443 words
Zinc Single Atoms Turn Water Pollutants Into Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel
An asymmetrically coordinated zinc single-atom catalyst degrades antibiotics in water while converting the pollutants' own electrons into hydrogen peroxide.
Install
Latest in Sodium-Ion & Next-Generation Batteries
46 words
Boron-doped diamond cathode curbs nitrite in electrochemical nitrate reduction
A laboratory study found that boron-doped diamond cathodes outperformed copper in nitrate electroreduction at higher current densities while keeping nitrite below detection limits in a single-compartment cell. Subject of Research: Electrochemical reduction of nitrate in water using boron-doped diamond and…
282 words
Dual-site catalysts and light synergy redefine zinc–air battery efficiency
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries are widely regarded as promising next-generation energy storage systems, yet their practical performance is fundamentally limited by sluggish oxygen reduction and evolution reactions at the air cathode. Dual-site catalysts and light synergy redefine zincâair battery…
88 words
Ionic Liquids Boost Zirconium Disulfide Nanosheet Yield
Researchers achieved an 82.5 percent exfoliation yield for zirconium disulfide nanosheets using aqueous ionic liquids, enhancing their electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution. Ionic Liquids Boost Zirconium Disulfide Nanosheet Yield Beyond the production of high-quality nanosheets, the researchers also evaluated the electrocatalytic…
428 words
Ultratrace SUSA strategy boosts fast-charging aqueous zinc battery cells
A laboratory study found that an ultratrace sulfosuccinic acid additive regulated the zinc–electrolyte interface, enabling high-capacity, fast-charging aqueous zinc cells with long cycle life.
174 words
High-sensitivity formaldehyde gas sensor based on cobalt and indium co-doped ZnO hierarchical microspheres
Cobalt- and indium-co-doped zinc oxide microspheres produced an approximately 18-fold higher formaldehyde response than pure zinc oxide, with reported response and recovery times of 6 and 2 seconds. A zinc oxide gas sensor modified with cobalt and indium produced a response of…
508 words
Fast Oxygen Redox Enabled by Flexible Al–O Bonds in p2-Type Layered Oxides for Sodium Batteries
A new study published in Frontiers in Energy proposed an aluminum (Al) substitution strategy. By introducing flexible Al-O bonds into the P2-type Na2/3Li1/6Al1/6Mn2/3O2 (LAM) cathode, the formation of O-type stacking has been successfully suppressed, promoting the generation of the Z phase…
303 words
Carbon nanotubes lower percolation threshold in sodium-ion cathode
In a laboratory comparison of conductive additives for a P2-type sodium-ion battery cathode, carbon nanotubes reached electronic percolation at 1 volume percent, while acetylene black delivered the highest discharge capacity and superior cycling stability. Carbon nanotubes established an electronic-percolation network in…
824 words
Iodine-Tuned Ultramicropores Push Hard Carbon Anodes Forward in Sodium-Ion Batteries
An iodine-mediated cross-linking strategy creates starch-derived hard carbon with sub-nanometer ultramicropores and carbonyl-rich surfaces, confining electrolyte solvation to build a NaF-rich interphase and deliver 88.4 percent initial Coulombic efficiency, 352.9 mAh per gram capacity, and stable cycling for sodium-ion
61 words
Machine-learning simulations reveal how sodium batteries form their protective interface
A new charge-aware machine-learning potential allows hundred-nanosecond atomic simulations of sodium electrode interfaces, revealing fundamentally different solid electrolyte interphase formation mechanisms in carbonate and ether electrolytes. Subject of Research: Atomic-scale simulation of solid electrolyte interphase formation and sodium loss at…
Sodium-Ion & Next-Generation Batteries
Batteries beyond lithium-ion: sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, zinc and zinc-air, flow and iron-air batteries, their electrode materials and performance.
- 33 Tracked terms
- Last 30 days Feed window
What this topic collects on
An article joins this feed when it matches these terms. Each one is also a search of its own.