, Shuoqing Zhang, Bingxin Wan, Wen Liu, Ruhong Li, Zhiyi Yang, Long Li, Junyi Hua, Fei Chu, Menglu Li, Tao Zhou, Jinze Wang, Yuefei Wu, Zi-Rui Li, Liwu Fan, Lixin Chen, Tao Deng, Xiulin Fan The intrinsic challenge of C-F cleavage and the electron-insulating nature of LiF accumulation impose severe kinetic barriers in lithium/fluorinated carbon (Li/CFx) batteries, particularly under extreme operating conditions. Existing electrolyte systems... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03638K, Paper Shun Lv, Ke Yang, Di Zhao, Xiandi Ma, Mengwei Sun, Chang Liu, Yiteng Ma, Likun Chen, Junyao You, Yun Tian, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou, Yan-Bing He, Feiyu Kang Realizing homogeneous heat and ion transfer in solid-state electrolytes is critical but remains challenging. Herein, we revealed that localized temperature hotspots in polyvinylidene fluoride electrolyte trigger side reactions and Li... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03490F, Paper Xinmiao Wang, Simeng Zhang, Junyi Yue, Xingyu Wang, Yang Xu, Yue Gong, Liyu Zhou, Changtai Zhao, Jianwen Liang, Xiangzhen Zhu, Han Wu, Xiaolong Yan, Biwei Xiao, Meng Li, Chenxiang Li, Shuo Wang, Xueliang Sun, Xiaona Li As a key component of sodium-ion all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with promising high safety and energy density, solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) play a critical role in determining electrochemical performance. However, current synthesis... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01370D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Geng Zou, Hewei Liu, Tianfu Liu, Shaobo Han, Zijian Tan, Shaowei Zhang, Yige Guo, Jingcheng Yu, Xiaomin Zhang, Fang Lu, Yuefeng Song, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao The CoO 6 octahedral distortion induced by A-site high-entropy engineering enhances lattice oxygen activity and boosts high-temperature oxygen evolution reaction performance in solid oxide electrolysis cells. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02644J, Paper Song Kyu Kang, Minho Kim, Seochan Hong, Jae-Hong Lim, Gwan Hyeon Park, Junhyuk Ji, Jeongbin Cho, Hansol Bae, Won Bae Kim A magnetically tailored conversion strategy integrates ferromagnetic oxides with an external magnetic field to regulate Li + flux and homogenize nucleation barriers, thereby enabling dendrite-free Li deposition and enhancing energy density. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03530A, Opinion John B. Waugh, Mikhail Redko, Xiuyu Jin, Gabriel Muldoon, Evgenii L. Kovrigin, Betar M. Gallant, Yuzhang Li, Gao Liu, John Muldoon Uncovering the truth of lithium polymer batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01732G, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Mijndert Van der Spek, André Bardow, Chad M. Baum, Vittoria Bolongaro, Vincent Dufour-Décieux, Carla Esch, Livia Fritz, Susana García, Christiane Hamann, Dianne Hondeborg, Ali Kiani, Sarah Lueck, Shrey Kalpeshkumar Patel, Shing Bo Peh, Maxwell Pisciotta, Peter Psarras, Tim Repke, Paola Alejandra Sáenz-Cavazos, Ingrid Schulte, David Yang Shu, Qingdian Shu, Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Jessica Strefler, Sara Vallejo Castaño, Jin-Yu Wang, Matthias Wessling, Jennifer Wilcox, John Young, Jan Christoph Minx Direct air CO2 capture and storage (DACCS) is a technology in an emerging portfolio for carbon...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04064G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Baotieliang Wang, Ji-Chun Zhao, Chuanjia Jiao, Jiayan Li, Zhaoyu Ran, Donghua Xu, Zhao-Yan Sun, Qi Li, Jiawei Zou, Shifang Luan High-temperature dielectric energy storage materials are essential for next-generation power electronics and electrical systems operating in extreme environments. However, achieving high-energy storage in polymer dielectrics at ultrahigh temperatures (e.g., 200°C)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90091C, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Sowjanya Vallem, Malayil Gopalan Sibi, Rahul Patil, Vishakha Goyal, A. Giridhar Babu, EA. Lohith, K. Keerthi, Muhammad Umer, N. V. V. Jyothi, Matthias Vandichel, Daniel Ioan Stroe, Subhasmita Ray, Mani Balamurugan, Aristides Bakandritsos, Sada Venkateswarlu, Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh, Radek Zboril To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03421C, Paper Jun Wang, Xifan Chen, Song Jin, Ying Zhang, Zhengkun Yang, Junzhong Wang, Juan-Ding Xiao, Xiaoping Gao, Jia Yang Flexible zinc-air batteries (FZABs) capable of operating across a broad temperature range are highly desirable for powering next-generation wearable electronics. However, FZABs still suffer from unsatisfied performance under extreme temperature,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03213J, Paper Zewei Hu, Liyang Liu, Xin Wang, Qingqing Zheng, Haiying Lu, Zhenwei Tang, Chao Han, Weijie Li The electrolyte solvation structure formed via solvent adsorption separators enhances low-temperature performance in anode-free sodium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03741G, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yuhang Dai, Chengyi Zhang, Xinyu Zhang, Peie Jiang, Jie Chen, Wei Zong, Sicheng Zheng, XUAN GAO, Tom Macdonald, Guanjie He Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are attractive for large-scale energy storage due to their intrinsic safety, low cost, and environmental compatibility. However, the high charge-to-radius (q/r) ratio of Zn2+ leads to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04065E, Paper Kai Xu, Yuntian Fu, Wusheng Zuo, Meng Jiang, Xin Ai, Shun Wan, Hongyi Chen, Xiaofang Lu, Lianjun Wang, Qihao Zhang, Wan Jiang The practical deployment of GeTe-based thermoelectrics has long been constrained by phase instability at elevated temperatures and severe interfacial degradation due to chemical diffusion and thermal expansion mismatches. Previous efforts... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03077C, Paper Haotian Zhu, Haikuo Zhang, Shuoqing Zhang, Ruhong Li, Ruixin Zhang, Shouhong Ding, Liuhui Zhu, Baochen Ma, Long Chen, Tao Zhou, Jinze Wang, Long Li, Yuntong Ma, Shihao Duan, Menglu Li, Junyi Hua, Wei Liu, Lixin Chen, Tao Deng, Xiulin Fan Solvation structures play a crucial role in electrolyte design, yet traditional strategies have primarily emphasized static solvation configurations, overlooking the inherently dynamic nature of solvation processes at electrode interface. This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03838C, Paper Haixia Yang, Jiaxin Yan, Shuyang Gao, Xin Chen, Yuanheng Wang, Hua Huo, Chuankai Fu, Chunyu Du, Pengjian Zuo Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) represent a promising candidate for next-generation energy storage systems, yet their practical application is constrained by limited cycle life owing to slow interface Li+ ion transport... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01564B, Paper Vincent Wu, Erick Lawrence, Tianyu Li, Euan Bassey, Chia-Yu Chang, Bing Joe Hwang, Pierre-Etienne Cabelguen, Raphaële Clément The rapidly increasing demand for Li-ion batteries motivates the search for low-cost cathode materials free of critical metals, and with a high energy density and stable cycling performance. Disordered rocksalt... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03443D, Perspective Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Haoxuan Jiang, Adel Rezaeimotlagh, Sahar Nazari, Tianyu Li, Jingwen Huang, Dorna Esrafilzadeh, Renwu Zhou, Ali Rouhollah Jalili Electrifying ammonia production demands modular systems powered entirely by renewable energy, eliminating dependence on fossil-derived hydrogen. This perspective argues that coupling non-thermal plasma oxidation of air to nitric oxide (NO)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03272E, Paper Sai Li, Xianhui Zhao, Zheng Liu, Rang Xiao, Xin Zhang, Binghan Cui, GePing Yin, Pengjian Zuo, Yulin Ma, Chaoyang Li, Ning Wang, Guokang Han, Huaizheng Ren, Chunyu Du The sluggish interfacial kinetics of graphite anodes restricts the fast-charging capability of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), inducing severe lithium plating and electrolyte decomposition, which markedly accelerates battery degradation and raises safety... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02676H, Perspective Carlos D. Díaz-Marín, Zachary J. Berquist Unprecedented artificial intelligence (AI) growth poses major electricity, emissions, and water challenges. Essentially all AI electricity use is converted to heat, representing a Gigawatt-scale resource that can critically boost AI sustainability. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02978C, Paper John Holoubek, Pu Zhang, Chad Serrao, Huayue Ai, Il Rok Choi, Louisa C Greenburg, Xun Guan, Angela Cai, Wenbo Zhang, Yi Cui Zinc batteries promise low-cost energy storage for the grid but are limited by poor negative electrode reversibility. Thermodynamically stable organic electrolytes can theoretically enhance said reversibility but present high raw... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04211A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Tianye Zheng, Haihong Bao, Feifan Chen, Jingwen Wu, Pengcheng Zhao, Hoi Lut Ho, Shoufei Gao, Yingying Wang, Jiaqiang Huang, Leiting Zhang, Steven T. Boles, Wei Jin Gas evolution is an inherent aspect in batteries. We present an optical fiber spectroscopic technique for operando gas sensing, enabling comprehensive mechanistic studies in batteries and broader electrochemical energy systems. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03005F, Paper Jian Liu, Zhaochen Suo, Longyu Li, Wenkai Zhao, Jingyi Huo, Jiye Chen, Guankui Long, Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Chen Asymmetric acceptors characterized by core asymmetry exhibit great potential for achieving outstanding efficiency, despite the limited number of relevant studies reported to date. In this work, we propose an asymmetric... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01956G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jin Su, Chun Huang Anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFBs), which use bare Cu current collectors, represent a promising energy storage technology that offers higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Without a lithium metal... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02847G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hongjun Chen, Heejong Shin, Jianan Erick Huang, Hengzhou Liu, Rui Kai Miao, Rong Xia, Weiyan Ni, Jiaqi Yu, Yongxiang Liang, Bosi Peng, Yuanjun Chen, Guangcan Su, Ke Xie, Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, Edward H Sargent Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into CO, ethylene, and other valuable chemicals is a promising method for carbon capture and utilisation. However, when carried out in an alkaline or neutral media,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02503F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yating Yu, Sida Chen, Hai-Peng Liang, Ziqi Zhao, Guangze Chu, Ziting Zhi, Xian-Ao Li, Cheng Li, Ruixin Li, Youzhi Xu, Xin Liu, Minghua Chen, Stefano Passerini, Zhen Chen Single-ion conducting copolymer electrolytes (SIPEs) hold significant potential for next-generation lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, the unsatisfactory ionic conductivity, limited mechanical strength, and lack of insights into the lithium-ion transport... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02109J, Paper Jingjing Jiang, Sanlue Hu, Tianshuo Guo, Xiangyong Zhang, Wei Hua, Baohui Ren, Ruijia Liu, Guangming Chen, Zhuoxin Liu, Cuiping Han Anode corrosion in aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) leads to electrochemically inert surface and uncontrolled deposition, severely impeding the batteries' lifespan. Efforts to stabilize the zinc anode have primarily focused on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02523K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Xianggang Dai, Long Qi, Shiyuan Chang, Qinghe Wu, Xiaobo Wu, Zhanyong Hong, Tao Jiang, Zhong Lin Wang Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) show immense potential for harvesting low-frequency, chaotic, high-entropy ocean wave energy, offering a reliable power source for low-power sensors distributed across marine environments. However, their development remains... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02763B, Paper Zhixiang Chen, Xinlei Gao, Lutong Shan, Qingjin Fu, Zhenyue Xing, Peng Rao, Zhenye Kang, Xiaodong Shi, Wei Zhang, Xinlong Tian Zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries have emerged as promising candidates for large-scale energy storage, but the practical application is still significantly hindered by the notorious polyiodide shuttle effect, which always results in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01744K, Paper Lei Gan, Yuyang Liu, Shiqi Huang, Yang Liu, Wei Liu, Kuang Sheng, Chenyu Zhang, Mingjun Han, Wenhao He, Jie Li, Xiong Li, Tao Jiang Green hydrogen production driven by photon-coupled proton buffers to reshape photocatalytic biomass valorization pathways. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90076J, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jichao Zhai, Wang Zhao, Lei Wang, Jianbo Shuai, Ruwei Chen, Wenjiao Ge, Yu Zong, Guanjie He, Xiaohui Wang To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90077H, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Antonio Gasós, Ronny Pini, Viola Becattini, Marco Mazzotti To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02411K, Paper Wonju Kim, Sangwook Han, Sunyoung Lee, Jaekyun Yoo, Chanwoong Park, Seungju Yu, Daero Won, Eungyeong Lee, Kun-hee Ko, Joohyeon Noh, Geunji Choi, Mireu Kim, Kisuk Kang Oxygen-tuned aluminum-based halide solid electrolytes balance reduction stability and ion conductivity, enabling stable cycling with 0.3 V-class alloy anodes and paving the way for high-energy-density all-solid-state batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01853F, Paper Jing Guo, Ruomei Wang, Li Zhang, Siqin Wang, Linyan Li, Mengbing Du, Fangyuan Zhong, Chuan Zhang, Yafei Li, Yixuan Zheng, Xiaoya Liu, Xi Lu, Jinnan Wang The global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is vital for mitigating climate change, yet plans to transition China are generally coarsely resolved. This study introduces the China New... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01591J, Paper Yu Tang, Chenyi Fang, Xin Xu, Feng Li, Lei Fan, Di Zhu, Jun Ding, Joseph Imbrogno, Sui Zhang, Wentao Yan Solar water evaporation can produce water at low carbon footprint using abundant solar energy, but efficiency and stability are hindered by low evaporation rates and salt accumulating issues. We report... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02225H, Review Article Xiaofeng Ke, Weicong Xu, Chao Liu, Yakun Wang, Xiaozhong Huang, Rui Xiao, Xiaomin Xu, Tao Li, Zongping Shao The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR) is a key technology for converting intermittent renewable energy into value-added fuels and chemicals, offering a promising pathway to re-balance the carbon cycle.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00415B, Analysis Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Philipp Voß, Benedikt Gruber, Miriam Mitterfellner, Jan-Darius Plöpst, Florian Degen, Richard Schmuch, Simon Lux Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are on the verge of mass adoption, with several players striving for gigafactory-scale production. Uncertainty remains regarding their competitiveness with lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This study addresses this... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02408K, Perspective Wenhao Ren, Yao Zheng, Shi-Zhang Qiao We discuss emerging phenomena in membrane electrode assembly CO 2 electrolysers and highlight the critical role of electrolyte-free interfaces in governing catalytic performance at the device level. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02663F, Paper Wenhe Zhang, Chengbing Wang, Lu Wang, Fan Wang, Puxin Tan, Jinchi Ma, Jingjing Jin, Zhongrong Geng, Hongyao Xie, Li-Dong Zhao Solar-powered simultaneous electricity and freshwater production is a promising solution to address energy and water shortages. However, current technologies are limited by their reliance on sunlight and have yet to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00262A, Paper Jie Zhang, Dawei Yang, Canhuang Li, Qianhong Gong, Wei Bi, WEIHONG LAI, Shengjun Li, Yaojie Lei, Guangmin Zhou, Andreu Cabot, Guoxiu Wang Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have become the key to overcoming the inherent limitations of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for their exceptional catalytic activity, high selectivity, and strong affinity towards lithium polysulfides (LiPSs).... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05704J, Paper Kaier Shen, Xuhui Yao, Huimin Song, Weize Shi, Chenxi Zheng, Xufeng Hong, Yingjing Yan, Xu Liu, Lujun Zhu, Yun An, Tinglu Song, Muhammad Burhan Shafqat, Chenyan Ma, Lei Zheng, Peng Gao, Yakun Liu, Mohammadhosein Safari, Yunlong Zhao, Quanquan Pang An electro-mechano-mediation strategy was developed to enhance charge transport kinetics and mitigate the chemo-mechanical degradation of P anodes, which enables stable cycling of high-areal-capacity, all-solid-state lithium batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01356A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Carina Harpprecht, Romain Sacchi, Tobias Naegler, Mariësse van Sluisveld, Vassilis Daioglou, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard R.P. Steubing The iron and steel industry is not only responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse (GHG) emissions, but also associated with other environmental impacts. Anticipated growth in steel demand... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01472G, Paper Yinze Zuo, Zheng Wang, Mingquan Liu, Linlong Lu, Yidong Jiang, Jie Lei, Hao Yan, Hongwei Li, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang An innovative catalytic desolvation mechanism is proposed to manipulate the interfacial Zn 2+ solvation chemistry by engineering a π-electron-rich COP layer as an interfacial catalyst, thus achieving high-performance Zn metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02454D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Zhenjing Jiang, Zijuan Du, Kailin Luo, Yanfei Zhang, Hang Yang, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Jie Chen, Zhe Cui, Fuhan Cui, Rui Pan, Guoju Zhang, Shuangying Lei, Litao Sun, Kuibo Yin, Guanjie He Amorphous anion skeletons of zeolite-like Na 2 Zn 2 (TeO 3 ) 3 induce rapid and cation-selective ion flux towards stable aqueous zinc–iodine batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00467E, Paper Zhuang-Chun Jian, Wenjun Shi, Yifeng Liu, Xueyan Li, Jia-Yang Li, Yan-Fang Zhu, Xu Zhu, Yongchun Li, Peng Tan, Peng-Fei Wang, Shuangqiang Chen, Shilin Zhang, Jianfeng Mao, Guangmin Zhou, Xiao-Dong Guo, Jiazhao Wang, Shi Xue Dou, Yao Xiao Triggering anionic redox reactions (ARR) offers a powerful route to enhance the energy density of low-cost manganese-based layered oxides for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, the ARR process often results... