Shijie Yang , Guangbin Zhang , Zijie Lin , Zhihuan Li , Min Wang , Sheng Wang , Yuhui Sun , Zhongwei Yu , Pei Zhang , Linjiao Ren , Liying Jiang , Xiaoying Song , Yalong Zhao , Changshun Wang , Jing Wu , Linglong Zhang , Hucheng Song , Jun Xu
{"title":"Greenhouse-inspired light-driven inorganic molten salt Li-CO2 battery operating at room temperature","authors":"Shijie Yang , Guangbin Zhang , Zijie Lin , Zhihuan Li , Min Wang , Sheng Wang , Yuhui Sun , Zhongwei Yu , Pei Zhang , Linjiao Ren , Liying Jiang , Xiaoying Song , Yalong Zhao , Changshun Wang , Jing Wu , Linglong Zhang , Hucheng Song , Jun Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.052","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO<sub>2</sub>) batteries using high ion-conductive inorganic molten salt electrolytes have recently attracted much attention due to the high energy density and potential application of carbon neutrality. However, the poor Li-ion conductivity of the molten-salt electrolytes at room temperature (RT) makes these batteries lose most of their capacity and power as the temperature falls below 80 °C. Here, inspired by the greenhouse effect, we report an RT molten salt Li-CO<sub>2</sub> battery where solar energy can be efficiently harvested and converted into heat that is further localized on the cathode consisting of plasmonic ruthenium (Ru) catalysts and Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>-based products via a greenhouse-like phenomenon. As a result, the solar-driven molten salt Li-CO<sub>2</sub> battery demonstrates a larger full discharge/charge capacity of 9.5 mA h/8.1 mA h, and a longer cycle lifespan of 250 cycles at 500 mA/g with a limited capacity of 500 mA h/g at RT than the molten salt Li-CO<sub>2</sub> battery at 130 °C. Notably, the average temperature of the cathode increases by 8 °C after discharge to 0.75 mA h, which indicates the infrared radiation from Ru catalysts can be effectively suppressed by discharged Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>-based products. This battery technology paves the way for developing low-temperature molten salt energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 337-346"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinzhu Su , Hui Ma , Decheng Ding , Haotian Wang , Ziwei Wang , Kaijie Zhang , Huachao Tao , Xuelin Yang , Li-Zhen Fan
{"title":"Nitride-engineered interfaces enabling long-cycle solid-state lithium metal batteries","authors":"Xinzhu Su , Hui Ma , Decheng Ding , Haotian Wang , Ziwei Wang , Kaijie Zhang , Huachao Tao , Xuelin Yang , Li-Zhen Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.047","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Solid electrolyte Li<sub>1.3</sub>Al<sub>0.3</sub>Ti<sub>1.7</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> (LATP) has attracted significant attention due to its high ionic conductivity, good air stability, and low cost. However, the practical application of LATP is limited by its instability with Li metal, poor interfacial contact, and sluggish ion transport. Herein, a multifunctional layer composed of LiN<em><sub>x</sub></em>O<em><sub>y</sub></em> and LiGa is designed via an in situ conversion reaction between Li metal and Ga(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>. LiN<em><sub>x</sub></em>O<em><sub>y</sub></em> (LiNO<sub>3</sub> phase) with low interface energy and high affinity can improve interfacial contact, while LiN<em><sub>x</sub></em>O<em><sub>y</sub></em> (Li<sub>3</sub>N phase) can provide rapid Li<sup>+</sup> transport with its low migration barrier. The insulating LiN<em><sub>x</sub></em>O<em><sub>y</sub></em> prevents side reactions, and the conductive LiGa alloy homogenizes electric fields, enabling uniform Li deposition. Therefore, the preference layer ensures stable and tight contact at the interface throughout the cycle. The initial interfacial resistance of the symmetric battery is reduced from 1677.2 to 152.2 Ω cm<sup>−2</sup>, and the critical current density is increased to 1.6 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. Long-term stable cycling at 0.1 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>/0.1 mA h cm<sup>−2</sup> for 3000 h and 0.2 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>/0.2 mA h cm<sup>−2</sup> for 2500 h can be achieved. Full cells with LiFePO<sub>4</sub> retain 89.3% capacity after 300 cycles at 0.5C, while Li<sub>1</sub>.<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>0</sub>.<sub>6</sub>Ni<sub>0</sub>.<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-based cells also exhibit high capacity and cycling stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 270-279"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrophobic surface release and energy-level alignment of PTAA enables stable flexible perovskite solar modules","authors":"Hua Zhong , Jianxing Xia , Hao Tian , Chuanxiao Xiao , Fei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The fabrication of efficient and stable flexible perovskite solar modules (F-PSMs) using poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA) remains a significant challenge due to its hydrophobic properties and the mismatch in interface energy-level alignment. Here, we introduced [2-(3,6-dimethoxy-9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic