Alessandro De Vita, Chiara Bigi, Davide Romanin, Matthew D. Watson, Vincent Polewczyk, Marta Zonno, François Bertran, Pietro M. Forcella, My Bang Petersen, Federico Motti, Giovanni Vinai, Manuel Tuniz, Federico Cilento, Mario Cuoco, Brian M. Andersen, Andreas Kreisel, Luciano Jacopo D'Onofrio, Oliver J. Clark, Mark T. Edmonds, Christopher Candelora, Muxian Xu, Siyu Cheng, Alexander LaFleur, Tommaso Antonelli, Giorgio Sangiovanni, Lorenzo Del Re, Ivana Vobornik, Jun Fujii, Fabio Miletto Granozio, Alessia Sambri, Emiliano Di Gennaro, Jeppe B. Jacobsen, Henrik Jacobsen, Iulia Cojocariu, Marcin Szpytma, Andrea Locatelli, Tevfik Mentes, Won Seop Song, Jun Sung Kim, Matthieu Jamet, Jean‐François Jacquot, Pasquale Orgiani, Ralph Ernstorfer, Ilija Zeljkovic, Younghun Hwang, Matteo Calandra, Jill A. Miwa, Federico Mazzola
{"title":"Robust Spin Splitting and Fermiology in the Layered Altermagnet CoNb4Se8","authors":"Alessandro De Vita, Chiara Bigi, Davide Romanin, Matthew D. Watson, Vincent Polewczyk, Marta Zonno, François Bertran, Pietro M. Forcella, My Bang Petersen, Federico Motti, Giovanni Vinai, Manuel Tuniz, Federico Cilento, Mario Cuoco, Brian M. Andersen, Andreas Kreisel, Luciano Jacopo D'Onofrio, Oliver J. Clark, Mark T. Edmonds, Christopher Candelora, Muxian Xu, Siyu Cheng, Alexander LaFleur, Tommaso Antonelli, Giorgio Sangiovanni, Lorenzo Del Re, Ivana Vobornik, Jun Fujii, Fabio Miletto Granozio, Alessia Sambri, Emiliano Di Gennaro, Jeppe B. Jacobsen, Henrik Jacobsen, Iulia Cojocariu, Marcin Szpytma, Andrea Locatelli, Tevfik Mentes, Won Seop Song, Jun Sung Kim, Matthieu Jamet, Jean‐François Jacquot, Pasquale Orgiani, Ralph Ernstorfer, Ilija Zeljkovic, Younghun Hwang, Matteo Calandra, Jill A. Miwa, Federico Mazzola","doi":"10.1002/adma.75367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75367","url":null,"abstract":"Altermagnetism defies conventional classifications of collinear magnetic phases, combining compensated magnetization with momentum‐dependent, nonrelativistic spin splitting. While altermagnetic band splitting has been established in three‐dimensional compounds such as MnTe and CrSb, layered altermagnets remain far less explored spectroscopically. Here, combining termination‐resolved micro‐ARPES, fine photon‐energy mapping, spin‐ARPES, and density functional theory, we map the three‐dimensional fermiology of the layered <jats:italic>g</jats:italic> ‐wave altermagnet , obtained by ordered Co intercalation of 2H‐. We resolve the spin–split branches of the altermagnetic pairs directly in the raw photoemission spectra and, with spin‐ARPES at these experimentally identified momenta, show the reversal of the spin polarization at opposite momenta and between two regions of the sample, consistent with opposite time‐reversal domains, and its absence along the symmetry‐protected nodal –K direction. We further report a weak low‐temperature anomaly near <jats:italic>T</jats:italic> <jats:sub>0</jats:sub> ≈ 50–60 K, detected by magnetometry, temperature‐dependent micro‐ARPES, and ultrafast reflectivity, whose microscopic origin remains open. These results provide a momentum‐resolved benchmark of the electronic structure of a layered altermagnet.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218774","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}
Chengcheng Cai, Wanting Wang, Kaiyue Jiang, Sen Yang, Guangyong Bo, Huijing Ma, Yixin Zhao, Xufang Qian, Tianfu Wang
{"title":"Decoupled Biomass Electrooxidation Over E‐Waste‐Derived Au Enables Low‐Voltage H 2 and Scalable FDCA Production","authors":"Chengcheng Cai, Wanting Wang, Kaiyue Jiang, Sen Yang, Guangyong Bo, Huijing Ma, Yixin Zhao, Xufang Qian, Tianfu Wang","doi":"10.1002/adma.75442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75442","url":null,"abstract":"The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) constitutes a major energetic bottleneck in electrochemical hydrogen production. Replacing OER with low‐potential organic oxidation provides an effective route to reduce cell voltage while enabling value‐added chemical synthesis. Here, a nanostructured Au electrocatalyst is developed from recycled electronic waste via a corrosion‐template–assisted electrodeposition strategy. Co(OH) <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> nanoarrays grown on nickel foam act as a sacrificial template to regulate galvanic displacement between chloride‐coordinated Au(III) species and metallic Ni, inducing polycrystalline Au nucleation with tailored surface structures. Subsequent