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01457C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Xiang Ao, Linfeng Li, Yong Ding, Gyutae Nam, Bote Zhao, Chundong Wang, Meilin Liu The development of robust and electrocatalytically active catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a significant challenge in advancing electrochemical energy technologies. Here, we report a Fe-Cu dual-metal catalyst... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01490E, Paper Jihoon Oh, Joseph Frank, Randolph Leising, Heejin Kim, Jisub Kim, Minkwan Kim, Jang Wook Choi Metallic lithium (Li) anodes represent a tantalizing frontier in high-capacity battery design, yet their potential has long been undermined by catastrophic dendrite formation. Here, we exploit the extremely high interfacial... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02190A, Paper Wenjie Huang, Baoquan Wan, Wenye Zhang, Xing Yang, Z. H. Xiang, Haobo Tian, Can Ding, Yiyi Zhang, Yong Chae Jung, Jun-Wei Zha Polymer dielectrics for electrostatic energy storage exhibit low energy density, low efficiency, and poor reliability at high temperatures, limiting the application of film capacitors in harsh environments. Designing wide bandgap... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02593A, Paper Hai Xu, Ruanye Zhang, Derong Luo, Kangsheng Huang, Jiuqing Wang, Gengzhi Sun, Hui Dou, Xiaogang Zhang The shuttle effect of polyiodides and aggregation of solid iodine on the cathode surface in aqueous Zn-iodine batteries are considered as the main issues for unsatisfactory cycling stability and slow... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00141B, Paper Xuan Luo, Jiabao Nie, Huang Liang, Yuyang Li, Youheng Wang, Qikang Que, Jean-Pol Dodelet, Yucheng Wang Fe-N-C catalysts are the most promising alternative to Pt for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, the mixture of two distinct active sites—highly... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01082A, Paper Wenyu Yang, Xuanang Luo, Jiankang Liu, Jingchuan Chen, Xuefei Wu, Zachary Fink, Chuqi Shi, Wenkai Zhong, Cheng Wang, Lei Ying A dynamic disulfide network introduced into donor/acceptor blends enables room-temperature self-healing and mechanical resilience in intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells, achieving performance recovery after high mechanical strain. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01214G, Paper Yangxin Jin, Shengqin Liu, Zhe Wang, Qi Zhu, Qingguo Le, Shan Shao, Sam H.-Y. Hsu, Anqing Zheng, Jun Zhao, Jason Chun-Ho Lam Tackling the chemically-resilient acetic acid issue in real bio-oil via Kolbe electrolysis by developing a robust in situ grown RuO 2 /TiO 2 -anode. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01509J, Paper Ximing Zhang, Feihong Guo, Xiaoxiang Jiang, Abdullah Hassan Hamadamin, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson, Jabbar Gardy As global demand for clean energy increases, the rapid development of photovoltaic (PV) power generation has led to a growing issue of waste PV module disposal. Traditional recycling methods face... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01767J, Minireview Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Shumin Zhang, Feipeng Zhao, Liang Li, Xueliang Sun With the rapid development of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs), high-performance cathode materials specifically designed for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are gathering increasing attention. Achieving interfacial compatibility between the continuously advancing SSEs and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01448D, Review Article Jundong Wang, Pan Zhu, Hongling Qin, Kuichang Zuo, Huazhang Zhao, Zishuai Bill Zhang We summarize recent advances in electrochemical utilization of liquid-phase carbon species, highlighting distinct performance criteria, mechanistic insights, and design strategies for both concentrated capture solutions and seawater-based systems. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01635E, Paper Mengcheng Huang, Yaojie Lei, Yajun Hu, Wei-Hong Lai, Yun-Xiao Wang, Chunyu Liu, Shengli Zhai, Guoxiu Wang Prevalent glass fiber separators in aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) offer inadequate control over interfacial reactions, contributing to the rapid growth of Zn dendrites and aggravated parasitic reactions. Moreover, the stability... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01388G, Paper Kaian Sun, Shaohui Xie, Ping Guan, Zewen Zhuang, Xin Tan, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang, Chen Chen Carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) to ethanol (C2H5OH) represents a sustainable route toward carbon neutrality. Herein, we present the design of enzyme-inspired zirconium-Fe porphyrinic-based metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheets functionalized with... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01444A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Mengzheng Ouyang, Zhenyu Guo, Luis E Salinas-Farran, Siyu Zhao, Mengnan Wang, Feiran Li, Yan Zhao, Kaitian Zheng, Hao Zhang, Guangdong Li, Xinhua Liu, Shichun Yang, Fei Xie, Paul Shearing, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Nigel Brandon Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are cost-effective alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), but their low energy density remains a challenge. Current electrode designs fail to simultaneously achieve high areal loading, high active... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01686J, Paper Liang Zeng, Rong Hu, Ming Zhang, Seunglok Lee, Qingyuan Wang, Shixin Meng, Qi Chen, Jiangang Liu, Lingwei Xue, Liwei Mi, Changduk Yang, Zhi-Guo Zhang Tethered small-molecule acceptors (SMAs), featuring multiple SMA subunits connected to an aromatic core via flexible chains, effectively suppressing thermodynamic relaxation and enhancing stretchability in polymer solar cells (PSCs). However, these... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06180B, Paper Chungil Kim, Chanwoo Kim, Jeongin Seo, Jiwon Song, Subin Lee, Hangil Lee, Jaehwan Ko, Junseop Byeon, Hyung-Jun Song Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a promising photovoltaic technology due to their high efficiency and low-temperature processing. However, scaling PSCs into perovskite solar modules (PSMs) faces significant challenges,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01315A, Paper Wenna Ge, Quanmao Wei, Wenzong Li, Xu Wang, Chenguang Lu, Keke Zhang, Xuanqi Luo, Lemin Zhang, Yu Sun, Yahua Liu Harvesting ubiquitous water energy through hydrovoltaic technology offers a promising avenue for clean energy and has attracted significant interest. However, current hydrovoltaic systems are plagued by their reliance on a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00962F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yi Cheng, Jinhang Chen, Weiyin Chen, Qiming Liu, Obinna E. Onah, Zicheng Wang, Gang Wu, Tianyou Xie, Lucas Eddy, Boris I Yakobson, Ju Li, Yufeng Zhao, James M Tour Increasing use of lithium-ion batteries has triggered intensive attention to the management of end-of-life batteries. Sustainable recycling of high-value cathode materials is needed to address resource depletion and environmental challenges.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00851D, Paper Mengjiong Chen, Zhenzhen Qin, Ziyang Zhang, Yanbo Wang, Liyuan Han Gas-medium annealing simultaneously accomplished crystallization and surface passivation, contributing to high-quality perovskite films with much fewer defects from bulk to surface. A minimized energy loss of 0.29 eV was obtained for efficient PSCs. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03084B, Review Article Liangshuang Fei, Hainan Sun, Yu Li, Yuxing Gu, Wei Zhou, Zongping Shao Abstract Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable energy has garnered significant attention for producing high-purity hydrogen (H2) to support the H2 economy. The focus has been on developing highly active... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01134E, Paper Jiaxi Gu, Zixiong Shi, Yongbiao Mu, Yuzhu Wu, Meng Tian, Ziang Chen, Kaihui Chen, Huicun Gu, Miaoyu Lu, Lin Zeng, Yuqing Song, Qiang Zhang, Jingyu Sun Sluggish reaction kinetics and uncontrollable dendrite growth are deemed as the main bottlenecks for practical Li–S batteries. Notwithstanding fruitful advances in designing dual-functional mediators for both electrodes, cooperative efforts on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00563A, Paper Biao Shi, Pengfei Liu, Zetong Sunli, Wei Han, Cong Sun, Ying Liu, Yuan Luo, Jin Si, pengcheng Du, Fu Zhang, Miao Yang, Yongcai He, Bo He, Dekun Zhang, Xiaona Du, Xixiang Xu, Rui Xia, Xueling Zhang, Yifeng Chen, Jifan Gao, Ying Zhao, Xiaodan Zhang The evaporation-solution sequential deposited wide bandgap perovskite has been widely applied to fabricate efficient, commercial textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. However, current works generally widened the bandgap by incorporating more... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06204C, Analysis Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Muhammad Tayyab, Maximiliane Dreis, Dennis Blaudszun, Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi, Urbain Nzotcha, Muhammad Qaiser Masood, Sebastian Stiessel, Henning Weinrich, Hermann Tempel, Kai junge Puring, Ruediger-A. Eichel, Ulf-Peter Apfel The defossilisation of the chemical industry is a critical milestone in achieving climate-friendly and sustainable production routes. In this regard, CO2-electrolysis technologies have emerged as a foundational element of Carbon... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01202C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Lina Chen, Yi Qin, Claire T. Coulthard, Zoë R. Turner, Chunping Chen, James Kwan, Dermot O’Hare Conventional catalytic CO 2 reduction into value-added products often encounters challenges such as high energy barriers and complex operational setups. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00569H, Review Article Shanshan Pan, Wenhao Fang, Jie Yan, Suojiang Zhang, Haitao Zhang Semi-solid lithium flow batteries (LFBs), inheriting the advantages of high scalability of flow batteries (FBs) and high energy density of rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs), are considered as an emerging... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01158B, Paper Hui-jing Qiu, Wei-Zhi Song, Zichao Deng, Zhong Lin Wang, Liang Xu Enhancing the output is the most crucial challenge for developing triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) as an alternative technology to exploit wave energy, which is more difficult than other application scenarios due... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05559D, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Muhammad Adil Riaz, Panagiotis Trogadas, David Aymé-Perrot, Christoph Sachs, Nicolas Dubouis, Hubert Girault, Marc-Olivier Coppens Large-scale, sustainable, low-cost production of hydrogen can reduce the negative effects of climate change by decarbonising energy infrastructure. Low-carbon hydrogen can be synthesised via water electrolysis. Today, however, this only... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00266D, Review Article Zaiping Guo, Divyani Gupta, Jinshuo Zou, Jianfeng Mao Rechargeable metal-CO2 batteries (RMCBs) are highly promising for renewable energy storage and simultaneous reduction of carbon footprint from the environment, making it very attractive for next-generation battery development. An electrolyte... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01548K, Paper Ping Fu, Dong Yang, Yihua Chen, Ruixue Lu, Md Azimul Haque, Yucheng Liu, Yaoyao Han, Hui Li, Ruotian Chen, Jie qiong Liu, Wei Qin, Luis Huerta Hernandez, Fengtao Fan, Kaifeng Wu, Derya Baran, Huanping Zhou, Can Li Efficient utilization of thermal energy generated from infrared light has long been a focal point in the development of high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) devices. Theoretically, the thermal energy can be converted... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01368B, Paper Changjiang Li, Min Deng, Haonan Chen, Yuwei Duan, Chentong Liao, Zeqin Chen, Qiang Peng Halogenated volatile additives play an important role in well regulating blend morphology in polymer solar cells (PSCs). However, the mismatched crystallization rate between the donor and acceptor often leads to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01316J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Huimin Wang, Mingzi Sun, Yongqiang Yang, Junhua Zhou, Lingtao Fang, Qiyao Huang, Bolong Huang, Zijian Zheng Rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) offer a safe and sustainable solution for large-scale energy storage, but the freezing of electrolytes prevents AZBs from working at low temperatures. Recent research shows... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05129G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Marc Escribà-Gelonch, Jose Luis Osorio-Tejada, Le Yu, Bart Wanten, Annemie Bogaerts, Volker Hessel This study combines for the first time techno-economic and life-cycle assessment metrics to evaluate the economic and environmental viability of plasma-assisted dry reforming of methane (DRM) for producing syngas from... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00823A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Pingxuan Liu, Ziyang Song, Qi Huang, Ling Miao, Yaokang Lv, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu All-organic ammonium-ion batteries (AOBs) with light organic electrodes and small-hydrated-sized NH4+ charge carriers are up-and-coming for next-generation energy storage. However, the low NH4+-accessible redox-active motifs of organics with high coordination... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05289G, Paper Xiancheng Wang, Bao Zhang, Zihe Chen, Shiyu Liu, Wenyu Wang, Shuibin Tu, Renming Zhan, Li Wang, Yongming Sun The low-density, high-porosity lithium (Li) plating layer at the anode is one of the principal determinants of the overall volumetric expansion in rechargeable high-energy-density Li metal batteries, which account for... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01478F, Paper Ran Han, Yuefeng Meng, Xin Zhao, Yao Wang, Mingkun Tang, Yichen Ding, Baohua Li, Dong Zhou, Feiyu Kang The high freezing point and poor anode stability of traditional aqueous electrolytes strongly hamper the cyclability and working temperature range of zinc (Zn) metal batteries (ZMBs). Herein, we demonstrate a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05691D, Paper Kang Ji, Shiyu Wang, Shuyun Yao, Yingjie Ji, Guixi Wang, Weikun Ren, Jun Wang, Feike Zhang, Jiangzhou Xie, Zhiyu Yang, Yi-Ming Yan The local electric field weakens the hydrogen-bond network and enhances H 2 O transport. The built-in electric field creates electron-deficient sites, improving the adsorption of N 2 H 4 . Finally, a self-powered zero-carbon energy system was built. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00725A, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Fangyuan Cheng, Jun Hu, Wen Zhang, Peng Yu, Xueliang Sun, Jian Peng, Baiyu Guo The development of ether-based electrolytes has significant challenges, primarily caused by the irreversible co-intercalation of ether and Li+ into commercial graphite, which excluded ether from use in commercial lithium-ion batteries... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00412H, Paper Feng Jiang, Yun-Fei Du, Jia-Xin Guo, Nai-Lu Shen, Zi-Xian Chen, Mei Geng, Dongsheng Ren, Bo-Quan Li, Xue-Qiang Zhang, Tao Wang, Yuan Ma, Yiren Zhong, Jiarui He, Zhi Zhu, Faxing Wang, Jia-Qi Huang, Xin-Bing Cheng, Yuping Wu The high-activity lithium metal anode limits the practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries in terms of both electrochemical performance and thermal safety. Solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) as a physical barrier between... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04820B, Review Article Boligarla Vinay, Yosef Nikodimos, Tripti Agnihotri, Shadab Ali Ahmed, Teklay Mezgebe Hagos, Rehbar Hasan, Elango Balaji Tamilarasan, Wei-Nien Su, Bing Joe Hwang Electrolytes play a pivotal role in battery technologies, influencing performance and safety. However, electrolytes containing fluorine present adverse environmental risks due to their high greenhouse gas emissions and caution of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05584E, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Junming Kang, Jiajia Zhang, Wan Wang, Zhimin Zhai, Ganxiong Liu, Ying Ge, Lequan Wang, Chao Wang, Hongbin Lu Aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I 2 ) batteries are highly desirable for grid energy storage but subjected to polyiodide shuttling, which leads to low Coulombic efficiency (less than 98%), severe self-discharge (over 10% after... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01086A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Moonsu Yoon, Jin-sung Park, Weiyin Chen, Yimeng Huang, Tao Dai, Yumin Lee, Jungmin Shin, Seungmi Lee, Yongil Kim, Dongsoo Lee, Daiha Shin, Jaephil Cho, Yanhao Dong, Ju Li The rapid growth in lithium-ion battery technology underscores the urgent need for sustainable recycling to address the environmental and economic challenges of battery wastes. This study introduces a liquified-salts-assisted upcycling... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04564E, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Muhammad Ali, Abubakar Isah, Nurudeen Yekeen, Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, Rita Okoroafor, Mohammed Al Kobaisi, Mohamed Mahmoud, Volker Vahrenkamp, Hussein Hoteit With the global population anticipated to reach 9.9 billion by 2050 and rapid industrialization and economic growth, global energy demand is projected to increase by nearly 50%. Fossil fuels meet... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05789A, Paper Shengyao Luo, Mengqi Wu, Said Amzil, Tonghui Xu, Qing Ming, Lei Zhang, Jie Gao, Shuang Tian, Donghai Wang, Yisen Qian, Ya-Jun Cheng, Yonggao Xia Isopropyl acetate causes and promotes ion enrichment in the Helmholtz layer, facilitating the 15C super-fast charging of lithium batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00041F, Paper Fanteng Meng, Yutong Li, Shitong Wang, Dong Luo, Xinghao Zhang, Manfred Wagner, Zilong Tang, Yanpeng Li, Debin Kong, Linjie Zhi Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) suffer from severe capacity degradation and shortened cycle life at low operating temperatures due to sluggish Li+ diffusion kinetics within the bulk phase of large-sized electrode materials,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00211G, Paper Jianlong Wang, Zheng Yang, Zhenjie Wang, Xinxian Wang, Yanrui Zhao, Jinbiao Ma, Hengyu Li, Yang Yu, Zhong Lin Wang, Tinghai Cheng With the challenges of monitoring marine environmental pollution, developing in-situ energy harvesting technologies for self-powered marine sensing nodes has become increasingly urgent for effective environmental protection. As an effective approach... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00237K, Paper Kefeng Ouyang, Sheng Chen, Lidong Yu, Hongyu Qin, Ao Liu, Youfa Liu, Quan Wu, Bingjie Ran, Shubing Wei, Fei Gao, Kun Zhang, Jin Hu, Yan Huang A diverse array of Zn metal batteries (ZMBs) is swiftly emerging as a prominent force in the energy storage sector. The electrolyte modification is integral to improving ZMB performance by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05905K, Paper Ziwei Xu, Junpeng Li, Yifan Fu, Junjie Ba, Fengxue Duan, Yingjin Wei, Chunzhong Wang, Kangning Zhao, Yizhan Wang An ultrathin, water-repellent Zn 2+ -selective membrane suppresses interfacial water penetration and hydrogen evolution, enabling >10 000 cycles at 99.91% CE for scalable, Ah-level zinc metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05689B, Paper Zhongbin Pan, Yu Cheng, Zhicheng Li, Pang Xi, Peng Wang, Xu Fan, Hanxi Chen, Jinjun Liu, Junfei Luo, Jinhong Yu, Minhao Yang, Jiwei Zhai, Weiping Li Electrostatic capacitors are typically necessary to operate in harsh-temperature environments to fulfill the demanding requirements of renewable energy, electrified transportations, and advanced propulsion systems. However, achieving exceptional capacitive performance in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00273G, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hao Zhang, Suwen Wang, Enmin Lv, menghui qi, Chengchao He, Xing-Long Dong, Jieshan Qiu, Yong Wang, Zhenhai Wen The transition to renewable energy sources and the need for efficient energy conversion technologies have led to the development of various types of catalysts, among which atomically dispersed metal catalysts... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05866F, Paper Shaojie Zhang, Zhongpeng Li, Yixin Zhang, Xuanpeng Wang, Peiyang Dong, Saihai Lei, Weihao Zeng, Juan Wang, Xiaobin Liao, Xingye Chen, Dongqi Li, Shichun Mu Gel polymer electrolytes with moderate Li + -solvent binding (MB-GPE) achieve an optimal balance between weak solvation modulation and lithium-ion transport performance, leading to long-term stable cycling of lithium–metal batteries (LMBs). To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00132C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Kun Zhang, Yijia Yuan, Gang Wang, Fangzheng Chen, Li Ma, Chao Wu, Jia Liu, Bao Zhang, Chenglin Li, Hongtian Liu, Changan Lu, Shibo Xi, Xing Li, Keyu Xie, Junhao Lin, Kian Ping Loh Rechargeable aqueous zinc metal-based batteries present a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries due to their lower operating potentials, higher capacities, intrinsic safety, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. However, the use... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05845C, Paper Yun Cao, Chuannan Geng, Chen Bai, Linkai Peng, Jiaqi Lan, Jiarong Liu, Junwei Han, Bilu Liu, Yanbing He, Feiyu Kang, Quan-Hong Yang, Wei Lv A micropore confinement and fusion strategy is proposed to eliminate the interfacial mismatch and achieve molecular-level integrated catalysis interfaces for long-life all-solid-state Li–S batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06171C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yi Yuan, yang Hu, Yi Gan, Zhi Liang Dong, Yijia Wang, Enzhong Jin, Mingrui Yang, Frederick Benjamin Holness, Vinicius Martins, Qingsong Tu, Yang Zhao Sulfide electrolytes have emerged as the preferred choice for solid-state sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries due to their excellent compatibility with sulfur cathodes. Despite their advantages, such as high ionic conductivity, mechanical... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05818F, Paper Junru Wu, Ziyao Gao, Zhiqiang Fu, Lili Lin, Xianshu Wang, Yun Zhao, Lele Peng, Feiyu Kang, Zhenyu Guo, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Yunlong Zhao, Xiulin Fan, Baohua Li Raising the cut-off voltage to 4.6 V can boost the energy density of lithium metal batteries (LMBs) with LiCoO2 cathode. However, the unfavorable cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) formed on high-voltage... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00158G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jichao Zhai, Wang Zhao, Lei Wang, Jianbo Shuai, Ruwei Chen, Wenjiao Ge, Yu Zong, Guanjie He, Xiaohui Wang The increasing demand for personalized health monitoring has driven the development of wearable electronics. Flexible zinc-ion batteries (FZIBs) are ideal power sources for wearable devices, but their low volumetric energy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05582A, Review Article Xiaomin Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xingbo Wang, Guoliang Cui, Hongge Pan, Wenping Sun Developing efficient catalysts is essential for mitigating the shuttle effect and accelerating the conversion kinetics of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. To date, numerous strategies have been employed to optimize... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00116A, Review Article Pengcheng Du, Tianhao Liu, Tuoyu Chen, Meihui Jiang, Hongyu Zhu, Yitong Shang, Hui Hwang Goh, Zhao HaiSen Zhao HaiSen, Chao Huang, Fannie Kong, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Kai Chen Goh, Yu Du, Dongdong Zhang Vehicle-to-Grid accelerates the transition to renewable, low-carbon power systems by integrating electric vehicles. This study analyzes the 2023 U.S. electric vehicle charging demand, variable renewable energy capacities, and charging infrastructure... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05140H, Paper Gaofeng Du, Shuhao Wang, Zhaoming Tong, Xinyu Ji, Xinqi Wei, Quanbin Zha, Tianyou Zhai, Huiqiao Li We used dual thermal stimulation to prepare a uniform and dense mixed interface, achieving strong adhesion between the solid-state electrolyte and Na metal, thereby realizing the ultra-long cycling life of solid-state sodium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04787G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Inwoo Kim, Hyunjae Kim, Seongha An, Jihoon Oh, Minsoo Kim, Jang Wook Choi Reliable battery management requires the degradation of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) under variable usage patterns to be accurately and continuously monitored and predicted. However, the chemically entangled internal states and the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04927F, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Weihan Li, Minsi Li, Haoqi Ren, Jung Tae Kim, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Xueliang Sun Nitride solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) hold significant potential for addressing critical interfacial issues between SSEs and lithium metal in all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. These batteries are at the forefront of energy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06106C, Paper Yongrong Li, Denghao Ouyang, Xi Liu, Yichen Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu, JunYong Zhu, Xuejun Pan, Xuebing Zhao Lignin, which is typically available as a by-product of pulping process and biomass biorefinery, is a sustainable feedstock for production of carbon fuels and materials. Here, we report a novel... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00612K, Paper Tao Li, Xinji Dong, Hange Yang, jianwei zhang, Rong Huang, Zhuoran Lv, Yueyue Li, Shi Cong Zhang, Fu Qiang Huang, Tian Quan Lin Cathode materials that exhibit high capacity, rapid charging, and long lifespan at high mass loading are crucial for the commercialization of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). However, challenges such as sluggish... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05527F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Shaochong Cao, Aiwen Zhang, Huayi Fang, Bingjian Feng, Yongshuai Liu, Pengshu Yi, Shan He, Zhouhong Ren, Longli Ma, Wenyi Lu, Mingxin Ye, Jianfeng Shen Rechargeable aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries are cost-effective alternative candidates for conventional metal-based batteries due to their sustainability in fabrication and source. However, the issues of the shuttle effect of polyiodides... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00001G, Paper Weiyan Zhu, Zhouyue Lei, Peiyi Wu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising energy storage systems due to their high theoretical capacity, intrinsic safety, and potentially high cycling stability. However, their practical application is hindered by sluggish... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05681G, Paper Jingui Zheng, Shaohan Xu, Lingzhi Sun, Xun Pan, Qihao Xie, Guohua Zhao The indium single atom of InN 3 affects the electronic properties of adsorption of CO 2 and HN(CH 3 ) 2 . This resulted in hydrogen transfer from HN(CH 3 ) 2 to CO 2 , generating the intermediate species of *N(CH 3 ) 2 and *COOH that are conducive to C–N coupling. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05153J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Ze Chen, Tong Liu, Zhiquan Wei, Yiqiao Wang, Ao Chen, Zhaodong Huang, Duanyun Cao, Nan LI, Chunyi Zhi Zn-based solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) hold immense potential for developing high-performance and safe zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) that can operate effectively even at high temperatures. However, typical plasticizers like ionic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05841K, Paper Wu Shao, Jie Sheng, Yufei Fu, Jingwen He, Zhihao Deng, Rong-hao Cen, Wenjun Wu Conventional aqueous processing of all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells has encountered significant limitations hindering performance optimization and long-term stability. To address these challenges, we introduce a novel dual-solvent engineering strategy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05508J, Paper Qi Liu, Panzhe Qiao, Di Shen, Ying Xie, Baoluo Wang, Tianyu Han, Hongtu Shi, Lei Wang, Honggang Fu Iron clusters coupled with single atom sites have been developed as bifunctional oxygen reaction electrocatalysts for constructing ultra-stable, flexible zinc–air batteries operable in a temperature range from +40 °C to −40 °C. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04063E, Review Article Wenhao Xu, Libo Li, Yangmingyue Zhao, Suo Li, Hang Yang, Hao Tong, Zhixuan Wang Our work provides an overview of dual-ion batteries, focusing on interface engineering and stable electrolytes. We emphasize the potential of CEI and electrolyte design for DIB technology's application in safety and performance. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06107A, Review Article Xiancheng Wang, Zihe Chen, Shiyu Liu, Shuibin Tu, Renming Zhan, Li Wang, Yongming Sun High energy density and exceptional fast-charging capability are emerging as critical technical parameters for lithium (Li)-based rechargeable batteries, aimed at meeting the increasing demands of advanced portable electronics, electric vehicles,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06191H, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Alireza Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, Sohrab Hejazi, Moslem Fattahi, Md Golam Kibria, Murray Thomson, Rashed AlEisa, Mohd Adnan Khan The global push to keep global warming to less than 1.5 ºC, will require us to quickly adopt zero-emission energy carriers. Hydrogen, a versatile energy vector, is pivotal in this... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03862B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jinuk Kim, Dong Gyu Lee, Ju Hyun Lee, Saehun Kim , Cheol-Young Park, Jiyoon Lee, Hyeokjin Kwon, Hannah Cho, Jungyoon Lee, Donghyeok Son, Hee-Tak Kim, Nam-Soon Choi, Tae Kyung Lee, Jinwoo Lee Electrolyte engineering is emerging as a key strategy for enhancing the cycle life of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Fluorinated electrolytes have dramatically extended cycle life; however, intractable challenges regarding the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00027K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hong Li, Bosi Huang, Mingyan Chuai, Zhiyang Zheng, Zhihong Piao, Hao Chen, Guangmin Zhou, Hong Jin Fan Aqueous Zn-I2 batteries are promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage due to their low cost, high voltage output and high safety. However, Ah-level Zn-I2 batteries have been rarely realized due... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05739B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Zhiming Zhao, Georgian Melinte, Dong Guo, Yongjiu Lei, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Xianrong Guo, Zixiong Shi, Yizhou Wang, Jehad El-Demellawi, Wenli Zhao, Husam N. Alshareef The practical options for polymer electrolytes (PEs) are predominantly confined to polyether matrices, which unfortunately falter at voltages exceeding 4 V. Herein, we introduce a pioneering approach using polyamide (PA,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00075K, Review Article Xuejin Li, Pengyun Liu, Cuiping Han, Tonghui Cai, Yongpeng Cui, Wei Xing, Chunyi Zhi Aqueous metal batteries are advantageous in providing high energy density and excellent compatibility with various cathode materials, attracting more attention. However, the corrosion of metallic anodes seriously deteriorates the battery... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05894A, Paper Tiantian Wang, Yuao Wang, Peng Cui, Heshun Geng, Yusheng Wu, Fang Hu, Junhua You, Kai Zhu The electrolyte concentration plays a pivotal role in determining the efficacy of rechargeable batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, 18 ,1205-1213 DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03893B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Sang Won Lee, Tae Heon Nam, Seok Hee Lee, Tatsumi Ishihara, John T. S. Irvine, Tae Ho Shin We propose an ultrasonic spraying strategy for the one-step fabrication of uniform nano-electrodes with a nano-convex structure on an all-ceramic fuel electrode, enhancing both activity and durability. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05509H, Paper Jiaping Niu, Junyuan Dong, Xiaohu Zhang, Lang Huang, Guoli Lu, Xiaolei Han, Jinzhi Wang, Tianyu Gong, Zheng Chen, Jingwen Zhao, Guanglei Cui This study reveals that quasi-metallic sodium clusters in hard carbon possess an electron state density even higher than that of metallic sodium, making them more susceptible to triggering thermal runaway compared to lithium in graphite. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05862C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Huiqun Wang, Yuxiang Mao, Peng Xu, Yu Ding, Huiping Yang, Jian-Feng Li, Yu Gu, Jiajia Han, Li Zhang, Bingwei Mao Depositing a uniform lithium metal layer on a highly conductive current collector (CC) is essential for the development of next-generation Li metal batteries (LMBs). However, poor cycling stability, low Coulombic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05232C, Paper Xi Fan, Jiwen Chen, Jinzhao Wang, Jing Wang, Jixi Zeng, Feng Wei, Shuai Gao, Jia Li, Jing Zhang, Feng Yan, Weijie Song Additives with strong adsorption energies coordinate with lead ions and reduce halogen vacancy defects, leading to a highly ordered atomic arrangement of the lattices and grain boundary mitigation of the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05179C, Paper Lawnardo Sugiarto, Zijie Huang, Yi-Chun Lu Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are highly sensitive to cycling conditions and show a nonlinear degradation pattern, typically noticeable in later stages. This affects the accuracy of most battery health prognostic models,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04739G, Paper Xiaoxin Li, Chao Deng, Rong Chen, Xu Li, Furong Xie, Zinan Wu, Yu Xie, Song Wang, Guo-Ming Weng Reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is a critical issue that requires sustainable, energy-efficient and scalable solutions. Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture and release with redox active molecule has drawn an... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05110F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Zhiyu Zou, Yongbiao Mu, Meisheng Han, Youqi Chu, Jie Liu, Kunxiong Zheng, Qing Zhang, Manrong Song, JIAN Qinping, Yilin Wang, Hengyuan Hu, Fenghua Yu, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao The practical application of Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , a polyanionic cathode for sodium-ion batteries, is constrained by its poor electronic conductivity, limited specific capacity, and slow kinetics. In this study, an integrated polyanion-layered... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05796A, Paper Hao Yin, Jili Yuan, Jun Wang, Shiwei Hu, Pingshan Wang, Haibo Xie The desired salt-free neutral H2O2 electrosynthesis via a 2-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e−-ORR) remains challenging due to the absence of efficient electrocatalysts and its well-matched practical process. Herein we report... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05044D, Paper Chaojiang Niu, Ruiting Guo, Xiong Liu, Kun Ni, Fan-Jie Xia, Huazhang Zhang, Yu Liu, Xinzhe Dai, Litong Shi, Xuanpeng Wang, Chunhua Han, Liqiang Mai Current research focuses on regulating Zn plating behavior to address dendrite issue. Although significant improvements in the lifespans of symmetric batteries have been achieved, full batteries do not demonstrate a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02619E, Comment Chaojing Lu, Xinyu Wang The presence of scarce (101)-oriented F:SnO 2 grains in the fluorine-doped SnO 2 layer with a slight (100) texture seems insufficient to drive predominantly (001)-oriented growth of a BiVO 4 photoanode through the alleged microscale epitaxy. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05293E, Review Article Chenyu Xiong, Yuefeng Meng, Yao Wang, Bingyue Ling, Mengyu Ma, Hao Yan, Feiyu Kang, Dong Zhou, Baohua Li This review thoroughly examines the impact of lean-solvent solid electrolyte (LSEs) on for safer and more durable lithium batteries. It also provides a comprehensive overview of existing LSEs. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05500D, Paper zhiwen lu, Wei Sun, Pingwei Cai, Linfeng Fan, Kai Chen, Jiyuan Gao, Hao Zhang, Junxiang Chen, Zhenhai Wen H2-producing zinc batteries hold promise as an electrochemical energy technology due to their unique ability to simultaneously generate electricity and hydrogen. However, their widespread adoption and commercialization have been hindered... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03839H, Paper Shengyu Tao, Mengtian Zhang, Zixi Zhao, Haoyang Li, Ruifei Ma, Yunhong Che, Xin Sun, Lin Su, Chongbo Sun, Xiangyu Chen, Heng Chang, Shiji Zhou, Zepeng Li, Hanyang Lin, Yaojun Liu, Wenjun Yu, Zhongling Xu, Han Hao, Scott Moura, Xuan Zhang, Yang Li, Xiaosong Hu, Guangmin Zhou The paper proposes a physics-informed model to predict battery lifetime trajectories by computing thermodynamic and kinetic parameters, saving costly data that has not been established for sustainable manufacturing, reuse, and recycling. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05288A, Paper Yanjun Wang, Yue Wang, Wenjing Duan, Xuang Bai, Pengyuan Liu, Chiwei Xu, Hongqin Wang, Jinjue Zeng, Qi Wang, Fanyu Zhou, Yuhang Meng, Lijun Yang, Cheng-Hui Li, Zheng Hu, Xiangfen Jiang, Liang Jiang, Jingxin Lei, Xue-Bin Wang The matter cycle and the renewable energy are fundamental to sustainable development. Despite the recognized urgency of plastic recycling, its implementation is still limited technologically. A dynamic crosslinker can enable... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04566A, Review Article Junwei Ding, Miao Du, Shiwen Wang, Linsen Zhang, Yuanzheng Yue, Morten M Smedskjaer Advanced rechargeable batteries are critical for enabling effective energy storage. A promising strategy to improve the electrochemical performance involves tailoring heterostructures (HSs) with heterointerfaces (HIs) in the active battery components.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03820G, Paper Xi Jin, Jun Li, Siyuan Zhu, Wenyan Tan, Jiahong Tang, Xueyuan Gong, Xingyu Liu, Yu Zhang, Chao Zhou, Zhaoheng Tang, Vincent O Nyamori, Bice Susan Martincigh, Matthew L Davies, Ming-Hua Li, Tongsheng Chen, Qi Chen, Jin-Song Hu, Qijie Liang, Weiqiang Chen, Yan Jiang The illumination side of perovskite solar cells is more vulnerable to external impact (such as hail, flying rocks, snow, hurricanes, etc.) than the rear side, leading to more likelihood of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04657A, Paper Shuaishuai Yan, Nan Yao, Hao Liu, Zheng Zhang, Yang Lu, Zhi Liu, Wen-hui Hou, Pan Zhou, Hang-Yu Zhou, Xiang Chen, Kai Liu, Qiang Zhang Ideal high-temperature lithium metal battery (LMB) electrolytes should have good thermal stability and compatibility with highly reactive cathodes/anodes. Yet, conventional liquid electrolytes usually show severe degradation and substantial safety risks... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05305B, Paper Yu Sun, Daxian Zuo, Chengrong Xu, Bo Peng, Jing-Chang Li, Jie Yang, Sheng Xu, Xinyi Sun, Haoshen Zhou, Shaohua Guo Hard carbon (HC), a commercially available anode for sodium-ion batteries(SIBs), suffers from the unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and massive irreversible sodium loss caused by oxygen-containing functional groups, resulting in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, 18 ,13-18 DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03483J, Opinion Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Xuan Gao, Haobo Dong, Chang Su, Yuhang Dai, Yiyang Liu, Ivan P. Parkin, Claire J. Carmalt, Guanjie He The payback period is a critical indicator when adopting energy storage systems. When developing optimization strategies for emerging energy storage technologies such as aqueous zinc-ion batteries, their economic feasibility should be considered. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, 18 ,194-213 DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03956D, Perspective Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Xueyu Tian, Samuel D. Stranks, Jinsong Huang, Vasilis M. Fthenakis, Yang Yang, Fengqi You We propose a multi-scale analytics and modeling framework to fill the gap in integrating circular solar economy principles with ecosystem and climate commitments, enabling a holistic sustainability analysis of perovskite PVs. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03646H, Paper Hao Liu, Yang Lu, Andrew Xiang, Weili Zhang, Wenmin Kuang, Shuaishuai Yan, Qingbin Cao, Pan Zhou, Wen-hui Hou, Fengxiang Liu, Haiyu Zhou, Xuan Song, Zhenjun Luo, Baichong Chao, Yong Xiang, Kai Liu Wearable biofuel cells (BFCs) that rely on human sweat for energy harvesting and power generation require highly active enzymes to modify the electrode for biofuel catalysis and oxidation. However, the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03350G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yufan Zhang, Chi Ho Lee, Md Zahidul Islam , Joseph Kwon, Choongho Yu Aqueous Fe-ion batteries are largely unexplored due to their short cycle life despite the extremely low material cost. The working mechanisms are mostly undisclosed with only a few experimental studies.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04511D, Paper Yafang Zhang, Chang Yu, Xuedan Song, Xinyi Tan, Wenbin Li, Shuo Liu, Xiuqing Zhu, Song Cui, Yuanyang Xie, Jieshan Qiu A defect-mediated integration strategy is proposed for the in-plane confinement of the metal-containing complex over carbon support via a microwave-induced thermal microenvironment, which endows the catalyst with excellent electrocatalytic activity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04698F, Paper Ying Mo, Wang Zhou, Kexuan Wang, Wenwen Yang, Zixu Liu, Shi Chen, Peng Gao, Jilei Liu The performance of potassium ion batteries (PIBs) using graphite anode is highly dependent on the composition of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) that include both organic and inorganic species. Currently, most... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04212C, Paper Hui Lin, Lingxing Zeng, Chuyuan Lin, Junxiu Wu, Huibing He, Chengxiu Huang, Wenbin Lai, Peixun Xiong, Fuyu Xiao, Qingrong Qian, Qinghua Chen, Jun Lu This work uses disodium naphthalenedisulfonate as an example to examine the structure–activity relationship of additives in aqueous wide-pH zinc–metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04849K, Paper Kai Du, Jiaqi Guo, Chenxi Song, Xin Liu, Mingjun Chen, Dachao Yuan, Runping Ye, Xingyuan San, Yaguang Li, Jinhua Ye A self-operating photothermal CO 2 methanation system in solar free environments is successfully developed by integrating a homemade photothermal TiC/Cu based device with a solid solution structure of NiO and CeO 2 . To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07845H, Paper Po-Wei Huang, Hyeonuk Choi, Anush Venkataraman, Olivia Vulpin, Claudio A. Ruiz Torres, Danae A. Chipoco Haro, Yaguang Zhu, Erika R. Yamazaki, Kelsey B. Hatzell, Shannon W. Boettcher, Sankar Nair, Jihun Oh, Hakhyeon Song, Marta C. Hatzell A bipolar membrane electrolyzer coupling bicarbonate electrolysis with formaldehyde oxidation directly produces syngas (H 2 : CO = 1) at 1.7 V and 200 mA cm −2 with 200% combined Faradaic efficiency. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00296J, Paper Yamei Liu, Xiaofan Tian, Lu Wang, Lijin Xie, Zhenchao Li, Yuxin Ge, Zhao Li, Zhongchao Bai, Huakun Liu, Nana Wang, Guoxiu Wang, Xiaochuan Ren Separator-free battery design can maximize volumetric energy density by eliminating the separator-induced ion-transport barrier. However, its application in aqueous zinc-iodide (Zn-I2) batteries has been hampered by severe polyiodide shuttling and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06846K, Paper Nan Li, Yixiang He, Jiacheng Zhu, Xiaofang Wang, Yifan Chen, Yusi Yang, Linlin Wang, Xiaogang Niu, Xiao Ji, Xuefeng Wang, Qianfan Zhang, Yujie Zhu Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) hold great promise as low-cost and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, yet their practical deployment is hindered by rapid capacity decay driven by irreversible potassium loss and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07501G, Review Article Xin Li, Jingyun Tian, Panpan Li, Huazhang Zhao, Bingjun Xu, Zishuai Bill Zhang Electrochemical CO2 conversion is approaching industrially relevant performance, yet its practical deployment is constrained by insufficient stability under realistic operating conditions. We reframe stability as a dynamic, system-wide property rather... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00449K, Communication Fan Bu, Qiwen Wu, Jingzhu Chen, Wenbo Zhao, Yong Gao, Jipeng Chen, Ting Zhang, Yu Zhang, Salah A. Makhlouf, Cao Guan Broader contextPractical high temperature (> 80 °C) zinc-ion batteries with high energy density and stable cycling performance are greatly desirable for sustainable energy storage, but they remain constrained by the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07078C, Opinion Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Olga Belyanina, Sebastian Startz, Hélène Pilorgé, Makenna Damhorst, Lorena Grundy, Nicolaj Siggelkow, Jennifer Wilcox Scaling climate technologies requires not only capital and innovation but people. Workforce readiness has emerged as a critical yet underdeveloped determinant of whether early-stage climate technologies successfully reach commercial deployment.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06389B, Review Article Guan Xi, Jiewei Deng, Kou Yang, Zhenyu Cui, Tiangang Luan, Chunyan Hao, Shanqing Zhang Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are the primary power supply and energy storage tools to meet modern society’s high energy demands. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are important components integrated into the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07782F, Paper Chaozhu Huang, Guobin Zhang, Haichuan Guo, Lin Yang, Yitian Feng, Quanyan Man, Qing Zhang, Chi Li, Peng Du, Wanwisa Limphirat, Yongbiao Mu, Lin Zeng Local structural disorder induced by Zr/Hf and O 2− co-doping in Li 3 AlCl 6 yields amorphous Al-based electrolytes with greatly accelerated Li + migration and stable cell interfaces, supporting low-cost and long-life all-solid-state lithium batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07705B, Paper Zhen Liu, Minghao Liu, Tengfei Hu, Xiang Niu, Bin Zhou, Teng Lu, Cheng Yang, Fei Cao, Shengguo Lu, Yun Liu, Genshui Wang, Junhao Chu The development of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with high energy storage performance (ESP) is crucial for keeping pace with the ongoing trend toward miniaturization and integration in next-generation pulsed-power systems.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07166F, Perspective Mingjie Wu, Xiaoya Zhan, Siyi Yang, Junjie Zheng, Xun Cui, Bao Yu Xia, Shuhui Sun, Yingkui Yang Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) represent one of the most promising technologies for sustainable energy storage, boasting a high theoretical energy density of 1086 Wh kg-1 that far exceeds that of conventional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07819A, Review Article Shuai Liu, Deyu Wu, Dalin Sun, Yan Zhang, Heng Zhang, Tianyi Ma, Shuangyin Wang Formic acid (FA)/formate (FM) is widely recognized as an important energy carrier and high-value chemical. Through electrocatalysis, abundant carbon sources such as CO2 and biomass can be converted into FA... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06320E, Paper Wenbin Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Miao Guo, Chaoqun Li, Xian Zhou, Guanglin Xia, Xuebin Yu Solvation sheath rearrangement is recognized as a key strategy for modifying electrolytes to enhance the kinetics of magnesium batteries. However, its fundamental mechanism diverges significantly from that in Li-ion batteries... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07347B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Kyle Shank, Hefei Xu, Yunming Xu, Amirmohammad Arjomand Kermani, Jiangzhou Qin, Shang Zhai Advancing a net-negative carbon economy requires efficient and cost-effective CO2 capture and utilization methods. Here, we introduce a novel sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) looping process that accelerates CO2 capture and mineralization... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06789H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Tae-gwang Yun, Yejin Lee, Joonchul Shin, Dong Ho Lee, Min Taek Hong, Seonghun Lee, Sang-Joon Kim, Hyun Ji Lee, Jiwon Lee, Gyeongrok Min, Seunghyun Weon, Minho Choi, Ho Won Jang, Han Seul Kim, Ji-Soo Jang Capturing greenhouse gases (GHGs) while generating electricity offers a new paradigm for climate mitigation. Here, we report a GHG-driven energy harvesting system, termed a gas capture and electricity generator (GCEG),... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04672F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Qiu-Cheng Chen, Wenjin Zhu, Yiqing Chen, Hongmin An, Shuang Yang, Yong Wang, Yali Ji, Guangcan Su, Rui Wang, Jianan Erick Huang, Ji-Yoon Song, Jaerim Kim, Weiyan Ni, Charles Musgrave, Ke Xie, Edward H. Sargent A bipolar membrane generates ultrahigh pH (∼15) locally, achieving 93% selectivity for liquid products (ethanol/ethylene = 70 : 1) with 12× less crossover and long-term stability, advancing scalable electrosynthesis of carbon-neutral fuels. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02574E, Paper Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, Thanh Tran-Phu, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Jodie Yuwono, Silvia Nappini, llargi Napal Azcona, Qi Wang, Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, Christopher Bailey, Elena Magnano, Antonio Tricoli Using solar energy and water to convert biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into valuable chemicals, while simultaneously producing green hydrogen, offers a promising recycling approach for a significant source of agricultural waste.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07379K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yuezhang He, Hongxi Luo, Yuancheng Lin, Carl Talsma, Anna Li, Zhenqian Wang, Yujuan Fang, Pei Liu, Jesse D Jenkins, Eric Larson, Zheng Li High costs of green hydrogen and of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) have hindered policy ambition and slowed real-world deployment, despite their importance for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, including cement... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06706E, Paper Longhai Zhang, Cheng Ji, Quanwei Ma, Hongbao Li, Rui Wang, Lin Zhang, Shilin Zhang, Qingyu Yan, Dongliang Chao, Chaofeng Zhang Aqueous aluminum-ion batteries represent a promising energy storage technology, leveraging their exceptional capacity, low cost, and inherent safety. However, practical implementation has been hampered by severe performance degradation at subzero... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06207A, Paper Dengxu Wu, Ziqi Zhang, Lutong Wang, Lei Zhu, Hong Li, Liquan Chen, Fan Wu All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) face critical challenges in practical implementation due to excessive stack pressure requirements and interfacial degradation. To solve the solid-solid interfacial contact problem, we propose a dual... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05840F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hadi Rostamzadeh, Hamid Montazeri Self-heating interaction with ion migration induces scan-rate-dependent temperature and thermal hysteresis due to comparable thermal, electrical, and ionic timescales, reshaping transient performance and stability in perovskite solar cells. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05832E, Paper Huihui Hu, Yanhong Feng, Zhiwei Wang, Longchao Zhuo, cejun hu, Imran Shakir, Dingsheng Wang, Xijun Liu Layered manganese oxides (δ-MnO2) are regarded as promising cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs), owing to their abundant resources, multiple electron transfer, and environmental benignity. However, their poor intrinsic conductivity... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07550E, Paper Zhe Zhang, Wenli Qi, Shiwan Zhang, Jiacheng Zhu, Linlin Wang, Yue Bai, Jiale Chen, Yifan Chen, Guangqiang Hou, Xiaogang Niu, Xuefeng Wang, Ji-Tao Chen, Xiao Ji, Yujie Zhu To advance the practical application of potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), the lack of robust electrolytes must be addressed, as the prevailing fluorinated solvents present a cost-prohibitive and environmentally unsustainable solution. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05739F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hyun-Wook Lee, Woojin Jeong, Seong Soo Park, Ho-Jeong Ji, Ji-Su Woo, Juhyun Lee, Ye-Jin An, Yu-Chan Hwang, Dong-Ha Kim, Hongjun Chang, Minseok Kim, Mikang Jeong, Moonsu Yoon, Dongsoo Lee, Jongsoon Kim, Zheng-Long Xu, Taeseup Song, Janghyuk Moon, Junghyun Choi, Won-Jin Kwak Dry-processed thick electrodes are a key strategy for increasing the energy density of batteries. However, thick dry electrodes, especially anodes, suffer from limited ion mobility, causing non-uniform solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07175E, Paper Quan Zong, Xuelian Liu, Keyi Chen, Qi-Long Zhang, Haoran Yuan, Shuang Zhou, Guoying Wei, Gongxun Bai, Anqiang Pan Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising candidates for large‐scale energy storage owing to their high safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the practical application of ZIBs remains challenged by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06668A, Paper Xinran Fu, Yicai Pan, Zhixiang Chen, Fulong Li, Yongqiang Yang, Min Chen, Haoran Tu, Tianyu Qiu, Zhenyue Xing, Peng Rao, Zhenye Kang, Wenjun Zhang, Xiaodong Shi, Lutong Shan, Xinlong Tian The applications of Zn-I2 batteries are plagued by severe side reactions, including the polyiodide shuttle on the cathode and parasitic by-products on the zinc anode. Herein, we introduce an amino... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07366A, Paper Yan Jin, Jihao Qin, Jin Cao, Zhenyang Zhang, Xin An, Shenghan Wang, Xue-Lin Yang Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries present a compelling route for sustainable energy storage yet remain hindered by uncontrolled dendritic growth and the parasitic polyiodide shuttle effect. Here, we surmount these challenges by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06738C, Paper Zhijian Qiu, Yongpeng Cui, Lina Ge, Wanning Xiong, Zeyi Zhang, Kaian Yang, Yao Wang, Xiu Li Gao, Pengyun Liu, Xuejin Li, Qingzhong Xue, Wei Xing The imperative for reliable lithium batteries under extreme low-temperature (LT) conditions has revived interest in organic electrodes, yet their practical deployment is frustrated by severe electrode dissolution and sluggish Li + ... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06208J, Paper Yunyi Chen, Xitang Qian, Yuxiang Lyu, Yican Qiu, Yee Tung Kwan, Siyu Zhou, Xinyi Lan, Siqi Lu, Minhua Shao Anode-free lithium metal batteries hold great promise for high-capacity energy storage by eliminating both the conventional graphite anode and any excess lithium metal. However, irreversible charge-discharge cycles lead to the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06963G, Paper Maoxin Chen, Huan Li, Hui Xu, Zhitan Wu, Jinxing Chen, Huihui Lin, Ao Du, Sundus Umer, Zihui Chen, Ning Yue, Zhijie Yan, Tianyu Yin, Nianjun Yang, Jiong Lu, Weichao Wang, Chunpeng Yang, Quanhong Yang Zinc–iodine (Zn–I 2 ) batteries are promising for grid-scale energy storage, yet rapid capacity fade from polyiodide shuttling remains a fundamental challenge. This shuttling arises from the coupled, stepwise iodine reduction pathway... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05654C, Paper Linkai Peng, Tongxin Shang, Junwei Han, Jiwei Shi, Chuannan Geng, Yaqi He, Mengyao Li, Yun Cao, Wongsathorn Kaewraung, Min Gao, Yan-Bing He, Quanhong Yang, Wei Lv Metal-sulfur batteries promise sustainable high-energy storage but are plagued by sulfur-induced catalyst deactivation, which hinders long-term sulfur conversion. Here we present a concave carbon surface confinement strategy as a universal... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05948H, Paper Ziheng Zhu, Hanjie Mao, Shuo Zhang, Xiaogang He, Da Zhang China's commitment to carbon neutrality by 2060 requires 5000--8000 GW integration of variable renewable energy, which may pose unprecedented grid stability challenges. Using spatial-temporally resolved modeling to co-optimize capacity expansion... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05198C, Review Article Ke-Feng Ren, Zhong-Yu Li, Xin Shen, Cong Guo, Weizhai Bao, Feng Yu, Ebrahim Nemati-Kande, Long Kong, He Liu, Xin-Bing Cheng, Jingfa Li This review highlights the recent progress of novel solvations based on ion/dipole interactions and analyzes the working principles and the future directions, aiming to construct a specific design paradigm of electrolytes in rechargeable batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06482A, Paper Weimin Ma, Shidi Gui, Jingyang Zhu, Huaisuo Yao, Jingxue Sun, Jian Pei, Yingxuan Li Although direct air capture technology shows promise for atmospheric CO2 reduction, it is hindered by the energy-intensive CO2 concentration processes and unresolved long-term storage risks. As an alternative approach, direct... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05041C, Perspective Xiaoqiang Cui, Shicheng Dong, Ningning Cao, Xuchen Zhang, Junxia Wang, Haiguang Fu, Beibei Yan, Zhen Yu, Guanyi Chen, Miao Yu The global crises of resource scarcity, energy shortage, and environmental degradation demand innovative solutions for sustainable development. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SIE) has emerged as a transformative technology for recovering resource/energy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04892C, Paper Wang Xu, Yongbiao Mu, Yaoyu Yin, Anjun Hu, Yuanjian Li, Jian Wang, Qi Liu, Jianping Long, Lin Zeng, Shimou Chen This work proposes a conjugated topologically confined composite electrolyte, promoting the formation of an anion-dominated solvation structure and LiF/Li 3 N-rich interphases that suppress lithium dendrites and cathode degradation. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04802H, Paper Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Multi-S-heterocyclic covalent organic frameworks as a new p-type cathode are designed, which triggers stable 30 e − OTF − coordination at high redox voltage (1.3 V), giving Zn–organic batteries high energy density and ultralong life. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05932A, Paper Deng Hu, Hang Luo, Guanghu He, Xi Chen, Yuting Wan, Fan Wang, Xiaona Li, Huan Wang, Haoran Xie, Dou Zhang Film capacitors are indispensable in electrical engineering; however, balancing the insulation and thermal stability of polymer dielectrics remains a key challenge for high-temperature energy storage. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04804D, Paper Chunlin Xie, Shengfang Liu, Jin Wang, Xianghui Meng, Shuyi Yu, Jiaming Zhang, Haijun Peng, Dan Sun, Yougen Tang, Haiyan Wang† A schematic of NaHMDS as a sacrificial sodium source for highly reversible anode-free sodium batteries with stable SEI/CEI interphases and dendrite-free deposition. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05519A, Perspective Anchun Tang, Minsi Li, Xueliang Sun, Weihan Li Multidimensional time-, spatial-, and energy-resolved characterisation reveals buried interfacial mechanisms in solid-state lithium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02120K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Abdelaziz Gouda, Juan Manuel Restrepo-Flórez, Abhinav Mohan, Otavio Augusto Titton Dias, Andrew Wang, Camilo J. Viasus Perez, Jessica Ye, Tamlyn Slocombe, Vijay K. Tomer, Jiabao Shen, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Nazir Kherani, Mohamad Hmadeh, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Mohini Sain, Geoffrey Ozin Light-driven methane photolysis produces clean H 2 and MWCNTs from natural gas, enabling low-energy hydrogen fuel and advanced materials for Li-ion storage, with 70% less energy than conventional methods. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06001J, Paper Xiaofeng Cui, Limin Liu, Xinyang Li, Na Gao, Jie Feng, Dandan Yin, Lanya Zhao, Hetong Qi, Xiangyang Li, Hongyang Zhao, Chunhui Xiao, Shujiang Ding, Wei Yu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are promising for grid-scale energy storage due to inherent safety and low cost. However, their practical application under high current densities is severely limited by the hydrogen... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06160A, Paper Zhiheng Shi, Guigui Liu, Haolong Huang, Ziyuan He, Chuanping Lei, Fubin Zheng, Minghui Ye, Yufei Zhang, Zhipeng Wen, Wencheng Du, Xiaoqing Liu, Yue Wei, Qi Yang, Yongchao Tang, Cheng Chao Li Dual-deposition aqueous Zn||I2 batteries, via reversible Zn plating/stripping and four-electron (4e-) iodine redox, represent promising high-energy systems. However, their practical application is hindered by low areal capacity and limited cycle... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05927E, Paper Jiaqi Ni, Jing Yan, Ying Tao, Jie Ding, Auttaphon Chachvalvutikul, Ouardi Akdim, Lingyue Liu, Shanshan Huang, Weixu Wang, Hongli Sun, Haifeng Qi, Chenliang Su, Bin Liu The sustainable production of ammonia (NH3) via electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3-RR) presents a dual solution for environmental remediation and renewable energy storage. However, this process is hindered by the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05170C, Paper Tengxiu Tu, Xinyuan Zhang, Yijin Wu, Zhixian Mao, Jifang Zhang, Jiapeng Ji, Lei Xing, Jian Kang, Shan Chen, Porun Liu, Haimin Zhang, Huajie Yin, Huijun Zhao Electrochemical carbon capture offers a sustainable route to mitigate CO2 emissions, but practical deployment is often limited by modest capture rates and system complexity. Here we report a saline-water electrolysis... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05453B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Andreas Josef Bornschlegl, Attila Janos Mozer, Jessie Ann Posar, Jianchang Wu, Juan S. Rocha-Ortiz, Patrick Duchstein, Mauricio Caicedo Reina, Alejandro Ortiz, Braulio Insuasty, Dirk Zahn, Justin B. Davies, Marco Petasecca, Larry Lüer, Christoph J Brabec Molecular semiconductors have the potential to enable new possibilities in the fields of radiation detection and space applications, but they need to prove resilience against the ionizing radiation present in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04802H, Paper Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Organic p-type cathodes for Zn-organic batteries (ZOBs) have high-voltage (1.0-1.2 V), but face limited redox capacity (generally < 250 mAh g -1 ) due to low-density active sites. Here we... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04460J, Paper Carlos D. Rodríguez-Gallegos, Oktoviano Gandhi, Huixuan Sun, Shi An Ting, Even Hjetland, Avi Alcalay, Philippe Selve, Daniel Reinhardt, Michael Chochole, Thomas Reindl Global analysis reveals that offshore floating PV could meet the global electricity demand several times over, with extensive areas already suitable for cost-competitive deployment. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05181A, Review Article Min Xu, Hongmin Liu, Xinran Gao, Yitao Lou, Huakun Liu, Shi Xue Dou, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) offer exceptional energy density and safety, yet interfacial instability at both cathode and anode remains a major challenge. This review pioneers a unified, multiscale framework that... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05206H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yuan Shang, Yingna Ding, Ravindra Kokate, Ashutosh Rana, Jeffrey E Dick, Xinyuan Wu, Bram Hoex, Mingyue Wang, Nana Wang, Qihui Zhang, Priyank Vijaya Kumar, Dipan Kundu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries promise a safe, inexpensive, and sustainable platform for stationary energy storage, but their reversibility remains limited by dendrite and corrosion-mediated failure of the zinc anode. While low-concentration... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05317J, Paper Xiaosa Xu, Junjie Chen, Jin Li, Zhenyu Wang, Zixiao Guo, Pengzhu Lin, Yu Wang, Jing Sun, Baoling Huang, Tianshou Zhao Anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries are promising for energy storage owing to their maximum energy density, safety, and cost-effectiveness. However, their practical application remains hindered by fragile electrode-electrolyte interfaces (EEI)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02120K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Geoffrey A. Ozin, Abdelaziz Gouda, Nazir Kherani, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Juan Manuel Restrepo Florez, Mohini M. Sain, Camilo Viasus, Jessica Ye, Abhinav Mohan, Otavio Augusto Titton Dias, Vijay K Tomer, Andrew Wang, Tamlyn Slocombe, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Jiabao Shen, Mohamad Hmadeh The transition to sustainable hydrogen production is critical to decarbonizing the global energy system and reducing reliance on carbon-intensive methods such as steam methane reforming (SMR). Methane pyrolysis has emerged... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05276A, Paper Mingqiang Cheng, Juanjian Ru, Shukai Miao, Yixin Hua, Qibo Zhang, Cunying Xu, Zhipeng Zhou, Ding WANG, Wenchao Zhang, Jiexi Wang, Zaiping Guo The selective recovery of metals from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), particularly from Ni-based ternary (NCM) cathode materials, is a significant challenge due to their complex elemental composition. Herein, we present... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05571G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Woojae Shin, Haoxiang Lai, Gasim Ibrahim, Guiyan Zang A comprehensive techno-economic and environmental assessment database for global ammonia supply chains was developed across 63 countries, assessing diverse production technologies (gray, blue, yellow, pink, green) and downstream logistics by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03633J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Rens J. Horst, Ralph van der Linde, Rémy R. Jacquemond, Baichen Liu, Antoni Forner-Cuenca We present a scalable method to manufacture gas diffusion media with tailored microstructures, enhancing polymer electrolyte fuel cell performance and offering a path beyond the traditional carbon fiber paradigm in electrochemical technologies. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02643A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Zixuan Li, Rui Qi, Yi Yuan, Lechen Yang, Lijiang Song, Ashok Sreekumar Menon, Louis F. J. Piper, Didier Wermeille, Paul Thompson, Robert House, Peter G. Bruce, Alex Robertson Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) suffer from sustained capacity loss at the zinc metal anode due to side reactions with the electrolyte, even under idle conditions. The concept of an anode-free... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02865E, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Ningaraju Gejjiganahalli Ningappa, Karthik Vishweswariah, Sabbir Ahmed, Mohamed Djihad Bouguern, M. R. Anil Kumar, Karim Zaghib Pathways to net-zero aviation through sustainable propulsion - integrating SAFs, hydrogen fuel cell, advanced batteries, and hybrid-electric systems for reduced lifecycle emission and enhanced energy efficiency. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02728D, Paper Seth Kane, Baishakhi Bose, Jin Fan, Thomas Hendrickson, Sarah Nordahl, Corinne D. Scown, Sabbie Miller Currently, materials production of materials is responsible for over 25% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. However, due to their long-lived nature and enormous scale of production, some building materials offer a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04165A, Paper Wenqian Xing, Deyu Wang, Kai Feng, Shihao Ding, Xinle Zhang, Haolan Xu, Jiang Gong, Jinping Qu, Ran Niu The rising demand for lithium, essential for energy storage, has heightened the need for efficient extraction methods from salt-lake brines, as current techniques are inefficient and energy-intensive. Here we present... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05097A, Paper Young-Hoon Lee, Hee Jeong Park, Eunbin Park, Geumbi Na, Ji Hwan Kim, Se-Woong Baek, Seunghwan Bae, June Huh, Yung-Eun Sung, Seung-Ho Yu Incorporating provitamin B5 co-solvent for aqueous zinc-ion batteries facilitates the formation of a provitamin B5–Zn ion complex, which promotes uniform zinc deposition over extended distances and superior long-term cycling stability. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03522H, Paper Xingxing Meng, Xiao Zhang, Litong Shi, Zhe Chen, Jiashen Meng, Feixiang Ding, Xiong Liu, Baokang Zhang, Qian Wang, Liqiang Mai, Chaojiang Niu Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) are expected to have significant advantages under extreme low-temperature conditions (i.e., −40°C), mainly due to the much short ion transport pathway and deposition/stripping mechanism of Li... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05118E, Paper Hongbo Wu, Gongxun Lu, Chang Dong, Tao Yang, Zeyang Sun, Zhijin Ju, Chengbin Jin, Ouwei Sheng, Dexin Yang, Tianyu Shen, Haojie Ji, Jian Zhang, Guangmin Zhou, Xuefeng Zhang Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) hold promise for grid-scale storage due to their intrinsic safety and low cost, yet face critical irreversible anode degradation from dendritic proliferation and parasitic reactions. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02930A, Perspective Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Gan Huang, Ewan Gage, Boris Breiner, Monica Saavedra, Dmitry Busko, Norbert J Janowicz, Dominic S. Wright, Bryce S Richards Greenhouses enable crop production in challenging climates, ensuring food security through controlled environments. Sustainable development requires addressing the food-energy-water nexus while optimising four key factors – light, temperature, CO2 levels,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02113H, Perspective Kewei Xu, Xiaokang Chen, Peng Peng, Lin Yang, Libin Tian, Yushuai Huang, Yun Huang, Yulong Ding, Qingshan Zhu Industrial decarbonization demands efficient high-temperature thermal energy storage (HT-TES) systems capable of sustained operation above 1000 °C. However, developing scalable, economical, and high-performing HT-TES materials that can withhold these temperatures... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03662C, Paper Yunpei Lu, Yuezheng Liu, Shichao Zhang, Yong Wu, Hao Cheng, Yingying Lu Developing electrolytes that enable stable lithium metal anodes and high-voltage cathodes is critical for next-generation lithium metal batteries (LMBs). In-situ polymerized gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) offer notable advantages in high-energydensity... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03323C, Paper Xiaotong Chang, Ruolin Cheng, Tengfei Wang, Xiaohui Kan, Mengyang Jia, Zhijie Bi, Xiulin Fan, Xiangxin Guo Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based electrolytes show huge potential in applications of solid-state lithium batteries (SSLBs) due to their broad potential windows and reliable mechanical strengths. However, the critical interfacial issues associated... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02941D, Paper Lanya Zhao, Dandan Yin, Yanan Zhang, Boyang Li, Shen Wang, Xiaofeng Cui, Jie Feng, Na Gao, Xiaowei Liu, Shujiang Ding, Hongyang Zhao A liquid ionic conductive agent for an iodine cathode improves the conductivity of thick electrodes and prevents polyiodide shuttle effects, thereby leading to achievement of aqueous zinc–iodine batteries with high loading and high areal capacity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03635F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Xuesong Xie, Yang Yang, Yifan Li, Rohit Sinha, Xuehai Tan, Keren Jiang, Minggang Xie, Yuxuan Xue, Ning Chen, Zhi Li Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) attract increasing attention as alternative energy storage technologies due to safety and low cost. However, the continuous dissolution of active materials in vanadium oxide-based ZIBs... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03465E, Communication Wenlong Cai, Qiujie He, Zhiwen Deng, Sicheng Miao, Ye Jia, Jianan Peng, Pengfei Xia, Changhaoyue Xu, Qiang Tang, Xuemei Zhang, Tiening Tan, Gaolong Zhu, Kaipeng Wu, Yongjin Fang, Yun Zhang Ion/solvent-solvent interactions have garnered extensive attention to construct anion-dominated solvation structure for high-voltage batteries. While it is acknowledged that the macroscopic dragging effect can reduce desolvation energy, there remains a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02875B, Paper Nan-Hai Li, Xiao-Lei Shi, Chao Zhang, Meng Li, Xiaodong Wang, Min Zhang, Wen-Yi Chen, Yong-Qi Chen, Dmitri Golberg, Dong-Chen Qi, Zhi-Gang Chen Electronic band modulation induced by manganese doping decouples the electron and phonon transport properties of AgCuTe, achieving a high ZT of 1.88 at 773 K and an energy conversion efficiency of 13.3% at a temperature difference of 462 K. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03758A, Paper Xiaolang Liu, Runming Tao, Gaoxu Huang, Yuxi Yang, Haiping Wang, Huiyu Yuan, Deyu Wang, Zhihong Liu, Jiyan Liu, Jiyuan Liang Rechargeable aqueous zinc-sulfur batteries (ZSBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high theoretical capacity and cost-effectiveness. Generally, the reversible specific capacity of ZSBs can be enhanced... