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{"title":"Current collector interphase design for high-energy and stable anode-less sodium batteries","authors":"Jiafeng Ruan, Jiaming Hu, Qin Li, Sainan Luo, Jinyu Yang, Yang Liu, Yun Song, Shiyou Zheng, Dalin Sun, Fang Fang, Fei Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01545-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01545-5","url":null,"abstract":"Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as one of the most promising next-generation energy storage systems. However, their widespread application is hindered by the low energy density and high cost of hard carbon anodes. Anode-free designs offer a potential solution but typically suffer from poor cycling performance due to uncontrolled Na plating and inefficient stripping. Here we report a hard-carbon-derived interphase on an aluminium current collector to construct an anode-less sodium battery (ALSB) that maintains high energy density, reduces costs and enhances cycling stability. Remarkably, the interphase layer with a low dielectric constant and strong Na interaction enables homogeneous Na nucleation, crack-free plating and efficient stripping, thereby minimizing active Na loss during cycling. As a result, our ALSB maintains good stability for up to 900 cycles and 2.3-Ah-level ALSBs show an energy density of 203 Wh kg−1. Our findings pave the way for more sustainable batteries with competitive energy density, extended cycle life and lower costs. Anode-free sodium metal batteries without excess sodium achieve high energy density and low cost, but their cycling stability remains poor. Here an optimized current collector interphase enables unprecedented cyclability and energy density.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"530-541"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health risks of exposure to wildfire-toxic air","authors":"Yiwen Zhang, Rongbin Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Tingting Ye, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Yao Wu, Yanming Liu, Zhengyu Yang, Bo Wen, Ke Ju, Jiangning Song, Michael J. Abramson, Amanda Johnson, Anthony Capon, Bin Jalaludin, Donna Green, Eric Lavigne, Fay H. Johnston, Geoffrey G. Morgan, Luke D. Knibbs, Ying Zhang, Guy Marks, Jane Heyworth, Julie Arblaster, Yue Leon Guo, Lidia Morawska, Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Paulo H. N. Saldiva, Patricia Matus, Peng Bi, Simon Hales, Wenbiao Hu, Dung Phung, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01535-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01535-7","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluating the short-term exposure to wildfire-specific fine particulate matter (PM2.5) showed greater risks of hospitalization for all major respiratory diseases than non-wildfire PM2.5. When developing air quality guidelines, it is also important to consider that PM2.5 from varying sources can have different health effects, which require targeted health and environmental policy approaches.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"472-473"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01535-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries and territories","authors":"Yiwen Zhang, Rongbin Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Tingting Ye, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Yao Wu, Yanming Liu, Zhengyu Yang, Bo Wen, Ke Ju, Jiangning Song, Michael J. Abramson, Amanda Johnson, Anthony Capon, Bin Jalaludin, Donna Green, Eric Lavigne, Fay H. Johnston, Geoffrey G. Morgan, Luke D. Knibbs, Ying Zhang, Guy Marks, Jane Heyworth, Julie Arblaster, Yue Leon Guo, Lidia Morawska, Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Paulo H. N. Saldiva, Patricia Matus, Peng Bi, Simon Hales, Wenbiao Hu, Dung Phung, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01533-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01533-9","url":null,"abstract":"Under a warming climate, wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Multicountry studies evaluating associations between wildfire fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and respiratory hospitalizations are lacking. Here we evaluate the short-term effects of wildfire-specific PM2.5 on respiratory hospitalizations from 1,052 communities across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, during 2000–2019. A 1 µg m−3 increase in wildfire-specific PM2.5 was associated with increased hospitalization risks for all-cause respiratory, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute upper respiratory infection, influenza and pneumonia by 0.36%, 0.48%, 0.38%, 0.42%, 0.79% and 0.36%, respectively. Higher risks were observed among populations ≤19 or ≥60 years old, from low-income or high non-wildfire PM2.5 communities, and residing in Brazil, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam. Australia and New Zealand exhibited a greater hospitalization risk for asthma associated with wildfire-specific PM2.5. Compared with non-wildfire PM2.5, wildfire-specific PM2.5 posed greater hospitalization risks for all respiratory diseases and a greater burden of asthma. Wildfire-specific PM2.5 contributed to 42.4% of PM2.5-linked respiratory hospitalizations, dominating in Thailand. Overall, the substantial contribution of wildfire-specific PM2.5 to respiratory hospitalizations demands continued mitigation and adaptation efforts across most countries. Intervention should be prioritized for influenza, children, adolescents, the elderly and populations in low-income or high-polluted communities. Wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent in several regions around the world due to climate change, posing serious health risks, especially for respiratory diseases. This study examines the respiratory health risk and burden of wildfire-specific PM2.5 pollution across eight countries and territories.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"474-484"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01533-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Author Correction: The multi-dimensional environmental impact of global crop commodities","authors":"Mark A. A. Jwaideh, Carole Dalin","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01553-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01553-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 6","pages":"725-725"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01553-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electrode separation via water electrolysis for sustainable battery recycling","authors":"Fangzhou Yang, Xinlong Chen, Ge Qu, Quan Nie, Ganxiong Liu, Wang Wan, Tanyuan Wang, Sa Li, Yunhui Huang, Ju Li, Chao Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01539-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01539-3","url":null,"abstract":"Recycling large quantities of lithium-ion batteries facing retirement is pivotal for resource conservation and environmental sustainability. Direct recycling, while offering a promising avenue with reduced waste compared with pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, often involves intricate and long processes. Here