electrodeposition precisely controls Au size and dispersion, resulting in a substantially enlarged electrochemically active surface area. In alkaline media, the Au electrode selectively drives aldehyde oxidation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural to 5‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐furoic acid at potentials well below those required for OER, while enabling concurrent anodic hydrogen evolution and stable low‐voltage bipolar hydrogen production. In a flow‐electrolysis configuration, current densities of ∼0.6 A cm <jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> are sustained at a low cell voltage of ∼1.2 V for over 200 h. By decoupling low‐potential aldehyde oxidation from high‐potential deep oxidation in a tandem electrolyzer, stepwise electrochemical upgrading from HMF to FDCA is achieved with reduced overall energy input. This work establishes a scalable electrochemical platform that integrates low‐voltage hydrogen production with high‐value biomass conversion.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218746","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}
Ramanuja Srinivasan Saravanan, Charles E. Schwarz, Felix Adams, Kiyan Amirian, Yifei Mo
{"title":"A Simple Descriptor for Solid‐State Ionic Conductors Across Chemistries","authors":"Ramanuja Srinivasan Saravanan, Charles E. Schwarz, Felix Adams, Kiyan Amirian, Yifei Mo","doi":"10.1002/adma.75410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75410","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of new solid‐state ionic conductors remains challenging because ion transport depends sensitively on both mobile‐ion chemistry and the host crystal framework. Although atomistic calculations can evaluate migration barriers directly, simple descriptors can greatly facilitate screening large materials spaces and gaining mechanistic insight. However, existing descriptors often show limited transferability across mobile‐ion chemistries and material classes. Here, we generate a diverse dataset of ion‐migration barriers spanning Li‐, Na‐, K‐, and Mg‐ion conductors across oxides, sulfides, and halides, and use it to systematically benchmark descriptors. From this analysis, we devise distance contraction, ∆ <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> , a simple local geometric descriptor that measures the largest contraction of mobile‐ion–neighbor distances relative to their equilibrium values along a migration pathway. This quantity captures the dominant short‐range repulsion penalty associated with ion migration and consistently distinguishes low‐ from high‐barrier pathways across chemistries. Using ∆ <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> in a high‐throughput screening workflow, we recover many known fast‐ion conductors and identify previously unexplored candidates, with fast‐ion transport validated by nudged elastic band calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Beyond screening, ∆ <jats:italic>d</jats:italic> links diverse ion‐transport mechanisms to a common physical quantity: The largest distance contraction experienced by the migrating ion.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218790","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}
Fangman Chen, Madi Sun, Ziping Wu, Peiyu Chen, Xiaochun Xie, Quanxin Ning, Xin Zhao, Shaowen Wang, Dan Shao, Yunlu Dai, Hanyao Huang, Kam W. Leong, Chao Yang
{"title":"Biomimetic Dichalcogenide‐Hybrid Nanozymes With Glutathione Peroxidase‐Like Activity for Liver Protection","authors":"Fangman Chen, Madi Sun, Ziping Wu, Peiyu Chen, Xiaochun Xie, Quanxin Ning, Xin Zhao, Shaowen Wang, Dan Shao, Yunlu Dai, Hanyao Huang, Kam W. Leong, Chao Yang","doi":"10.1002/adma.75439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75439","url":null,"abstract":"Glutathione peroxidase (GPX)‐mimetic nanozymes are a promising strategy to restore redox homeostasis, but many existing systems rely on metals and remain limited by cytotoxicity, poor selectivity, and susceptibility to catalytic deactivation. Inspired by the active‐site chemistry of native GPX, we designed dichalcogenide‐hybrid mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) as inorganic–organic nanozymes with tunable sulfur and selenium environments. Structure–activity analysis showed that GPX‐like performance is governed by chalcogen composition, chalcogen density, and spatial proximity of S/Se within the framework, which together regulate reversible disulfide/diselenide redox