acid (MeO-2PACz) to modify the PTAA layer, which effectively suppressed surface potential fluctuations and aligned energy levels at the interface of PTAA/perovskite. Additionally, MeO-2PACz enhanced the hydrophilicity of PTAA, facilitating the fabrication of dense, uniform, and pinhole-free perovskite films on large-area flexible substrates. As a result, we achieved an F-PSM with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 16.6% and an aperture area of 64 cm<sup>2</sup>, which is the highest reported value among F-PSMs with an active area exceeding 35 cm<sup>2</sup> based on PTAA. Moreover, the encapsulated module demonstrated outstanding long-term operational stability, retaining 90.2% of its initial efficiency after 1000 bending cycles (5 mm radius), 87.2% after 1000 h of continuous illumination, and 80.3% under combined thermal and humid conditions (85 °C and 85% relative humidity), representing one of the most stable F-PSMs reported to date.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 448-454"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulating hole extraction and water oxidation kinetics in CoPi/Au/BiVO4 photoanode via strong metal-support interactions","authors":"Yu Cao, Yihan Tian, Bing He, Ziyi Qiao, Lingyi Li, Yunhai Zhu, Yingkui Yang, Xueqin Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting using bismuth vanadate (BiVO<sub>4</sub>) as a photoanode shows promise for renewable hydrogen production. Depositing cobalt phosphate (CoPi) on the BiVO<sub>4</sub> photoanode as an oxygen evolution cocatalyst (OEC) is an effective method to improve the PEC performance. However, the CoPi/BiVO<sub>4</sub> photoanode still faces challenges in terms of slow interface photogenerated carrier transport. Herein, we utilize the advantage of the classical strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) between Au and BiVO<sub>4</sub> to prepare a CoPi/Au/BiVO<sub>4</sub> (SMSI-CoPi/Au/BiVO<sub>4</sub>) photoanode. Due to the formation of SMSI, the accumulated electrons at the interface of CoPi/Au induce the accelerated extraction of photogenerated holes. Meanwhile, the active electron density of CoPi is increased, leading to improved water oxidation kinetic. As a result, the SMSI-CoPi/Au/BiVO<sub>4</sub> photoanode exhibits a high photocurrent density of 5.01 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode and an applied bias photon-to-current efficiency of 1.78%. This work highlights a novel approach to enhance hole transfer and water oxidation kinetics of OEC/BiVO<sub>4</sub> composite photoanodes, offering the great potential of using SMSI for PEC water splitting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 315-324"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental study on heat and gas generation characteristics of commercial sodium-ion batteries during thermal runaway","authors":"Zhuangzhuang Jia , Huang Li , Qingsong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sodium-ion batteries have gradually been commercialized due to their wide range of material sources and low cost. However, there are few studies focusing on the commercial sodium-ion battery safety, especially the relationship between heat and gas generation is unclear. This work conducts the thermal runaway (TR) experiments of commercial 18650 sodium-ion batteries with different states of charge (SOCs) under adiabatic accelerated rate calorimetry and localized overheating. The results show that heat generation values of 50% and 100% SOC batteries during TR are 175.2 and 328.2 J g<sup>−1</sup>, respectively. Whereas, 0% SOC batteries do not trigger TR. Moreover, the reaction sources and pathways of gas generation during TR are critically sorted out. Finally, two important conclusions are obtained. (i) During the five stages of TR, the heat generation from the safe venting to the triggering of TR stage is the highest in 50% SOC batteries, accounting for 62.5% of the total heat generation. However, for 100% SOC batteries, the heat generation from triggering TR to maximum temperature stage has the largest proportion during TR, at 57%. The 50% SOC batteries present characteristic of slow heat generation, while the 100% SOC batteries show characteristics of accelerated heat generation. (ii) Based on dimensionless analysis, the heat/gas generation ratios of 50% and 100% SOC batteries are 0.262 and 0.028, respectively. The gas generation behavior occur earlier than heat generation behavior during the whole process of TR of sodium-ion batteries. This study provides a direction for the development of high-safety sodium-ion batteries and thermal runaway suppression technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 357-367"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jialin Zhang , Liang Zhang , Chao Meng , Lei Zhao , Deyu Kong , Jianglong Ji , Xuemin Chen , Yue Zhou