we introduce a water electrolysis-induced separation approach, using H2 or O2 gas bubbling to efficiently separate electrode materials from current collectors. The process achieves 99.5% materials recovery with metal impurities <40 ppm within 34 s for LiFePO4 and 3 s for graphite at 10 mA cm−2, with minimal energy consumption of 11 and 1.1 kJ kgcell−1. Moreover, this approach accommodates various electrode types, encompassing cathodes and anodes from spent batteries or manufacturing scraps. The subsequent dry electrode manufacturing process with lithium replenishment substantially enhances environmental sustainability by eliminating the use of N-methyl pyrrolidone, while maintaining performance through the effective mixing of active materials and conductive agents. An EverBatt analysis underscores a remarkable reduction in energy consumption and waste generation compared with industrially adopted recycling methods. This finding provides an efficient and sustainable solution for battery recycling while ensuring high-quality materials production. Current battery recycling processes face sustainability challenges. Using gas evolution in water electrolysis, this work realizes fast separation of active electrode materials from current collectors before their dry refabrication for electrodes without compromising performance.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"520-529"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nanopore aligned, membrane redefined","authors":"Lei Xie, Biao Kong","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01540-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01540-w","url":null,"abstract":"Membranes supporting selective ion transport provide the opportunity to generate electricity from water sources with different salt concentrations. Now researchers report a strategy to align nanochannels in covalent organic framework membranes for unprecedented performance in osmotic energy harvesting.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 4","pages":"332-333"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stable and high-yield hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis from seawater","authors":"Chaoqi Zhang, Pengyue Shan, Yingying Zou, Tong Bao, Xinchan Zhang, Zhijie Li, Yunying Wang, Guangfeng Wei, Chao Liu, Chengzhong Yu","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01538-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01538-4","url":null,"abstract":"Electrocatalytic two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e− ORR) in seawater offers a sustainable route for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. However, due to the high concentration of Cl− ions and competitive 4e− ORR, there is a lack of efficient and long-term stable seawater electrocatalysts. Here we report a high-performance electrocatalyst design based on NiPS3 nanosheets enabling efficient H2O2 production from seawater. Specifically, the NiPS3 nanosheets deliver a 2e− ORR selectivity of ∼98%, a H2O2 yield of 6.0 mol gcat−1 h−1 and robust stability for over 1,000 h in simulated seawater. Underlying the exciting performance is the synergy of the S2−, Ni2+ and P4+ sites where the octahedral S2− skeleton repels Cl− ions, the Ni2+ sites enable the modest binding strength of *OOH intermediate, and the P4+ sites interact with H2O to trigger the protonation of proximal O atom of *OOH. The seawater electrocatalysis system also allows for scalable synthesis of solid H2O2, tandem oxidation reaction of biomass to organic acid and direct use of the produced H2O2 as a sterilizing agent. Once integrated with photovoltaics, the solar-powered electrolysis device can operate in real seawater. Our findings pave the way for sustainable conversion of seawater into value-added products. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a green oxidant with diverse applications. Aided by a nickel phosphorus trisulfide nanosheet electrocatalyst, this work shows a sustainable synthetic route to produce H2O2 from seawater with high yield and impressive stability.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"542-552"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Photoelectrochemical production of disinfectants from seawater","authors":"Rui-Ting Gao, Zehua Gao, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Junxiang Chen, Xianhu Liu, Lei Wang, Limin Wu","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01530-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01530-y","url":null,"abstract":"Active chlorine, including HClO and ClO−, is one of the most extensively used disinfectants. However, it is mainly produced through energy-consuming three-step chlor-alkali electrolysis of saturated brine using Cl2 gases as intermediates. Here we report a photoelectrochemical synthetic pathway from natural seawater using a chloride-mediated NbClOx/BiVO4 photoanode. The photoanode presents an onset potential of 0.6 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode (VRHE) and over 500 h of stability in seawater under one sun illumination. The faradaic efficiency and selectivity of hypochlorite are close to 100% at 1.2–1.8 VRHE with a yield of 119.9 ± 9 μmol cm−2 h−1 at 1.72 VRHE. Meanwhile, value-added products of Mg(OH)2 and CaCO3 are obtained on the cathode, accompanied by hydrogen production. Further analyses show that the present process reduces electricity consumption by 77.16% and CO2 emissions by 75.31%. Our findings suggest a strategy with combined safety, efficiency and economic feasibility for direct synthesis of active chlorine from seawater. Active chlorine is the most widely used water disinfectant, but its production has environmental consequences. This work shows a photoelectrochemical synthetic route using only solar energy and seawater.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 6","pages":"672-681"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence","authors":"Owen Gaffney, Amy Luers, Franklin Carrero-Martinez, Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin, Felix Creutzig, Virginia Dignum, Victor Galaz, Naoko Ishii, Francesca Larosa, Maria Leptin, Ken Takahashi Guevara","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01536-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01536-6","url":null,"abstract":"At a time when the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions precipitously, artificial intelligence (AI) brings large opportunities and large risks. To address its uncertain environmental impact, we propose the ‘Earth alignment’ principle to guide AI development and deployment towards planetary stability.","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 5","pages":"467-469"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Community-led rebuilding after the LA wildfires","authors":"Tamara Wall, Michele Steinberg, David Shew","doi":"10.1038/s41893-025-01531-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41893-025-01531-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19056,"journal":{"name":"Nature Sustainability","volume":"8 4","pages":"326-326"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145122778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}