cycling and substrate access. Among the materials tested, the diselenide–hybrid framework exhibited the highest activity, with improved selectivity and biocompatibility relative to the disulfide‐hybrid analogue, and conventional metal‐based GPX mimics. Mechanistic studies indicated efficient glutathione‐dependent detoxification of peroxides and lipid peroxides through catalytically active chalcogen intermediates. In vivo, the optimized diselenide‐hybrid material protected against acetaminophen‐induced and rifampicin‐induced liver injury, reduced oxidative stress and inflammation, restored antioxidant capacity, and improved survival. It also alleviated steatosis and metabolic dysfunction in metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) models. These findings establish dichalcogenide–hybrid frameworks as effective GPX‐like nanozymes and a promising platform for the treatment of oxidative stress‐associated liver diseases.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218753","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}
Thomas B. Gill, Ahmet Yagmur, Matthew Rogers, Luke Benson, Nathan Fox, Ben Muggleton, Zabeada Aslam, Conor McCluskey, Phoenix Robinson, Oscar Cespedes, Bryan Hickey, Timothy Moorsom, Marty Gregg, Edmund H. Linfield, Sukhdeep Dhillon, Satoshi Sasaki, Joshua R. Freeman
{"title":"Chiral Phonon–Driven Ultrafast Spin Currents in a Non‐Magnetic Ferroelectric","authors":"Thomas B. Gill, Ahmet Yagmur, Matthew Rogers, Luke Benson, Nathan Fox, Ben Muggleton, Zabeada Aslam, Conor McCluskey, Phoenix Robinson, Oscar Cespedes, Bryan Hickey, Timothy Moorsom, Marty Gregg, Edmund H. Linfield, Sukhdeep Dhillon, Satoshi Sasaki, Joshua R. Freeman","doi":"10.1002/adma.75389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75389","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery that fundamental lattice vibrations can carry angular momentum allows non‐magnetic materials to exhibit properties that until now have only been observable in magnetic materials. However, the role of these specific vibrations, commonly known as chiral phonons, in driving ultrafast spin dynamics has not yet been explored experimentally. Here, using broadband terahertz emission spectroscopy, we demonstrate that the non‐magnetic ferroelectric generates signals consistent with a ultrafast spin current after excitation with an ultrafast laser pulse, which we attribute to a chiral phonon–induced spin Seebeck effect. We suggest that the transient heating creates an non‐equilibrium phonon distribution, resulting in a net angular momentum and magnetization perpendicular to the thermal gradient, which is converted into a terahertz electromagnetic pulse via an inverse spin‐Hall effect in a thin metal overlayer. The emitted field reverses sign upon flipping the sample orientation or replacing Pt with W, consistent with spin‐current generation. Polarization‐resolved measurements reveal controllable terahertz ellipticity, indicating an additional polarization‐dependent ultrafast response. Our results establish chiral phonons as a route for generating ultrafast spin currents in non‐magnetic materials as well as providing a pathway toward terahertz sources with switchable handedness.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218755","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}
Daniel Kroh, Xinyue Xu, Trevor A. Smith, Anna Köhler
{"title":"Disentangling Polaron Formation Pathways in Y6 by Probing Noninteracting and Interacting Chromophores via Transient Absorption Spectroscopy","authors":"Daniel Kroh, Xinyue Xu, Trevor A. Smith, Anna Köhler","doi":"10.1002/adma.75428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75428","url":null,"abstract":"In highly efficient organic solar cells, the optoelectronic properties of the non‐fullerene acceptor Y6 are governed by the molecular packing of noninteracting and interacting molecules. In this study, steady‐state and transient absorption spectroscopy are employed to disentangle the spectral signatures and excited‐state dynamics of interacting and noninteracting Y6 in solution and thin films. By controlling aggregation in dilute solution, we identify localized Frenkel‐type excitons (LE) on noninteracting Y6 and aggregate excitons (AE) on intermolecular interacting Y6. The AEs exhibit strongly fluence‐dependent lifetimes (30–200 ps) governed by singlet–singlet annihilation, whereas localized excitons decay monoexponentially on a nanosecond timescale. Furthermore, long‐lived polaronic states are observed to form on aggregated Y6 within tens of picoseconds and persist into the nanosecond regime. Comparison with thin‐film measurements reveals similar processes with an additional ultrafast energy transfer from noninteracting chromophores to aggregated domains. These results establish a consistent framework for assigning transient absorption features in Y6 and suggest that, in neat films of Y6, the pairwise formation of polarons arises from an Onsager‐like autoionization process of delocalized excitons in domains of interacting Y6 with moderate yield. This provides central insight into charge‐generation mechanisms in Y6‐based photovoltaic systems.