{"title":"Adaptive phosphorus modulation tailoring hydroxyl intermediate adsorption for ultrafast water splitting","authors":"Jialin Zhang , Liang Zhang , Chao Meng , Lei Zhao , Deyu Kong , Jianglong Ji , Xuemin Chen , Yue Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing inadequate OH* adsorption in RuCo alloy catalysts is crucial for boosting intermediate coverage and redirecting the water-splitting pathway. Herein, the adaptive P sites were strategically incorporated to overcome the aforementioned challenge. The P sites, as potent OH* adsorption centers, synergize with Co sites to promote water dissociation and enrich surrounding Ru sites with H* intermediates, thus triggering the Volmer-Tafel route for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Besides, during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the surface of P-RuCo was reconstructed into Ru-doped CoOOH with anchored PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup>. These PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup> not only circumvent the intrinsic OH* adsorption limitations of Ru-CoOOH in the adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM) by rerouting to a more expeditious lattice oxygen oxidation mechanism (LOM) but also improve the coverage of key oxygen-containing intermediates, significantly accelerating OER kinetics. Consequently, the P-RuCo demonstrates exceptional bifunctional performance, with overpotentials of 29 mV for HER and 222 mV for OER at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. Remarkably, the mass activities of P-RuCo for HER (5.48 A mg<sup>−1</sup>) and OER (2.13 A mg<sup>−1</sup>) are 6.2 and 11.2 times higher than those of its commercial counterparts (Ru/C for HER and RuO<sub>2</sub> for OER), respectively. When integrated into an anion-exchange-membrane electrolyzer, this catalyst achieves ampere-level current densities of 1.32 A cm<sup>−2</sup> for water electrolysis and 1.23 A cm<sup>−2</sup> for seawater electrolysis at 2.1 V, with a 500-h durability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 438-447"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-functional in-situ gel polymer electrolyte for high-performance quasi-solid-state Na-S batteries","authors":"Mengyang Cui, Shisheng Yuan, Bo Jin, Qing Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries are believed as the hopeful energy storage and conversion techniques owing to the high specific capacity and low cost. Nevertheless, unstable sodium (Na) deposition/stripping of Na metal anode, low intrinsic conductivity of sulfur cathode, and severe shuttling effect of sodium polysulfides (NaPSs) pose significant challenges in the actual reversible capacity and cycle life of Na-S batteries. Herein, a self-supporting electrode made of nitrogen-doped carbon fiber embedded with cobalt nanoparticles (Co/NC-CF) is designed to load sulfur. Meanwhile, gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) with high ion transfer ability is obtained by in-situ polymerization inside the battery. During the polymerization process, an integrated electrode-electrolyte and a continuous ion-electron conduction network in a composite cathode are constructed inside the Na-S battery. It is noteworthy that the designed GPE demonstrates superior ionic conductivity and effective adsorption of NaPSs that can significantly suppress the shuttle effect. Leveraging the synergistic interplay between the designed GPE and self-supporting cathode, the assembled quasi-solid-state (QSS) Na-S battery exhibits great cycling stability. These experimental results are further corroborated by COMSOL Multiphysics simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, which mechanistically validate the enhanced electrochemical performance. The findings of this study offer new and promising perspectives for advancing the development of next-generation solid-state batteries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 241-250"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuze Zhang , Juntao Peng , Minying Zhao , Qianhong Huang , Yuhong Luo , Wanxin Mai , Yongbo Wu , Zhiguang Xu , Xiaoming Lin
{"title":"Turning waste into treasure: a dual-modulation strategy for Ni-rich cathode towards moderate Li/Ni mixing and Li2CO3 encapsulation to enhance lithium storage","authors":"Yuze Zhang , Juntao Peng , Minying Zhao , Qianhong Huang , Yuhong Luo , Wanxin Mai , Yongbo Wu , Zhiguang Xu , Xiaoming Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ni-rich cathodes (Ni ≥ 70%) with high specific capacities emerge as promising candidates for long-range lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Nevertheless, their practical application is severely limited by two unresolved challenges: structural degradation from uncontrolled Li/Ni mixing and interfacial instability exacerbated by air/electrolyte corrosion. Herein, we propose a dual-modulation strategy to synthesize a stable Ni-rich cathode via carboxylate-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)-derived precursors, whereby oxygen vacancies in the precursors induce controlled moderate Li/Ni mixing, while their enhanced specific-surface-area property enables dense amorphous Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> encapsulation. The optimal Li/Ni mixing harnesses the Ni pillar effect to stabilize the structure of cathodes upon cycling. Additionally, amorphous Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> coating serves not only as a thermodynamically stable and air-impermeable protective layer for the cathodes, but as a transformative precursor for an F-rich cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) which enhances interfacial stability and electrochemical properties. This