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02723C, Paper Hongyu Qin, Ao Liu, Kefeng Ouyang, Sheng Chen, Shubing Wei, Yan Huang Sluggish diffusion rate and exceptionally uneven distribution of Zn2+ at the electrode/electrolyte interface under high depth of discharge (DOD) severely limits the advancement of high-energy-density Zn metal batteries (ZMBs). Herein,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01958C, Paper Shang Liu, Shiteng Li, Qijun Yang, Meng Lin Significant progress has been made in enhancing solar interfacial evaporation (SIE) performance at the laboratory scale, however, translating these improvements to meter-scale systems suitable for practical deployment remains limited by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02702K, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Sowjanya Vallem, Malayil Gopalan Sibi, Rahul Patil, Vishakha Goyal, Giridhar Babu Anam, E. A. Lohith, K. Keerthi, Muhammad Umer, N. V. V. Jyothi, Matthias Vandichel, Subhasmita Ray, Daniel Ioan Stroe, Mani Balamurugan, Sada Venkateswarlu, Jagadeesh Rajenahally, Radek Zboril, Aristides Bakandritsos Amidst escalating global concerns over rising atmospheric CO2 levels, the capture and effective utilization of C1 and C2+ sources are crucial not only for advancing a sustainable society but also... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02153G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Ho Mei Law, Zilong WANG, Shengjun Xu, Longyun Shen, Baptiste Py, Yuhao Wang, Renée Siegel, Juergen Senker, Qingsong Wang, Francesco Ciucci Sodium–ion batteries represent a more sustainable and potentially cost–effective alternative to lithium–ion technology, with sodium–metal anodes showing significant promise for high–energy–density batteries. However, the high reactivity between sodium–metal and conventional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02265G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Ganesh Raghavendran, Alex Liu, Oleg A. Borodin, Nathan T Hahn, Kevin Leung, Na Ri Park, Tejas Nivarty, Mingqian Li, Aiden Larson, Yijie Yin, Minghao Zhang, Ying Shirley Meng High-energy density, improved safety, temperature resilience, and sustainability are desirable yet rarely simultaneously achieved properties in lithium-battery electrolytes. In this work, we present an aggregate-rich electrolyte that leverages the complementary... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02556G, Review Article Xingtang Xu, Chonghua Li, Wang Li, Jie Feng, Wen-Ying Li The escalating demand for renewable energy is driving the rapid advancement of innovative energy storage and conversion technologies. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) systems, as a promising alternative energy solution, typically... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03224E, Paper Shunshun Zhao, Sinian Yang, Xuanrui Huang, Xinwei Wang, Haojie Xu, Qing Ma, Yong Chen, Guoxiu Wang, Shimou Chen Quasi-solid-state or solid-state electrolytes are promising to address the long-standing challenges in zinc batteries, such as Zn dendrite formation and inevitable side reactions. Herein, we report an anhydrous Janus quasi-solid-state... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02117K, Paper Junyi Dai, Jiahao Li, Fangxin Ling, Yu Yao, Yanru Wang, Mingze Ma, Jian Feng, Jun Xia, Yinbo Zhu, Hai Yang, Xianhong Rui, Hengan Wu, Yan Yu Sodium iron hexacyanoferrates (Na2FeFe(CN)6) are considered among the most promising cathode materials for sodium ion batteries due to their high theoretical energy density and low cost. However, structural Fe(CN)64- vacancies... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01513H, Paper Cheng Wang, Chang Yu, Bingzhi Qian, Yongwen Ren, Rulong Ma, Yue Chu, Jieshan Qiu Upgrading nitrogen to ammonium fertilizer under environmental conditions presents a promising prospect for the application of distributed renewable energy. Herein, a hybrid plasma-electro-membrane triple intensified system is developed to achieve... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03240G, Paper Gyujin Song, Kwon-Hyung Lee, Hyeongseok Shim, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyeong-Jong Kim, Chanhyun Park, Jingyu Choi, Seok-Ju Lee, Young-Kuk Hong, Jihong Lyu, Jin Chul Kim, Sijeong Park, Hyungyeon Cha, Wooyoung Jin, Jinsoo Kim, Sin Ho Choi, Sang-Young Lee, Sung-Kyun Jung, Michael De Volder, Tae-Hee Kim Dry-processed electrodes based on poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) binder have emerged as a promising technology for sustainable, low-cost and high areal capacity electrode manufacturing. However, understanding its fibrillation behaviour becomes a key... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02275D, Paper Keyue Liang, Xintong Yuan, Bo Liu, Hayoung Park, Kaixi Chen, Tian-yu Wang, Haoyang Wu, Jung Tae Kim, Kaiyan Liang, Yuzhang Li Lithium metal battery (LMB) performance is strongly influenced by both Li deposition and stripping processes, which are closely related to the properties of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). While most research... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03407H, Paper Junwei Liang, Kun Qian, Caijin Xiao, Yuhang Li, Zhichun Si, Lin Zeng, Songbai Han, Feiyu Kang, Yan-Bing He, Ming Liu All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) promise high energy density and inherent safety but face critical challenges in complex charge transfer process across the longitudinal cathode. Here, through multiphysics simulation, it is firstly... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00427F, Paper Xianguang Miao, Yifan Wu, Huirong Jing, Yuchuang Cao, Yichao Wang, Junyeob Moon, Xin Li A new type of compactable NPSF electrolyte, featuring increased Na + conductivity, better dendrite-resistant capability, and improved electrochemical stability, represents a comprehensive upgrade over conventional NPS. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01408E, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Leixin Yang, Yujie Shen, Xintao Long, Qianyi Ma, Ziqing Ruan, Nuo Xu, Kaihua Li, Long Jiao, Yaping Kong, Jie Li, Lei Tang, Aiping Yu, Bowen Cheng Meeting the global terawatt-scale energy demands necessitates innovative solutions to overcome the critical challenges facing aqueous Zn-ion batteries, particularly the poor reversibility and unstable plating/stripping of Zn anodes under high... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03001C, Paper Chunlei Song, Lyuming Pan, Lu Chen, Yanxin Jiang, Hongji Pan, He Zhao, Nanshan Chen, Zhiqiang Yang, Liu Yang, Qing Yan, Xudong Peng, Xiaohua Ma, Yiju Li, Tianshou Zhao High-mass-loading sulfur cathodes with high areal capacity are critical for developing energy-dense lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, facilitating efficient Li+ ion and electron transport in high-mass-loading sulfur electrodes remains a great... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02219C, Review Article Jiaxin Meng, Guozhen Zhang, Le Pang, Qiyu Liu, Jianuo Yao, Yaoyu Wang, He Liu, Cong Guo, Weizhai Bao, Jingfa Li, Faxing Wang, Feng Yu, Hongxia Wang Aqueous zinc-bromine batteries (ZBBs) have attracted considerable interest as a viable solution for next-generation energy storage, owing to their high theoretical energy density, material abundance, and inherent safety. In contrast... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE03460D, Paper Gao Yu , Pengfei Ji, Xiaobo Gao, Tengfei Zhou, Shengbo Wang , Wei Gao, Hao Li, Zhong Lin Wang, Baodong Chen Pedestrian-level wind (PLW, 0-2m above ground level) as an affordable and clean energy, is characterized by high transience, low-Reynolds-number airflow and turbulence. PLW energy capture is severely limited in conventional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02940F, Paper Yuan Wang, Shuyan Guo, Yuntian Guo, Peng Zhang, Guoming Ma, Dingguo Xia, Hao Zhao Operando monitoring of the H2 evolution within lithium-ion batteries is essential for decoding their thermal runaway mechanism and preventing fires. Here, we track the H2 evolution over multiple charging‒discharging cycles... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02213D, Paper Qi Li, Meng Xu, Shiqiang Wei, Anuj Kumar, Kovan Khasraw Abdalla, Yueyang Wang, Linfeng Yu, Mengyao Liu, Xiangrong Jin, Jiazhan Li, Li Song, Yi Zhao, Xiaoming Sun Herein, we introduced a PANI layer to provide a proton-rich micro-environment for an organic modified MnO 2 cathode featuring Mn–N bonds, enabling selective H + insertion rather than Zn 2+ and reversible MnO 2 /Mn 2+ redox for advanced Zn–MnO 2 batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01597A, Paper Junwei Han, Xinru Wei, Guanzhong Ma, Han Wang, Yiming Sun, Zihui Liu, Lu Zhao, Chenyu Ma, Qihao Liu, Wenting Feng, Debin Kong, Wei Lv, Quanhong Yang, Linjie Zhi Rechargeable lithium-chlorine (Li-Cl2) batteries are recognized as powerful candidates for energy storage with high energy density and harsh environment adaptability. However, porous materials used in Li-Cl2 battery cathodes have poor... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01311A, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Ahmad Alem, Pooria Poormehrabi, Jonas Lins, Lukas Pachernegg-Mair, Christine Bandl, Virginia Ruiz, Edgar Ventosa, Stefan Spirk, Torsten Gutmann In operando techniques allow for real-time monitoring to elucidate mechanisms, assess degradation rates, and optimize functionality of redox-flow batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01892G, Paper Lingshi Zhang, Zhongbao Wei, Chunxia Liu, Hongwen He, Kailong Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Yunhui Huang, Zhichuan J. Xu Thermal characterization and diagnosis are critical for the whole-life-cycle safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, conventional techniques are time-delayed and discontinuous due to the sealed structure and intricate mechanisms of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02997J, Paper Kangjia Hu, Jiahui Zhang, Xinrun Yu, Jin-Bao Wang, Xianluo Hu Silicon anodes promise revolutionary lithium-ion battery energy density, yet commercial viability remains constrained by catastrophic volume expansion and interfacial degradation under demanding thermal conditions. Here, we demonstrate engineered crack pinning... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01118C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Patricia Mayer, Florian Joseph Baader, David Yang Shu, Ludger Leenders, Christian Zibunas, Stefano Moret, André Bardow The chemical industry's transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is particularly challenging due to the carbon inherently contained in chemical products, eventually released to the environment. Fossil feedstock-based production... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01964H, Paper Xiang Li, Kun Fan, Jingyi He, Siyuan Sun, Yinan Chai, Zhi-Min Dang, Xiangyang Liu Dielectric polymer films often suffer from poor energy-storage level in harsh-environment electronic devices, circuits and systems. In this work, a molecular engineering strategy is described to synergistically achieve high mechanical... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01919B, Paper Tonghui Zhang, Ying Xiao, Shunshun Zhao, Yu Han, Gang He, Shimou Chen The kinetic conflict between accelerated Na⁺ desolvation and durable interphase construction remains a bottleneck for sodium metal batteries (SMBs) operating at low temperatures. Herein, we propose an electrolyte engineering strategy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01702E, Paper Xunan Wang, Chongwei Gao, Shuhua Zhang, Jiantao Li, Jiali Wang, Shengdong Lin, Sungsik Lee, Feiyu Kang, Dengyun Zhai Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are recognized as promising cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), particularly the low-cost and high-energy K 2 Mn[Fe(CN) 6 ](KMnF). However, conventional solution-based synthesis inevitably introduces [Fe(CN) 6 ] 4- defects and lattice... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01473E, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Seo-Yul Kim, Akriti Sarswat, Sunghyun Cho, MinGyu Song, Jinsu Kim, Matthew J Realff, David S. Sholl, Ryan Lively Direct air capture (DAC) of CO₂ is a key component in the portfolio of negative-emissions technologies for mitigating global warming. However, even with the most potent amine sorbents, large-scale DAC... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02217G, Paper Shengyu Tao, Ruohan Guo, Jaewoong Lee, Scott Moura, Lluc Canals Casals, Shida Jiang, Junzhe Shi, Stephen J Harris, Tongda Zhang, Chi-Yung Chung, Guangmin Zhou, Jinpeng Tian, Xuan Zhang The reuse of second-life lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) retired from electric vehicles is critical for energy storage in underdeveloped regions, where power infrastructures is weak or absent. However, estimating the relative... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04058A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Maxwell Pisciotta, Hélène Pilorgé, Likhwa Ndlovu, Madeleine Siegel, Joe Huyett, Todd Bandhauer, Peter Psarras, Jennifer Wilcox Geothermal energy has been utilized for centuries. This study presents a framework to assess how geothermal resources can power direct air capture (DAC) systems, optimizing for overall CO 2 abatement. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90060C, Editorial We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Energy & Environmental Science in 2024, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01752A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Antonio Gasós, Ronny Pini, Viola Becattini, Marco Mazzotti Some argue that using CO2 from direct air capture (DAC) in enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) can produce carbon-neutral oil by permanently storing more CO2 than it is emitted when using... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01464F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Péter Gyenes, Angelika A. Samu, Dorottya Hursán, Viktor Józó, Andrea Serfőző, Balázs Endrődi, Csaba Janáky Electrochemical reduction of CO 2 is envisioned to play a role in closing the artificial carbon cycle. Continuously ensuring optimal amount of cations and water at the catalyst surface allows high performance durable operation. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00809C, Paper Yong Li, Aoyang Zhu, Guodong Peng, Jun He, Hongqiang Li, Dedong Jia, Guanjie He, Jieshan Qiu, Xiaojun He Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have great potential to boost the sluggish iodine redox kinetics and alleviate polyiodides shuttle in aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries. Nevertheless, it is a big challenge to improve... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01454A, Perspective Pengfei Wang, Jiaxing Xu, Zhaoyuan Bai, Ruzhu Wang, Tingxian Li Water crisis has emerged as one of the most severe threats to global sustainable development. The atmosphere contains approximately 13,000 trillion liters of water as an accessible natural water source... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90059J, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Siddhartha Subramanian, Jesse Kok, Pratik Gholkar, Asvin Sajeev Kumar, Hugo-Pieter Iglesias van Montfort, Ruud Kortlever, Atsushi Urakawa, Bernard Dam, Thomas Burdyny To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05273K, Analysis Miriam Blaine, Paul Webley, Damon Honnery A comparative analysis of CO 2 e emissions of renewable methanol produced from forestry residues (FR) and conventional methanol produced from natural gas (NG) is undertaken to assess which production pathway yields... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00094G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hengzhou Liu, Heejong Shin, Xiao-Yan Li, Guangcan Su, Pengfei Ou, Yong Wang, Lihaokun Chen, Jiaqi Yu, Yuanjun Chen, Rong Xia, Geonhui Lee, Kug-Seung Lee, Christine Yu, Peiying Wang, Deokjae Choi, Daojin Zhou, Cong Tian, Issam Gereige, Ammar Alahmed, Aqil Jamal, Omar K. Farha, Shannon W. Boettcher, Jennifer B. Dunn, Ke Xie, Edward H. Sargent Hierarchical carbon supports, internally coated with PDA and catalyst, enhance reactant mass transport, achieve molecular dispersion of the catalyst, and tune the electronic environment of the Co center. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01817J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Sven Brückner, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Ana Araujo, Wen Ju, Rosalía Cid Barreno, Elvira Paz, Florian Krebs, Salomé Soares, Pierre Schröer, Peter Strasser, Isilda Amorim, Zhipeng Yu, Philipp Hauke, Manuel Fernando Pereira, Lifeng Liu Efficient and stable CO2-to-CO electrolyzers are key process components for the generation of green synthesis gas and its downstream conversion and valorization to carbonaceous e-chemicals and e-fuels. While alkaline CO2... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01449B, Paper Zhenyu Liu, Junyi Du, Jin Yang, Yuanyuan Yan, Yatong Wang, Meiling Wang, Tian Wang, Lixing Kang, Dingsheng Wang Pyridinic-N (N[6]) and pyrrolic-N (N[5]) are vital for the performance of metal-nitrogen-carbon (M–N–C) catalysts, yet precise control over them remains elusive. Here we theoretically explore the impact of N[5]/N[6] atomic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05889E, Paper Stephanie Collins, Yaset Acevedo, Daniel V Esposito, Rohini Bala Chandran, Shane Ardo, Brian James, Hanna Breunig Generating hydrogen from renewable resources would unlock a low-carbon energy carrier that could be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sectors such as industry and transportation. Yet, the allocation... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00227C, Paper Digen Ruan, Yanru Wang, Jiasen Guo, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Qingshun Nian, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Jiajia Fan, Jun Ma, Bingqing Xiong, Qi Dong, Ruiguo Cao, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren An oscillating Li + -acceptor fluorine-donor electrolyte incorporating a new co-solvent with an asymmetric super-lithiophilic fluorine group resolves the dilemma between fast electrolyte Li + transport and stable interphases. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00618J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Saurabh Parab, Jonathan Lee, Matthew Miyagishima, Qiushi Miao, Bhargav Bhamwala, Alex Liu, Louis Ah, Bhagath Sreenarayanan, Kun Ryu, Mingqian Li, Neal Arakawa, Robert D. Schmidt, Mei Cai, Fang Dai, Ping Liu, Shen Wang, Ying Shirley Meng Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries hold significant promise for electric vehicles and aviation due to their high energy density and cost-effectiveness. However, understanding the root causes of performance degradation remains a formidable... