eSciencePub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100274
Ruixiao Wang , Wuliang Feng , Xuan Yu , Qinhao Shi , Peiyao Wang , Yiming Liu , Jiujun Zhang , Yufeng Zhao
{"title":"Stable zero-sodium-excess solid-state batteries enabled by interphase stratification","authors":"Ruixiao Wang , Wuliang Feng , Xuan Yu , Qinhao Shi , Peiyao Wang , Yiming Liu , Jiujun Zhang , Yufeng Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100274","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100274","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Zero-sodium-excess solid-state batteries (ZSBs) are promising to overcome the disadvantage of low energy density for Na-ion batteries, but the interfacial issues between the solid-state electrolytes and current collectors remain bottlenecks for their practical applications. Herein, we report a self-regulated stratification of the artificial interphase through the conversion reaction between MgF<sub>2</sub> modification layer and Na metal. Ascribed to the huge adsorption energy difference between Al–Mg and Al–NaF, the sodiophilic Mg concentrated at the bottom side and served as the nucleophilic seed for Na, while sodiophobic NaF on the top side provided high thermodynamic stability for Na dendrite and side reaction suppressions. Consequently, the as constructed ZSBs with Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> cathode exhibited prominent energy density of 254.4 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> (calculated based on the total mass of electrode and electrolyte) with a capacity retention of 82.7% over 350 cycles. This work paves a feasible way to achieve high performance and stable ZSBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 6","pages":"Article 100274"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141033524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100308
Jiarong Wang , Leyu Bi , Xiaofeng Huang , Qifan Feng , Ming Liu , Mingqian Chen , Yidan An , Wenlin Jiang , Francis R. Lin , Qiang Fu , Alex K.-Y. Jen
{"title":"Bilayer interface engineering through 2D/3D perovskite and surface dipole for inverted perovskite solar modules","authors":"Jiarong Wang , Leyu Bi , Xiaofeng Huang , Qifan Feng , Ming Liu , Mingqian Chen , Yidan An , Wenlin Jiang , Francis R. Lin , Qiang Fu , Alex K.-Y. Jen","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The persistency of passivation and scalable uniformity are vital issues that limit the improvement of performance and stability of large-area perovskite solar modules (PSMs). Here, we design a bilayer interface engineering strategy that takes advantage of the stability and passivation ability of low-dimensional perovskite and the dipole layer. Introducing phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) can form 2D/3D heterojunctions on the perovskite surface and effectively passivate defects of perovskite film. Interestingly, the upper piperazinium iodide (PI) layer can still form surface dipoles on the 2D/3D perovskite surface to optimize energy-level alignment. Moreover, the bilayer interface engineering enables large-area perovskite films with uniform surface morphology, lower trap-state density and stability against environmental stress factors. The final devices achieved a small-area PCE of 25.20% and a large-area (1 cm<sup>2</sup>) PCE of 23.96%. A perovskite mini-module (5 × 5 cm<sup>2</sup> with an active area of 14.28 cm<sup>2</sup>) could also be fabricated to achieve a PCE of 23.19%, ranking it among the highest for inverted PSMs. Additionally, the device could retain over 93% of its initial efficiency after MPP tracking at 45 °C for 1280 h. This study successfully demonstrates a bilayer interface engineering with respective functions, offering valuable insights for producing efficient and stable large-area PSCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 6","pages":"Article 100308"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100266
Weishang Jia , Jingfang Zhang , Luojia Zheng , Hao Zhou , Wei Zou , Liping Wang
{"title":"Lithium-rich alloy as stable lithium metal composite anode for lithium batteries","authors":"Weishang Jia , Jingfang Zhang , Luojia Zheng , Hao Zhou , Wei Zou , Liping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium (Li) metal is a promising anode material for high energy density Li batteries due to its high specific capacity and low redox potential. However, its practical applications are hindered by issues such as Li dendrites, side reactions, and volumetric changes. Li-rich alloys have demonstrated potential in addressing these issues, as they can be easily synthesized and form an <em>in situ</em> three-dimensional scaffold embedded with metallic Li. This review comprehensively summarizes the properties of representative Li-rich alloys, including binary and multi-element alloys. These alloys consist of both metallic and non-metallic elements, some of which can form solid solutions with Li, while others can form intermetallic compounds. The advantages and disadvantages of these alloys are compared and analyzed. Solid solution alloys are more stable than intermetallic compounds because there is no phase transformation within a certain range during the process of lithiation and delithiation. Li-rich alloys, such as Li–Mg, Li–Sn, and Li–Zn, exhibit promising merits, including high specific capacity, stable scaffold, high ionic conductivity, and low cost. This investigation provides a comprehensive perspective for the development of Li-rich alloy anodes towards practical application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 6","pages":"Article 100266"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140401548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100265
Han Zhang , Ziqi Zeng , Shijie Cheng , Jia Xie