dual-modulated cathode delivers a high discharge capacity of 215.1 mA h g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.1 C, retains 84.9% capacity after 200 cycles at 1 C in half cells, and achieves 96.0 mA h g<sup>−1</sup> at 8 C in full-cell tests. Furthermore, we unravel the potential mechanism of Ni pillar effect from optimal Li/Ni mixing and track the evolution mechanism of Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> coating into F-rich CEI. This work offers advanced perspectives for the controllable cation disordering engineering and rational design of surface residual lithium compounds in Ni-rich cathodes, thereby providing new guiding principles for protecting high-capacity cathodes in energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 300-314"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiqi Sun , Zelong Gong , Jiafeng Li , Xianli Zhu , Ruixiao Zhu , Lingxu Wang , Tao Zhang , Zhiwei Zhang , Luyuan Zhang , Rutao Wang , Jingyun Ma , Zhao Qian , Longwei Yin , Chengxiang Wang
{"title":"Nonflammable eutectic GPEs mediated by solvent-anchoring effect enabling improved interfacial Li+ transport kinetics in high-performance lithium metal batteries","authors":"Qiqi Sun , Zelong Gong , Jiafeng Li , Xianli Zhu , Ruixiao Zhu , Lingxu Wang , Tao Zhang , Zhiwei Zhang , Luyuan Zhang , Rutao Wang , Jingyun Ma , Zhao Qian , Longwei Yin , Chengxiang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nonflammable gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) are intriguing owing to their flame-retardancy, high ionic conductivity and nonleakage properties. However, their application is critically hindered by unfavorable interfacial compatibility due to the incorporation of high-reactive solvents. Herein, we present an innovative solvent anchoring strategy to remold Li<sup>+</sup> solvation structure, thus inducing an effective interfacial protective layer to alleviate adverse solvents decomposition. A nonflammable eutectic GPE (DIPE) is synthesized by in situ incorporating poly-ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (PETPTA) polymer skeleton to flame-retardant LiTFSI-sulfolane (SL)-based deep eutectic solvent (DES). The “SL solvent anchoring” strategy is validated to rely on dipole–dipole intermolecular interaction between <img>CH<sub>2</sub> groups on the PETPTA polymer skeleton and <img>O<img>S groups on SL solvents, which breaks the solvation dominance of SL solvents and directly suppresses their decomposition. It simultaneously facilitates reconstruction of a TFSI<sup>−</sup>-dominated Li<sup>+</sup> solvation sheath without increasing LiTFSI concentration, thereby fostering anion-derived SEI and CEI protective layers. Dynamic interfacial resistance evolution reveals accelerated interfacial Li<sup>+</sup> transport kinetics in DIPE. Therefore, Li|DIPE|Li cell delivers remarkably enhanced Li reversibility with cycle life over 1000 h at 0.1 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> and Li|DIPE|LCO cell achieves 90.7% capacity retention over 700 cycles at 0.3 C. This study opens an emerging avenue to remold Li<sup>+</sup> solvation environment and enhance interfacial compatibility in GPE by manipulating the solvent-anchoring effect.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 231-240"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hubiao Pan , Xin Gu , Xinyu Lv , Fengchun Li , Fei Pang , Yanli Zhou , Mingbo Wu
{"title":"Rapid anion transporting and mechanically robust cathode-electrolyte interphase for ultrafast and highly reversible dual-ion batteries within a wide temperature range","authors":"Hubiao Pan , Xin Gu , Xinyu Lv , Fengchun Li , Fei Pang , Yanli Zhou , Mingbo Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-voltage dual-ion batteries (DIBs) face significant challenges, including graphite cathode degradation, cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI) instability, and the thermodynamic instability of conventional carbonate-based electrolytes, particularly at extreme temperatures. In this study, we develop a stable electrolyte incorporating lithium difluorophosphate (LiDFP) as an additive to enhance the electrochemical performance of DIBs over a wide temperature range. LiDFP preferentially decomposes to form a rapid anion-transporting, mechanically robust CEI layer on graphite, which provides better protection by suppressing graphite’s volume expansion, preventing electrolyte oxidative decomposition, and enhancing reaction kinetics. As a result, Li||graphite half cells using LiDFP electrolyte exhibit outstanding rate performance (90.8% capacity retention at 30 C) and excellent cycle stability (82.2% capacity retention after 5000 cycles) at room temperature. Moreover, graphite||graphite full cells with LiDFP electrolyte demonstrate stable discharge capacity across a temperature range of −20 to 40 °C, expanding the potential applications of LiDFP. This work establishes a novel strategy for optimizing the interphase through electrolyte design, paving the way for all-climate DIBs with improved performance and stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15728,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Energy Chemistry","volume":"109 ","pages":"Pages 100-108"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}