Liel Abisdris, Muhammad Saad Naeem, Marco Bianchini, Isaac Herraiz-Cardona, Jonathan Tzadikov, Adi Azoulay, Rotem Geva, Michael Volokh, Joshua H. Baraban, Núria López, Menny Shalom
{"title":"Energy-Efficient and Scalable Joule Heating Synthesis of Self-Standing Transition Metal Phosphide Electrodes for Full Water Splitting (Adv. Energy Mater. 34/2025)","authors":"Liel Abisdris, Muhammad Saad Naeem, Marco Bianchini, Isaac Herraiz-Cardona, Jonathan Tzadikov, Adi Azoulay, Rotem Geva, Michael Volokh, Joshua H. Baraban, Núria López, Menny Shalom","doi":"10.1002/aenm.70110","DOIUrl":"10.1002/aenm.70110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Water Splitting</b></p><p>In article number 2502150, Núria López, Menny Shalom, and co-workers introduce a sandwich-like precursor pellet composed of red phosphorus, compressed between two nickel foam disks and wrapped with flexible carbon cloth strips. Upon Joule heating, it is rapidly converted into a dense nickel phosphide pellet. This pellet serves as a self-standing electrode, directly connected to the working electrode holder, and demonstrates excellent performance for overall water splitting.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"15 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":26.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/aenm.70110","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145032319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power of Gelatin: Nature–Inspired Materials for Next–Generation Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems","authors":"Zhen Du, Fakhar Zaman, Chengming Li, Qingli Zou","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202504024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202504024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145026162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Srija Ghosh, Ashutosh Rana, Antra Mohini, Ponraj Jenis, S Renjitha, Md. Arif Faisal, Koushik Barman, James H. Ngyuen, Amreen Bano, Jeffrey E. Dick, Kingshuk Roy
{"title":"Decoding Anode Stability: From Nucleation Kinetics to Pattern-Guided Flux Control for Long-Cycling Anode-Less Sodium Metal Batteries","authors":"Srija Ghosh, Ashutosh Rana, Antra Mohini, Ponraj Jenis, S Renjitha, Md. Arif Faisal, Koushik Barman, James H. Ngyuen, Amreen Bano, Jeffrey E. Dick, Kingshuk Roy","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202503588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503588","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145026163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhuo Li, Mingyu Su, Xingbao Chen, Feiyang Chao, Ruihu Lu, Chengyi Zhang, Yiyang Mao, Dianxue Cao, Kai Zhu, Ziyun Wang
{"title":"In Situ X‐ray Absorption Fine Spectroscopy Reveals the Durability of Bismuth‐Coated Zn Metal Anode","authors":"Zhuo Li, Mingyu Su, Xingbao Chen, Feiyang Chao, Ruihu Lu, Chengyi Zhang, Yiyang Mao, Dianxue Cao, Kai Zhu, Ziyun Wang","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202503597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503597","url":null,"abstract":"Aqueous zinc metal batteries (AZMBs) have attracted intensive focus owing to their inherent merits for large‐scale, low‐cost, and safe renewable energy storage. However, the water‐induced reactions on the anode, such as the hydrogen evolution reaction and corrosion, heavily hamper the zinc ion electroreduction. Herein, a heterogeneous interface (bismuth layer) is established on Zn introduced in an alcohol‐water system with specific adsorption to boost the zinc ions plating. Theoretical calculations indicate that specific adsorption on the bismuth layer facilitates nucleation while inhibiting parasitic reactions, particularly enhancing the formation of stable nuclei during the early stages. In situ X‐ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis reveals the replacement of Zn─O by newly formed Zn‐Bi, and the durable anode mechanism is the establishment of a stable Bi─(Zn)─Bi triangular coordination that promotes high‐quality heterogeneous nucleation. This well‐regulated nucleation leads to rapid and homogeneous Zn deposition. Exceptional performance is observed on the modified anode with stability of more than 2,500 cycles under a current density of 100 mA cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>. The modified anodes achieve a high coulombic efficiency of 99.72% at 5 mA cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>. When used in a full cell, the bismuth‐modified anode realizes stable cycling for 10,000 cycles.","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrogen‐Bonding Enhanced Anion Exchange Membrane for High Performance Alkaline Water Electrolysis","authors":"Wendong Liu, Zhen Geng, Sheng Guo, Luyao Liu, Linyi Zhao, Chenxu Qu, Qihan Xia, Hao Cai, Xinyang Zhao, Jiangong Zhu, Jie Chen, Liming Jin, Cunman Zhang","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202503110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503110","url":null,"abstract":"Anion exchange membranes (AEMs) are critical for alkaline water electrolysis but face challenges related to low hydroxide ion (OH<jats:sup>−</jats:sup>) conductivity and poor chemical stability. Herein, an AEM design strategy is presented that integrates frontier molecular orbital engineering with hydrogen‐bonding network construction. HOMO energy level as a descriptor is first introduced to evaluate oxidative stability of AEMs, particularly their backbones, while LUMO energy level is used to evaluate alkaline stability of cation groups. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that benzothiazole (BT) features a high LUMO energy and low HOMO energy level, suggesting good stability. Incorporating BT into poly(terphenyl‐benzothiazole‐piperidinium) membrane (P‐B‐x) enables the formation of enhanced continuous hydrogen‐bonding networks, where BT's nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms act as dual hydrogen‐bonding acceptors, facilitating OH<jats:sup>−</jats:sup> transport of Grotthuss‐type. The optimized P‐B‐15 membrane with a moderate ion exchange capacity achieves the high OH<jats:sup>−</jats:sup> conductivity of 168.7 ± 1.0 mS cm<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> at 80 °C and sustains stable operation for over 500 h at 1.0 A cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> with minimal voltage decay (32 µV h<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>) in 1.0 <jats:sc>m</jats:sc> KOH. This work proposes a promising strategy for the development of next‐generation AEMs with enhanced OH<jats:sup>−</jats:sup> conductivity and chemical stability.","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liming Zhao, Yi Yang, Kuixing Ding, Pengyue Zhang, Jingji Zhang, Huanan Yu, Guoqiang Zou, Hongshuai Hou, Jiugang Hu, Xiaobo Ji
{"title":"Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis Driven by Asymmetric Interfacial Sulfur Bridge Bonding","authors":"Liming Zhao, Yi Yang, Kuixing Ding, Pengyue Zhang, Jingji Zhang, Huanan Yu, Guoqiang Zou, Hongshuai Hou, Jiugang Hu, Xiaobo Ji","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202503189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503189","url":null,"abstract":"Rational modulation of interfacial electronic structure and active‐site cooperativity is essential for advancing bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts in rechargeable aqueous zinc–air batteries (AZABs). Herein, a Co<jats:sub>9</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>7</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub> heterojunction encapsulated in porous N,S co‐doped carbon nanotubes (Co<jats:sub>9</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>7</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>@NSCNTs) is constructed via a melamine‐assisted pyrolysis strategy to simultaneously enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Asymmetric Co─S─Fe bonds at the heterointerface induce a bridge‐driven multi‐site synergy for promoting electron redistribution, surface polarity, and spatial activation of Co and Fe sites. By integrating sulfide heterointerfaces for ORR with the reconstructed (oxy)hydroxide surfaces for OER, this modulation lowers energy barriers of rate‐determining steps and enables reversible adsorption/desorption of oxygen intermediates, underscoring the critical role of asymmetric Co─S─Fe bridges in boosting bifunctional catalytic performance. Consequently, Co<jats:sub>9</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>7</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>@NSCNTs exhibit remarkable catalytic efficiency and durability with an ORR half‐wave potential (<jats:italic>E</jats:italic><jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub>) of 0.84 V and an OER overpotential of 353 mV. Rechargeable AZABs incorporating Co<jats:sub>9</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>/Fe<jats:sub>7</jats:sub>S<jats:sub>8</jats:sub>@NSCNTs achieve high peak power density (118.4 mW cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>), large specific capacity (880.3 mAh g<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>), and exceptional cycling stability (over 650 cycles). This work highlights robust sulfur‐bridge interface engineering for multi‐site activation and provides valuable insights for designing high‐performance oxygen electrocatalysts in next‐generation energy conversion and storage systems.","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seungsoo Jang, Yejin Kang, Kyung Taek Bae, Seong Hyun Park, Young Je Park, Dongyeon Kim, Hyeongmin Yu, Hyunjin Kim, Siwon Yu, Kang Taek Lee
{"title":"Digital Twin of Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells: From 3D Microstructure Reconstruction to Multiphysics Modeling","authors":"Seungsoo Jang, Yejin Kang, Kyung Taek Bae, Seong Hyun Park, Young Je Park, Dongyeon Kim, Hyeongmin Yu, Hyunjin Kim, Siwon Yu, Kang Taek Lee","doi":"10.1002/aenm.202503842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503842","url":null,"abstract":"Solid oxide electrochemical cells (SOCs) are promising electrochemical devices offering high‐efficiency energy conversion and storage. Their performance and durability, however, are critically governed by their underlying microstructure. Recent advancements in high‐resolution imaging and computational modeling have enabled the development of digital twin frameworks, which integrate detailed microstructural analysis with predictive multiphysics simulations‐ delivering insights beyond the reach of conventional experimental techniques. This review provides a comprehensive overview of digital twin approaches for SOCs at the micrometer‐scale, encompassing 3D microstructure reconstruction, quantitative descriptor extraction, and microstructure‐resolved multiphysics simulations. Progress is summarized in both tomography‐based and synthetic reconstruction techniques, the quantification of key microstructural parameters such as particle size, tortuosity, and triple‐phase boundary length, and the simulation of electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical behavior based on realistic architectures. These digital twin developments have enabled a wide range of applications, including process optimization, composition design, performance prediction, and degradation analysis. Finally, current key challenges and emerging opportunities are discussed, highlighting the potential of integrating artificial intelligence into digital twin workflows to realize real‐time feedback, adaptive modeling, and accelerated, microstructure‐informed SOC design.","PeriodicalId":111,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Materials","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145009040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}