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218773","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}
Bin Wang, Amelia Hasenauer, Kristian Ivkovic, Ann‐Sophie Frind, David Fercher, Marcy Zenobi‐Wong
{"title":"Vitamin C‐Induced Photo‐Redox Threshold Enables High‐Fidelity Volumetric Printing of Collagen","authors":"Bin Wang, Amelia Hasenauer, Kristian Ivkovic, Ann‐Sophie Frind, David Fercher, Marcy Zenobi‐Wong","doi":"10.1002/adma.75454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75454","url":null,"abstract":"Tomographic volumetric printing (TVP) enables rapid fabrication of complex, centimeter‐scale 3D architectures. TVP of native proteins such as collagen is attractive because it preserves native bioactive motifs that regulate cell–matrix signaling. However, direct TVP of collagen remains challenging because dityrosine crosslinking, driven by visible‐light‐activated Ru(II)bpy <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> <jats:sup>2+</jats:sup> /sodium persulfate (SPS), lacks an effective inhibitory mechanism. This results in near‐immediate crosslinking upon light exposure, leading to an insufficient nonlinear threshold response that fails to suppress background curing. Here, we introduce vitamin C (L‐ascorbic acid) as a biocompatible redox regulator to overcome this limitation. We demonstrated that vitamin C established a photo‐redox threshold by suppressing Ru(III) accumulation and scavenging persulfate radicals within the Ru/SPS system, thereby delaying dityrosine crosslinking until vitamin C depletion. This threshold generated the nonlinear response required for TVP, enabling high‐fidelity volumetric printing of collagen. Post‐printing construct densification (∼53% shrinkage) further improved feature resolution (80 µm positive; 120 µm negative) and yielded mechanically stable and highly stretchable hydrogels (up to 180% strain). Collagen resin with vitamin C supported both cell seeding post‐printing and cell‐laden printing with high cell density and viability, enabling the rapid biofabrication of cell‐instructive 3D microenvironments.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218745","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}
Zhichao Hou, Wenqiang Lu, Hongbao Zheng, Guowei Zeng, Shibo Zhao, Nan Chen, Heng Jiang, Dong Zhang, Fei Du
{"title":"Reconstruction of the Electric Double Layer for Long‐Lasting Aqueous Manganese Metal Batteries","authors":"Zhichao Hou, Wenqiang Lu, Hongbao Zheng, Guowei Zeng, Shibo Zhao, Nan Chen, Heng Jiang, Dong Zhang, Fei Du","doi":"10.1002/adma.75431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75431","url":null,"abstract":"Aqueous Mn metal batteries (AMMBs) have emerged as promising candidates for stationary energy storage owing to the natural abundance of Mn, their operational safety, and their high energy density. However, the high chemical reactivity of the Mn metal anode induces a severe hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), resulting in poor cycling reversibility. Fundamentally, HER is a parasitic cathodic reaction competing with Mn electrodeposition and may accompany Mn corrosion. Its kinetics are influenced by the interfacial water environment within the electric double layer (EDL). In this study, we propose a strategy for reconstructing the EDL by adding <jats:italic>n</jats:italic> ‐decyltrimethylammonium bromide (10‐DTAB), a surfactant with a relatively high lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), to the electrolyte to stabilize the Mn anode. The high LUMO energy level enhances its reduction stability, thus preventing continuous decomposition during cycling and enabling sustained interfacial protection. Consequently, the Mn anode exhibits a markedly enhanced Coulombic efficiency of 93%. This study demonstrates a durable EDL regulation paradigm based on high‐LUMO additives, offering new insights into stabilizing Mn metal anodes and advancing AMMBs toward practical applications.