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05701E, Paper Vasudeva Rao Bakuru, Petru Apostol, Darsi Rambabu, Shubhadeep Pal, Xiaodong Lin, Robert Markowski, Tom Goossens, Da Tie, Andrii Kachmar, Yan Zhang, Géraldine Chanteux, Alexandru Vlad An alkali-rich organic redox system, A 6 THBPD, enables high-capacity, high-voltage Li-, Na-, and K-ion storage. Delivering up to 4e − per unit and strong full-cell output, A 6 THBPD advances high-energy organic materials for alkali-ion batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01691F, Paper Rong Tang, Chenxi Sun, Jin Yang, Siyang Li, weiwei meng, Minghao Zhang, Guanhong Chen, Jinbao Zhao, Yang Yang Aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I2) batteries are gaining attention as cost-effective and safe energy storage solutions with high energy density. However, their practical performance is hindered by issues such as polyiodide dissolution,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00422E, Paper Wenda Li, Zhaoyue Li, Lizhi Li, Alice Jane Merryweather, Yilin Chen, Shaoyu Yang, Hao Shi, Yang Lu, Yixiao Qiu, Guangsu Tan, Zhipeng Chen, Weiwei Wang, Yuzhu Wang, Yi-Fan Huang, Zhengyan Lun, Christoph Schnedermann, Xiangwen Gao, jingyang wang, Clare P. Grey, Chao Xu Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are attracting significant attention as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, challenges related to achieving long-term cycling stability and high energy density persist. This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00455A, Paper Xiaoning Wang, Xiangyu Shen, Jianxiao Wang, Fuzhen Bi, Huanxiang Jiang, Hao Lu, Cheng Sun, Chunming Yang, Yonghai Li, Xichang Bao Isomerization of peripheral functional groups of acceptors refines aggregation and non-radiative energy loss for efficient organic solar cells. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06038E, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Jing Li, Xiang Qiao, Bingchen He, Yuan Zhang, Subhajit Pal, Linchao Sun, Muhammad Bilal, Zhenhuang Su, Xingyu Gao, Joe Briscoe, I. Abrahams, Meng Li, Zhe Li, Yao Lu Despite notable progress in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), their commercial viability remains limited by stability issues and the risk of lead contamination.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06003B, Paper Guoqiang Liu, Linyu Hu, Ying Liu, Mao-Wen Xu, Jiajun Guo, Haichuan Zhou, Guoliang Ma, He Lin, Zhenhuang Su, Chang Liu, Jiangqi Zhao, Chunlong Dai, Zifeng Lin Current strategies to improve the low-temperature performance of aqueous batteries typically comes at the cost of safety, reaction kinetics, or overall energy density. Besides, the existing cathodes of low-temperature aqueous... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01525A, Paper Yue Chen, Xiaopeng Duan, Junjie Zhang, Zhongwei Ge, Haisheng Ma, Xiaobo Sun, Huotian Zhang, Jiaxin Gao, Xuelin Wang, Xunchang Wang, Zheng Tang, Renqiang Yang, Feng Gao, Yanming Sun The persistent challenge of high non-radiative recombination energy loss (ΔEnr) remains a critical bottleneck in advancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a fused non-fullerene... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04857A, Paper Mingzhe Yang, Tongle Chen, gongrui Wang, Xiaofeng Li, Yangyang Liu, Xuanxuan Ren, Ying Zhang, Lu Wu, Li Song, Juncai Sun, Zhong-Shuai Wu Lithium-rich manganese-based oxides (LRMOs) are promising high-specific-energy cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) but face issues of voltage decay and poor cyclability rooted in ireversible O/Mn redox. Herein we present... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01081K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Manman Qi, Michael J. Zachman, Yingxin Li, Yachao Zeng, Sooyeon Hwang, Jiashun Liang, Mason Lyons, Qian Zhao, Yu Mao, Yuyan Shao, Zhenxing Feng, Ziyun Wang, Yong Zhao, Gang Wu Carbon-supported, atomically dispersed, nitrogen-coordinated metal sites (e.g., Fe and Ni) are arguably the most promising catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO due to their unique catalytic properties... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01338K, Paper Jiajun Gong, Qimin Peng, Shunshun Zhao, Taolue Wen, Haojie Xu, Weiting Ma, Zhicheng Yao, Yong Chen, Guoxiu Wang, Shimou Chen Composite polymer electrolyte (CPE)-based Li metal batteries have emerged as the most promising candidates for next-generation batteries. However, intrinsic incompatibility between composite phases severely compromises electrolyte performance. Herein, we propose... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01599E, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Zhonghui Sun, Zhongping Li, Jinsong Peng, Xiaomeng Yan, Hang Shang, Yucheng Jin, Qiannan Zhao, Changqing Li, Siliu Lyu, Chunxia Chen, Jong-Beom Baek As commercial batteries reach capacity and energy density limits, especially with graphite anodes and transition metal cathodes, the need for advanced alternatives grows. Organic electrodes offer the promise of high... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01064K, Paper Tongtong Li, Zhiyang Zheng, Zherui Chen, Mengtian Zhang, Zhexuan Liu, Huang Chen, Xiao Xiao, Shaogang Wang, Haotian Qu, Qingjin Fu, Le Liu, Ming Zhou, Boran Wang, Guangmin Zhou The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) efficiently treats urea-containing wastewater while replacing the high theoretical potential of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), thereby enabling wastewater valorization. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00215J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Tingting Li, Di Zhang, Yun Zhang, Danli Yang, Runxin Li, Fuyun Yu, Kengqiang Zhong, Xiaozhi Su, Tianwei Song, Long Jiao, Hai-Long Jiang, Guo-Ping Sheng, Jie Xu, Hao Li, Zhen-Yu Wu Guided by the pH-field microkinetic model, we developed an porous Fe 1 Co 1 –N–C ORR catalyst, which exhibited excellent performance in zinc–air batteries and provided insights for advanced catalysts. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00052A, Paper Sainan Ou, Jiaxian Zheng, Xingshu Chen, Ran Li, Zhanhui Yuan, Shude Liu, Yao Niu, Meng An, Ge Zhou, Yusuke Yamauchi, Xinxiang Zhang Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising candidates for stationary energy storage due to their intrinsic safety, environmental sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. However, their cycling stability is hammered by uncontrollable dendrite... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00278H, Paper Chun Wu, Yunrui Yang, Yifan Li, Xiangxi He, Yinghao Zhang, Wenjie Huang, Qinghang Chen, Xiaohao Liu, Shuangqiang Chen, Qinfen Gu, Lin Li, Sean C. Smith, Xin Tan, Yan Yu, Xingqiao Wu, Shulei Chou The electrochemical performance of hard carbon anode for sodium-ion batteries is primarily determined by the microstructure of materials, and the challenge lies in establishing structure-performance relationship at molecular level. So... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00485C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yi Yuan, Zixuan Li, Rongyu Deng, Shengda D. Pu, Marc Walker, Mingzhi Cai, Feixiang Wu, Peter G. Bruce, Alex Robertson Zn-ion batteries for practical applications face several challenges, some of which arise from the inevitable degradation of the Zn metal anode. The intrinsic thermodynamic instability of Zn metal anodes in... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01104C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. James Han Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Abimbola Oluwade, Gang Chen Evaporation fluxes from porous evaporators under sunlight have been reported to exceed the solar-thermal limit, determined by relating the incoming solar energy to the latent and sensible heat of water,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00605H, Paper Yuhao Guo, Qinhui Guan, Xingjuan Li, Mengjun Zhao, Na Li, Zizhong Zhang, Gui-qiang Fei, Tingjiang Yan In heterogeneous photocatalysis, the dynamics of charge carriers holds particular significance for comprehending the underlying catalytic mechanism and designing highly efficient photocatalysts. The current technological challenge lies in how to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01407G, Paper Yongjian Zhao, Murong Huang, Yongshuai Kang, Yong Fang, Tianyou Zhao, Hu Wang, Jiayi Ou, Jiajun Liu, Meixi Zhong, Tao Wang, Xianhu Sun, Chenyang Zhao, Dan Wang The sluggish oxygen reduction kinetics, resulting from ineffective O2 activation and hydrogenation, has been hindering the performance improvement of self-breathing zinc-air batteries (ZABs), especially in a hostile environment under low... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00499C, Paper Xinru Sheng, Jiaying Liao, Zeyu Yuan, Yuhan Wang, Qiao Hu, Yichen Du, Xuefeng Wang, Xiaosi Zhou Conversion-type materials are regarded as potential anodes for potassium-ion batteries, achieving high potassium storage capacity through conversion reactions to form K-rich compounds. However, the accompanying huge volume change often brings... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05757K, Paper Qunhao Wang, Xueyong Deng, Xiaolin Xue, Jian Zhang, Jiangqi Zhao, Zengyan Sui, Yuefei Zou, Longbo Luo, Wei Zhang, Xiangyang Liu, Canhui Lu Rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries (ZIBs) are a promising device for sustainable energy storage, yet their application is hindered by uncontrollable Zn dendrite growth and parasitic reactions. Herein, a flexible membrane... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00689A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yongpeng Liu, Celine Wing See Yeung, Erwin Reisner An organic–inorganic photoelectrochemical (PEC) tandem device for converting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to formate under simulated solar irradiation. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00500K, Paper Qiang Wu, Yuanke Wu, Hui Yan, Wei Zhong, Mingsheng Qin, Haolin Zhu, Shijie Cheng, Jia Xie Sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) is one of the most promising cathodes for high-energy-density lithium‒sulfur batteries since its distinctive organic skeleton and covalent sulfur storage mechanism effectively prevent polysulfide dissolution and mitigate... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01170A, Paper Xin Yang, Minghao Xie, Zhijie Yan, Hang Ruan, Chunpeng Yang, Zaiping Guo, Zi-Jian Zheng Zinc-iodine (Zn–I₂) batteries are promising candidates for next-generation large-scale energy storage systems due to their inherent safety, environmental sustainability, and potential cost-effectiveness compared to lithium-ion batteries. Their applications, however, have... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01492A, Paper Yingjin Luo, Wentao Lei, Pengfei Chen, Tao Jiang, Andeng Liu, Meidan Ye, Zijie Xu, Zhong Lin Wang, Wenxi Guo The low root mean square (RMS) current density generated by triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) has significantly hindered their effectiveness in charging lithium batteries. In response, we present a universal energy storage... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00365B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Wenyan Du, Qi Huang, Xunwen Zheng, Yaokang Lv, Ling Miao, Ziyang Song, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Six-electron I−/I5+ redox chemistry gives a promising platform to propel high-capacity Zn-I2 batteries, but faces limited conversion efficiency and instability of IO3− species. Here we design a thiazole-linked covalent organic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01568E, Perspective Zhexi Xiao, Haojun Wu, Lijiao Quan, Fanghong Zeng, Ruoyu Guo, Zekai Ma, Xiaoyu Chen, Jiaqi Zhan, Kang Xu, Lidan Xing, Weishan Li The development of high-capacity anodes is of paramount importance to address the rapidly increasing demand for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). While the commercialization of nanoscale silicon (Si) and microscale silicon... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01219H, Paper Fengxu Zhen, Hong Liu, Yingbin Wu, Xinjia Zhou, Weiping Lin, Yuzhi Chen, Yuke Zhou, Haoyang Wang, Xiangkai Yin, Shujiang Ding, Xiaodong Chen, Wei Yu Anion regulation to generate LiF-rich solid electrolyte interfaces (SEIs) represents a highly effective, convenient, and economical approach. The anion decomposition process is influenced by charge density and anion concentration. However,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05328A, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Arash Mollahosseini, Mostafa Nikkhah Dafchahi, Saeed Khoshhal Salestan, Mohammad Mozafari, Usha D. Hemraz, Ronaldo Giro, Seyed Fatemeh Seyedpour Taji, Amirul Islam, Sajjad Kavyani, Xinyu Wang, Jia Wei Chew, Masoud Soroush, Sabahudin Hrapovic, Mathias Steiner, Young-Hye La, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Khalid Azyat, Jae-Young Cho The urgency to mitigate global warming and climate change has catalyzed advancements in decarbonization technologies, with membrane separation emerging as a key area of interest. Noted for its compact design,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01350J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hyo Jin, Dong Woog Lee, Jeonguk Hwang, Min Hoon Myung, Jee Ho Ha, Seungwoo Choi, Soon-Jae Jung, Seunghyun Lee, Jinwoo Park, Young-Ryul Kim, Nyung Joo Kong, Youngsik Kim, Hyun-Wook Lee, Hyunhyub Ko, Tae Joo Shin, Seok Ju Kang, Myung-Jin Baek Common polymer binders are insulators, which significantly diminish the battery performance owing to their low electron mobility. For aqueous sodium-air batteries (SABs) to exhibit reliable performance as energy storage systems,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00197H, Review Article Jiguo Tu, Yan Li, Bokun Zhang, Xiaoyun Wang, Ramachandran Vasant Kumar, Libo Chen, Shuqiang Jiao High-voltage spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) stand out as a promising cobalt-free cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, due to its low cost, high voltage and energy density capabilities. However,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE90031J, Correction Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio, Kyle Herman, Marfuga Iskandarova, Joao M. Uratani, Steve Griffiths To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06192F, Paper Jiacheng Liu, Yan Wen, Wei Yan, Zhongliang Huang, Xiaozhi Liu, Xuan Huang, Changhong Zhan, Yuqi Zhang, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Dong Su, Shunji Xie, Ye Wang, Jiajia Han, Haifeng Xiong, Xiaoqing Huang, Nanjun Chen The production of value-added liquid fuels via the electroreduction of CO has received widespread attention. Although copper (Cu) has demonstrated promising activity in producing multi-carbon products, the yield of a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05922K, Paper Shuang Han, Minghai Li, Qiyu Fan, Zhuoyi Han, Xuewen Ming, Wen Wang, Wanan Cai, Haijun Niu The BHED additive optimizing the Zn 2+ solvation structure and in situ building the β-ME SAM with highly active zincophilic sites on the Zn anode surface, Zn-ion batteries exhibit excellent interfacial stability, cyclic reversibility, and longevity. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06091A, Paper Songyang Chang, Wentao Hou, Angelica Del Valle-Perez, Irfan Ullah, Xiaoyu Du, Lisandro Cunci, Gerardo Morell, Xianyong Wu Aqueous multivalent metal batteries represent an attractive option for energy storage. Currently, various metals have been attempted for aqueous battery operation, ranging from divalent metals (zinc, iron, nickel, manganese) to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05669H, Communication Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Craig Burdis, Romain Tort, Anna Winiwarter, Johannes Rietbrock, Jesús Barrio, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Ifan E.L. Stephens To introduce the potential for tuneability of the cathode in lithium mediated ammonia synthesis, we report a carbon cathode which produces ammonia at a Faradaic efficiency of 37 %. This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00542F, Paper Pengfei Ding, Xugang Rong, Daobin Yang, Xueliang Yu, Zhenxin Shao, Hongqian Wang, Xiaochun Liao, Xinyue Cao, Jie Wu, Lin Xie, Jintao Zhu, Fei Chen, Guo Chen, Yan Huang, Ziyi Ge The majority of host/guest materials used in organic solar cells (OSCs) are currently synthesized via Stille reaction, which suffers from poor atom/step economics, low cost-effectiveness, and environmental risks. Therefore, organic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00342C, Paper Zhiyang Xu, Runnan Yu, Tangyue Xue, Qiang Guo, Qianglong Lv, Chen Zhang, Erjun Zhou, Zhan'ao Tan Flexible perovskite solar cells (f-PSCs) have garnered increasing research interest owing to their high power-to-weight ratio and ability to integrate into buildings. However, the mismatch of the thermal expansion coefficient... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05109B, Paper Dawei Xi, Zheng Yang, Michael S Emanuel, Panlin Zhao, Michael J. Aziz Carbon dioxide capture and management are critical technologies for achieving carbon neutrality and mitigating the impacts of global warming. One promising approach for decarbonization involves electrochemical generation of concentrated acid... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05703A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Mayank Kedia, Chittaranjan Das, Malgorzata Kot, Yenal Yalcinkaya, Weiwei Zuo, Kenedy Tabah Tanko, Peter Matvija, Mikel Ezquer, Iñaki Cornago, Wolfram Hempel, Florian Kauffmann, Paul Plate, Monica Lira-Cantu, Stefan A.L. Weber, Michael Saliba Atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide (ALD-Al 2 O 3 ) layers has been extensively studied for stabilizing perovskite solar cells (PSCs) against environmental stressors, such as humidity and oxygen. In addition, the ALD-Al 2 O 3 ... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00269A, Paper Bo Jiang, Boyang Yu, Yong Zhang, Weiwei Deng, Baomin Xu, Xinyan Zhao Printing of electrodes to replace thermal evaporation of metals for back contacts in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is essential for scalable manufacturing. However, PSCs incorporating printed electrodes typically exhibit lower... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00368G, Paper Rui Yang, Ding Ai, Sidi Fan, Wenqi Zhang, Xiao Yang, Fangcheng Lv, Yonghong Cheng, Xiang Yu Aromatic polymer films with high glass transition temperatures (Tg) exhibit superior thermal stability, making them ideal for high-temperature dielectric capacitors in advanced electrical and electronic systems. However, the leakage current... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00703H, Paper Yanan Zhang, Shenyu Shen, Zihan Kang, Na Gao, Dandan Yin, Lanya Zhao, Bo Wen, Teng Deng, Kai Xi, Yaqiong Su, Hongyang Zhao, Shujiang Ding The cation buffer strategy of electrolyte in alkaline zinc batteries can initiate a ‘fast nucleation-slow growth’ mode to re-establish the relationship between zincate concentration and zinc deposition, thereby inducing unique spherical deposition. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06100D, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Mingzhuang Liang, Jinwook Kim, Xiaomin Xu, Hainan Sun, Yufei Song, SungHyun Jeon, Tae Ho Shin, Zongping Shao, WooChul Jung NH3 is an attractive alternative fuel to hydrogen and methane, offering advantages such as easy compression at room temperature, straightforward storage and transportation, high volumetric energy density, and carbon-free nature.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00136F, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Huihua Li, Fanglin Wu, Jian Wang, Jingxuan Wang, Hongxu Qu, Minghua Chen, Huang Zhang, Stefano Passerini Anode-free sodium metal batteries (AFSMBs) represent a significant advancement in energy storage technology, offering high energy density and cost-effective solutions. However, their applications are impeded by the critical sodium deposition... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00452G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Fanxu Meng, Zihan Shen, Xinlong Lin, Pengfei Song, Tianze Wu, Shibo Xi, Chao Wu, Zhenhui Ma, Daniel Mandler, Zhichuan J. Xu The conventional production of formic acid is energy-intensive, requiring methanol and carbon monoxide reactions followed by hydrolysis under high temperature and pressure. Methanol electrochemical refinery (e-refinery) offers a sustainable alternative... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06146B, Paper Mingchen Yang, Xiuyang Zou, Mingzhu Wu, Jiangtao Yu, Xinyu Ma, Yin Hu, Feng Yan Aqueous Zn metal batteries (ZMBs) are receiving increasing attention due to their safety, cost-effectiveness, and scalability. However, aqueous ZMBs suffer from the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), dendrite growth, and intrinsic... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00104H, Paper Feng Wang, Lian Chen, Jiaqi Wei, Caozheng Diao, Fan Li, Congcong Du, Zhengshuai Bai, Yanyan Zhang, Oleksandr I. Malyi, Xiaodong Chen, Yuxin Tang, Xiaojun Bao Elucidating the microstructure of hard carbon is essential for uncovering the sodium storage mechanism and constructing state-of-the-art hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries. Guided by understanding the crystallization process and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00355E, Paper Ziheng Zhu, Da Zhang, Xiaoye Zhang, Xiliang Zhang Accelerating decarbonization of the power system is at the heart of achieving China’s carbon neutrality goal and mitigating global climate change. However, deploying multi-terawatts of variable renewable energy (VRE) may... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05369A, Paper Chaohe Xu, Tongtong Deng, Chen Li, Guanjije Lu, Zongyang Li, Ronghua Wang Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) are considered as the ideal candidates for the next-generation large-scale energy storage batteries. However, achieving all-climate SMBs operating at a wide temperature remains a huge challenge because... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05556J, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hengyuan Hu, Meisheng Han, Jie Liu, Kunxiong Zheng, Zhiyu Zou, Yongbiao Mu, Fenghua Yu, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao All-vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have emerged as a research hotspot and future direction of massive energy storage systems due to their advantages of intrinsic safety, long-duration energy storage, long... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06035K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yixin Wu, zhen chen, Kai Shi, Yang Wang, Xian-Ao Li, Ziqi Zhao, Quan Zhuang, Jian Wang, Minghua Chen Polymer-based solid-state electrolytes exhibit superior advantages in flexibility, lightweight, and large-scale processability, rendering them promising for high-performance solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLMBs) with enhanced safety. However, challenges like poor structural... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00202H, Paper Xinze Cai, Wanlin Wu, Bingyao Zhang, Wenlong Cai, Canhui Lu, Rui Xiong, Jiangqi Zhao, Jiang Zhou Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are emerging as an up-and-coming energy storage technology for wearable electronics due to their intrinsic safety, cost-effectiveness, and biocompatibility. Nevertheless, the uncontrolled deposition of the Zn... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00217F, Paper Zekun Li, Pengfei Huang, Jinfeng Zhang, Zhaoxin Guo, Zhedong Liu, Li Chen, Jingchao Zhang, Jiawei Luo, Xiansen Tao, Zhikai Miao, Haoran Jiang, Chunying Wang, Xinran Ye, Xiaona Wu, Wei-Di Liu, Rui Liu, Yanan Chen, Wenbin Hu We developed an innovative high-temperature shock (HTS) technique to synthesize uniformly coated materials, resulting in enhanced surface structures, improved cycling stability, and pouch cells retaining over 70% capacity after 700 cycles. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04896B, Paper Yitong Peng, Tao Meng, Pingan Li, Rongxin Li, Xianluo Hu Significant heat is often generated within lithium-ion batteries during practical operation, particularly under fast-charging or extreme conditions. If not dissipated efficiently, this heat can induce catastrophic thermal runaway. In this... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05298F, Review Article Zheng Liu, Fan Feng, Wanchang Feng, Guanwen Wang, Bin Qi, Ming Gong, Fan Zhang, Huan Pang Eutectic electrolytes (EEs) have garnered significant attention in the field of metal-ion batteries due to their remarkable properties, including high flame retardancy and excellent thermal and electrochemical stability. Beyond the... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05263C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Chenyang Shi, Zhengguang Li, Mengran Wang, Shu Hong, Bo Hong, Yaxuan Fu, Die Liu, Rui Tan, Pingshan Wang, Yanqing Lai The deployment of lithium-ion batteries, essential for military and space exploration applications, faces restrictions due to safety issues and performance degradation stemming from the uncontrollable side reactions between electrolytes and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06199C, Paper Jiaqi Zhang, Runying Dai, Jia Yang, Yikun Liu, Jianxin Yu, Licheng Tan, Yiwang Chen The non-homogeneity of nickel oxide (NiOx) nanoparticles (NPs) and the problematic interlayer interconnectivity with perovskite film are the current major bottlenecks for the further development of corresponding perovskite solar cells... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00206K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Qisheng Wu, Yue Qi Recently, we have proposed micelle-like structures to fully understand microstructures in localized high-concentration electrolytes (LHCE) that show many benefits to high-capacity electrodes. It is critical to understand the electrical double... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05264A, Paper Qin Wang, Yiming Zhang, Meng Yao, Kang Li, Lv Xu, Haitao Zhang, Xiaopeng Wang, Yun Zhang The utilization of high-capacity lithium-rich layered oxide (LRLO) in lithium-ion batteries is hampered by its severe interface reactions and poor interface dynamics. Herein, an OG gate (OG) is constructed on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE06096B, Review Article Lin Liu, Zi-Jian Chen, Guo-Yu Zhu, Bai-Hua Huang, Bo Wang, Yu Yao, De-Shan Bin, Xianhong Rui, Yan Yu Low concentration electrolytes (LCEs) show various advantages, such as lower cost, better wettability, wider temperature operation, and greater variety of salt species options, which have inspired numerous research interests for... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05966B, Paper Liyu Du, Yiming Zhang, Yiyang Xiao, Du Yuan, Meng Yao, Yun Zhang The electrochemical performances of composite solid-state electrolytes (CSEs) cannot satisfy the application requirements of solid-state batteries (SSBs) due to the low concentration of movable cations with disordered and slow cation... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05304D, Review Article Xianwei Fu, Ruijuan Shi, Ye Liu, Xiaoxiao He, Qian Li, Yan Zhang, Yong Zhao, Shilong Jiao Aqueous batteries (ABs) based on water-containing electrolytes are intrinsically safe and serve as promising candidates for the grid-scale energy storage and power supplies of wearable electronics. The severe temperature fluctuations... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05873A, Paper Leiqian Zhang, Han Ding, Haiqi Gao, Jiaming Gong, Hele Guo, Shuoqing Zhang, Yi Yu, Guanjie He, Tao Deng, Ivan P. Parkin, Johan Hofkens, Xiulin Fan, Feili Lai, Tianxi Liu This work presents a zinc–iodine battery featuring a liquid–liquid biphasic electrolyte and an integrated cell structure, which facilitates an iodine loading of 69.8 mg cm −2 , a self-discharge rate of 3.4% per month, and ∼100% recycling efficiency. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05462H, Review Article Jingsheng He, Yu Bai, Zhixin (Veela) Luo, Ran Ran, Wei Zhou, Wei Wang, Zongping Shao Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as new-generation photovoltaic cells have received remarkable interests due to the facile fabrication procedures and superb power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). Nevertheless, the widely used noble metal-based... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05715E, Review Article yunling Jiang, linsen huang, chaojie chen, Yao Zheng, Shizhang Qiao Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) presents a viable strategy to transfer the dominant greenhouse gas, CO2, into high-value-added chemicals, supporting carbon neutrality. CO2RR in alkaline and neutral media have thrived... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04223A, Paper Xiaoxue Kou, Jiatong Jiang, Baoshan Xie, He Shan, Primož Poredoš, Ruzhu Wang The change of seasons necessitates alternate heating and cooling systems, which are indispensable for nearly a third of the global population. Integrating latent thermal energy storage (LTES) and heat pumps... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04519J, Paper Guanghu He, Hang Luo, Yuan Liu, Yuting Wan, Bo Peng, Deng Hu, Fan Wang, Xiaona Li, Jiajun Peng, Huan Wang, Dou Zhang Polymer-based dielectric capacitors for extreme environments require materials with exceptional electrical insulation. Polyimide (PI) is a promising candidate for high-temperature energy storage, yet it suffers from charge transfer complexes (CTCs)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05340K, Paper Lebin Cai, Haoyun Bai, Jilong Li, Feng Xie, Kang Jiang, Ying-Rui Lu, Hui Pan, Yongwen Tan Electrocatalytic urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has emerged as a promising alternative to oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for wastewater recycling and energy recovery. However, traditional UOR pathway on NiOOH surface faces... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04959D, Comment Hyun Soo Han, In Sun Cho, Xiaolin Zheng Additional experimental evidence was provided to demonstrate the growth of the [001]-textured BiVO 4 on polycrystalline substrates. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, 18 ,620-630 DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04085F, Paper Zongliang Xie, Zhiyuan Huang, He Li, Tianlei Xu, Haoyu Zhao, Yunfei Wang, Xi Pang, Zhiqiang Cao, Virginia Altoé, Liana M. Klivansky, Zaiyu Wang, Steve W. Shelton, Shiqi Lai, Peng Liu, Chenhui Zhu, Michael D. Connolly, Corie Y. Ralston, Xiaodan Gu, Zongren Peng, Jian Zhang, Yi Liu Linker engineering of the UiO-66-based metal–organic framework series reveals its untapped potential as nanofillers for boosting the heat-resistant electrostatic energy storage performance of polyetherimide at 200 °C. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04372C, Paper Shenglong Li, Yunpeng Zhong, Jiangtao Huang, Guojun Lai, Le Li, Long Jiang, Xieyu Xu, Bingan Lu, Yangyang Liu, Jiang Zhou Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) with low cost and inherited safety have been viewed as crucial candidates for the energy storage system, whose commercialization is hindered by the interfacial instability including... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05356G, Paper Qun He, Yuzhu Zhou, Li-Hui Mou, Chuanqiang Wu, Daobin Liu, Binghui Ge, Jun Jiang, Li Song Electrocatalytic water splitting, a promising alternative to fossil fuels, has substantial potential for hydrogen generation. However, developing efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) faces challenges, especially in alkaline... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05591H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. James Han Zhang, Rohith Mittapally, Guangxin Lv, Gang Chen To explain reported solar interfacial-evaporation rates from porous materials beyond an apparent 100% efficiency using the thermal evaporation mechanism, many publications hypothesize that intermediate water inside porous materials have a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04689G, Paper Wei Bi, Canhuang Li, Dawei Yang, Yu-Zhen Zhang, Lei Hu, Qianhong Gong, Jie Zhang, Yong Cai Zhang, Mengyao Li, Jishi Wei, Yingtang Zhou, Dan Zhou, Wu Tianli, Li-Feng Chen, Andreu Cabot Two-dimensional (2D) nanocarbon-based materials with controllable pore structures and hydrophilic surfaces exhibit significant potential in various applications. However, traditional methods often encounter challenges in achieving these 2D carbon nanomaterials effectively.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03104K, Paper Xian Wu, Wei Zhang, Haotian Qu, Chaohong Guan, Chuang Li, Gongxun Lu, Chengshuai Chang, Zhoujie Lao, Yanfei Zhu, Lu Nie, Guangmin Zhou Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are garnering significant interest for use in solid-state lithium metal batteries. However, a critical challenge in the rational design of electrolytes lies in ensuring interfacial compatibility,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05442C, Paper Yongzhen Xu, Kui Chen, Mingwei Xu, Yue Li, Qing Wu, Shizhao Li, Chunhui Xie, Yunqi Li, Haibo Xie, Jun Huang Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) provide an enticing option for energy storage with cost-effectiveness, integral safety, and environmental benignity. However, the reversibility and lifespan of AZIBs are constrained by the uncontrolled... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03385J, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Yiqiao Wang, Hu Hong, Zhiquan Wei, Dedi Li, Xinru Yang, Jiaxiong Zhu, Pei Li, Shengnan Wang, Chunyi Zhi Aqueous Zn-Mn flow batteries (Zn-Mn FBs) are a potential candidate for large-scale energy storage due to their high voltage, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the unsatisfactory performance due to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04100C, Paper Kuo Wang, Hongtu Zhan, Wenlong Su, Xiao-Xia Liu, Xiaoqi Sun A macromolecule additive strategy is presented as a dual deceleration interfacial network to regulate Zn deposition behavior and inhibit side reactions. It enables the stable cycling of Zn electrodes in aqueous batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, 18 ,322-333 DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03978E, Paper Xueyu Lian, Liang Xu, Zhijin Ju, Ziang Chen, Xiaopeng Chen, Yuyang Yi, Zhengnan Tian, Tao Cheng, Shixue Dou, Xinyong Tao, Jingyu Sun A versatile separator modification strategy is proposed to rearrange anode interface species, realizing a robust inorganic-rich solid–electrolyte interphase thus ensuring a durable potassium metal batteries. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04847D, Paper Qingying Li, Dan Luo, Qianyi Ma, Zhuoyi Zheng, Shibin Li, Yihan Xie, Linjiang Xue, Meizhu Lin, Yihang Nie, Guo Feng, Haozhen Dou, Jiawen Chen, Xin Wang, Zhongwei Chen Electrochemical and thermodynamic instability of zinc metal represented by the corrosion reaction have hindered aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) further development. Herein, we introduced a high electron acceptor Lewis acid... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04282D, Paper Yu Ou, Wen-hui Hou, Da Zhu, Changjian Li, Pan Zhou, Xuan Song, Yingchun Xia, Yang Lu, Shuaishuai Yan, Hangyu Zhou, Qingbin Cao, Haiyu Zhou, Hao Liu, Xiao Ma, Zhi Liu, Hong Xu, Kai Liu The incorporation of lithium metal as an anode material in lithium metal batteries (LMBs) offers a transformative pathway to surpass the energy density limits of conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03951C, Paper Fumiyasu Nozaki, Shaoning Zhang, Martin Hoffman Peterson, Jinkwang Hwang, Jin Hyun Chang, Juan Maria Garcia-Lastra, Kazuhiko Matsumoto Triphylite NaFePO4 emerges as a promising solution for sodium secondary batteries due to its abundant constituent elements and high energy density, making it attractive for sustainable energy storage applications. However,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04323E, Review Article Xin Wang, Yameng Fan, Jiayang Li, Xinghan Li, Weijie Li, Jiazhao Wang, Wei Kong Pang All solid-state sodium metal batteries (ASSSMBs) have emerged as promising candidates in large-scale energy storage systems relative to Li/Na-ion batteries using flammable liquid electrolytes. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03185G, Paper Cheolhyun Cho, Byeonggwan Kim, Sienoh Park, Eunkyoung Kim An optimal contribution of electronic and ionic carriers in mixed ionic–electronic conductor (MIEC) films was explored to achieve high voltage and power density for waste and solar heat harvesting at a low temperature gradient. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04465G, Paper Xinxin Shu, Xueying Cao, Bowen He, Xunyi Chen, Lanling Zhao, Chengdong Yang, Jizhen Ma, Jintao Zhang Carbon matrix-supported indium clusters, in conjunction with iron–nitrogen–carbon active sites exhibit superior bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for both the ORR and OER. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03525A, Review Article Sheher Yar Khan, Sajid Rauf, Shuli Liu, Wei Chen, Yongliang Shen, Mahesh Kumar Studies have been conducted to explore innovative performance-enhancing thermal management strategies (PETS) aimed at improving the efficiency of Photovoltaic (PV) technology and shift towards a low-carbon economy. Nonetheless, there remains... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
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