{"title":"Recent progress and perspective on lithium metal battery with nickel-rich layered oxide cathode","authors":"Han Zhang , Ziqi Zeng , Shijie Cheng , Jia Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pairing of lithium metal anode (LMA) with Ni-rich layered oxide cathodes for constructing lithium metal batteries (LMBs) to achieve energy density over 500 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> receives significant attention from both industry and the scientific community. However, notorious problems are exposed in practical conditions, including lean electrolyte/capacity (E/C) ratio (< 3 g (Ah)<sup>−1</sup>), high cathode mass loading (> 3 mAh cm<sup>−2</sup>), and low negative/positive (N/P) ratio (< 3), which creates a significant disparity between the current performance of LMBs and the desired requirements for commercial applications. In the review, we present a summary of the recent achievements made in understanding the mechanistic degradation of LMA, followed by practical strategies that are utilized to address these issues. We also consider the detrimental issues of Ni-rich layered oxide cathodes. Furthermore, we highlight current progresses in the field of practical LMBs in coin/pouch cells to stimulate further innovation. In the end, we propose the issues and prospects for development from the perspective of practical LMBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 6","pages":"Article 100265"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140406218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100292
Yan Gao , Xiao Chen , Xu Jin , Chenjun Zhang , Xi Zhang , Xiaodan Liu , Yinhui Li , Yang Li , Jinjie Lin , Hongyi Gao , Ge Wang
{"title":"Multifunction integration within magnetic CNT-bridged MXene/CoNi based phase change materials","authors":"Yan Gao , Xiao Chen , Xu Jin , Chenjun Zhang , Xi Zhang , Xiaodan Liu , Yinhui Li , Yang Li , Jinjie Lin , Hongyi Gao , Ge Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100292","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Developing advanced nanocomposite phase change materials (PCMs) integrating zero-energy thermal management, microwave absorption, photothermal therapy and electrical signal detection can promote the leapfrog development of flexible wearable electronic devices. For this goal, we propose a multidimensional collaborative strategy combining two-dimensional (2D) MXene nanosheets with metal-organic framework-derived one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and zero-dimensional (0D) metal nanoparticles. After encapsulating paraffin wax (PW) in three-dimensional (3D) networked multidimensional MXene/CoNi–C, the resulting composite PCMs exhibit excellent thermal energy storage capacity and long-term thermally reliable stability. Benefiting from the synergistically enhanced photothermal effects of CNTs, Co/Ni nanoparticles and MXene, PW@MXene/CoNi–C can capture photons efficiently and transfer phonons quickly, yielding an ultrahigh photothermal conversion and storage efficiency of 97.5%. Additionally, PW@MXene/CoNi–C composite PCMs exhibit high microwave absorption with a minimum reflection loss of −49.3 dB at 8.03 GHz in heat-related electronic application scenarios. More attractively, the corresponding flexible phase change film can simultaneously achieve thermal management and electromagnetic shielding of electronic devices, as well as photothermal therapy and electrical signal detection for individuals. This functional integration design provides an important reference for developing advanced flexible multifunctional wearable materials and devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 6","pages":"Article 100292"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141568875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100252
{"title":"Anodes for low-temperature rechargeable batteries","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100252","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rechargeable alkali metal ion (Li<sup>+</sup>, Na<sup>+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>) batteries have shown great success in room-temperature energy storage. However, their low-temperature (subzero temperature) applications are still severely restricted, and the poor electrochemical performance of the anode materials at low temperature serves as a critical obstacle. Therefore, it is urgent to obtain a comprehensive understanding towards the key effects of low temperatures on the performance of the anodes and overview the related improving strategies. In this work, the effects that temperature would impose on electrode performance are firstly discussed. Next, the progress in low-temperature anodes of alkali metal ion batteries is reviewed, by the classification of the reaction types of the anode materials, including intercalation-type anodes, conversion-type anodes, alloy anodes and alkali metal anodes, and corresponding strategies to improve the performance of the anodes are summarized as well. At last, some promising research directions in this field are proposed. This work is intended to shed some light on future exploitation of high-performance low-temperature anode materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 5","pages":"Article 100252"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140151594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100280
{"title":"Investigating explainable transfer learning for battery lifetime prediction under state transitions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100280","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100280","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Battery lifetime prediction at early cycles is crucial for researchers and manufacturers to examine product quality and promote technology development. Machine learning has been widely utilized to construct data-driven solutions for high-accuracy predictions. However, the internal mechanisms of batteries are sensitive to many factors, such as charging/discharging protocols, manufacturing/storage conditions, and usage patterns. These factors will induce state transitions, thereby decreasing the prediction accuracy of data-driven approaches. Transfer learning is a promising technique that overcomes this difficulty and achieves accurate predictions by jointly utilizing information from various sources. Hence, we develop two transfer learning methods, Bayesian Model Fusion and Weighted Orthogonal Matching Pursuit, to strategically combine prior knowledge with limited information from the target dataset to achieve superior prediction performance. From our results, our transfer learning methods reduce root-mean-squared error by 41% through adapting to the target domain. Furthermore, the transfer learning strategies identify the variations of impactful features across different sets of batteries and therefore disentangle the battery degradation mechanisms and the root cause of state transitions from the perspective of data mining. These findings suggest that the transfer learning strategies proposed in our work are capable of acquiring knowledge across multiple data sources for solving specialized issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 5","pages":"Article 100280"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141132075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100255