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218747","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":"Robust Sodium–Metal Batteries Through Electrolyte‐Mediated Interfacial Regulation: Fundamentals, Design Strategies, and Operando Characterization","authors":"Sikandar Iqbal, Usman Ghani, Xuebing Zhu, Yun Bai, Jinlong Jiang, Ying Zhang, Huiqin Huang, Fakhr uz Zaman, Hua Kun Liu, Shi‐Xue Dou, Chao Wu","doi":"10.1002/adma.202520711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202520711","url":null,"abstract":"Sodium–metal batteries (SMBs) exhibit high theoretical specific capacity and take advantage of sodium's natural abundance and low cost, showing great promise for broad next‐generation energy‐storage applications. In this review, we summarize the major practical bottlenecks restricting SMB development. The solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) serves as a key mediator to overcome these challenges, and its formation mechanisms are systematically outlined. We comprehensively review diverse electrolyte strategies, including solvent engineering, salt chemistry optimization, additive utilization, high‐concentration, localized high‐concentration, and weakly solvating electrolytes, for modulating Na <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> transport and generating mechanically robust, ion‐conductive yet electronically insulating SEI layers. We further discuss advanced in‐situ/operando characterizations combined with multiscale computational modeling and machine‐learning techniques as powerful tools to decipher the dynamic evolution of sodium–metal interfaces. Particular focus is placed on the coupled effects of current density, temperature, electrolyte composition, interfacial layers on sodium nucleation, dendrite growth, dead‐sodium formation, and Coulombic efficiency (CE). Finally, future directions for SEI engineering have been outlook toward high‐performance, practical sodium–metal batteries.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218750","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":"Dual Single Atoms Boosting Photocatalytic Upcycling of Raw Polyvinylidene Fluoride Plastic","authors":"Amin Talebian‐Kiakalaieh, Shiying Ren, Wenzhong Ji, Yun Liu, Bingquan Xia, Jingrun Ran, Shi‐Zhang Qiao","doi":"10.1002/adma.75436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.75436","url":null,"abstract":"Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a highly recalcitrant fluorinated polymer that is highly resistant to chemical degradation, making its sustainable recycling and upcycling challenging. Despite its widespread use as a binder in the lithium‐ion battery industry, effective strategies for converting PVDF waste into value‐added chemicals remain limited. To resolve this, Fe and Cu dual single atoms incorporated on a new two‐dimensional material nanosheets (In <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> P <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> S <jats:sub>9</jats:sub> NSs/Fe‐Cu DSAs) were prepared as photocatalysts for direct raw PVDF plastic conversion to high‐value chemicals. The best‐performing photocatalyst (Fe <jats:sub>1.0</jats:sub> Cu <jats:sub>0.5</jats:sub> ) achieves a total acetic/formic acid generation of ∼1351.8 µmol g <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> . Various in situ characterizations such as atomic force microscopy‐kelvin probe force microscopy, x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) demonstrate superior electron extraction from In <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> P <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> S <jats:sub>9</jats:sub> NSs to Fe and Cu DSAs, after which the electrons are subsequently scavenged by O <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> under ambient conditions. Moreover, quenching experiments as well as in situ infrared spectroscopy, and in situ EPR reveal the vital impact of photoexcited electrons and hydroxyl radicals in PVDF upcycling into high‐value products. These findings highlight the significant potential of photocatalysis in transforming one of the most resistant plastic wastes (PVDF) into value‐added products, providing a sustainable remedy for plastic pollution crisis.","PeriodicalId":114,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218752","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}