{"title":"Catalyst-free electrochemical SNAr of electron-rich fluoroarenes using carboxylic acids","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100255","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100255","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herein, an electrochemically driven catalyst-free nucleophilic aromatic substitution (S<sub>N</sub>Ar) of electron-rich fluoroarenes with carboxylic acids as weak nucleophiles under mild conditions was reported. A series of highly valuable ester derivatives were obtained in a direct and rapid way. This transformation features commercially available reagents and an exceptionally broad substrate scope with good functional group tolerance, using cheap and abundant electrodes and completed within a short reaction time. Gram-scale synthesis and complex biorelevant compounds ligation further highlighted the potential utility of the methodology. The mechanistic investigations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations verified the feasibility of the proposed pathway of this transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 5","pages":"Article 100255"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140273100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100293
Bing He , Ying Ling , Zhixun Wang , Wenbin Gong , Zhe Wang , Yanting Liu , Tianzhu Zhou , Ting Xiong , Shuai Wang , Yonggang Wang , Qingwen Li , Qichong Zhang , Lei Wei
{"title":"Modulating selective interaction of NiOOH with Mg ions for high-performance aqueous batteries","authors":"Bing He , Ying Ling , Zhixun Wang , Wenbin Gong , Zhe Wang , Yanting Liu , Tianzhu Zhou , Ting Xiong , Shuai Wang , Yonggang Wang , Qingwen Li , Qichong Zhang , Lei Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aqueous Mg-ion batteries (AMIBs) featuring advantages of good safety, low cost, and high specific energy have been recognized as a promising energy-storage technology. However, the performance of AMIBs is consistently limited by sluggish diffusion kinetics and structural degradation of cathode materials arising from the strong electrostatic interactions between high-charge-density Mg<sup>2+</sup> and host materials. Here, layered-structured NiOOH, as traditional cathodes for alkaline batteries, is initially demonstrated to realize proton-assisted Mg-(de)intercalation chemistry with a high discharge platform (0.57 V) in neutral aqueous electrolytes. Benefiting from the unique core/shell structure, the resulting NiOOH/CNT cathodes achieve a high capacity of 122.5 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> and long cycle stability. Further theoretical calculations reveal that the binding energy of hydrated Mg<sup>2+</sup> is higher than that of Mg<sup>2+</sup> with NiOOH, resulting in that Mg<sup>2+</sup> is easily intercalated/de-intercalated into/from NiOOH. Benefiting from the freestanding design, the assembled fiber-shaped “rocking-chair” NaTi<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>//NiOOH AMIB shows a high energy density and satisfactory mechanical flexibility, which could be woven into a commercial fabric and power for fiber-shaped photoelectric sensors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 5","pages":"Article 100293"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141930569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eSciencePub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2024.100249
{"title":"Versatile carbon-based materials from biomass for advanced electrochemical energy storage systems","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100249","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esci.2024.100249","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of new energy storage technology has played a crucial role in advancing the green and low-carbon energy revolution. This has led to significant progress, spanning from fundamental research to its practical application in industry over the past decade. Nevertheless, the constrained performance of crucial materials poses a significant challenge, as current electrochemical energy storage systems may struggle to meet the growing market demand. In recent years, carbon derived from biomass has garnered significant attention because of its customizable physicochemical properties, environmentally friendly nature, and considerable economic value. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the production-application chain for biomass-derived carbon. It provides a comprehensive analysis of morphology design, structural regulation, and heteroatom-doping modification, and explores the operational mechanisms in different energy storage devices. Moreover, considering recent research progress, the potential uses of biomass-derived carbon in alkali metal-ion batteries, lithium–sulfur batteries, and supercapacitors are thoroughly assessed, offering a broader outlook on the emerging energy sector. Finally, based on the technical challenges that need to be addressed, potential research directions and development objectives are suggested for achieving large-scale production of biomass-derived carbon in the field of energy storage.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100489,"journal":{"name":"eScience","volume":"4 5","pages":"Article 100249"},"PeriodicalIF":42.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140003030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}