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Author Correction: Global scenarios for significant water use reduction in thermal power plants based on cooling water demand estimation using satellite imagery

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01700-w

Alena Lohrmann, Javier Farfan, Upeksha Caldera, Christoph Lohrmann, Christian Breyer

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Fifty years of change in the energy sector

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01690-9

Giulia Tregnago

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Large-scale estimation of the potential of battery power for maritime transport in the USA

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01687-4

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Advancing perovskite and organic photovoltaics

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01686-5

Giulia Tregnago

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Refocusing on effectiveness over expansion in urban waste–energy–carbon development in China

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01683-8

Ben Liu, Peng Wang, Jin Zhou, Yang Guo, Shijun Ma, Wei-Qiang Chen, Jiashuo Li, Victor W.-C. Chang

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Techno-economic assessment of thin lithium metal anodes for solid-state batteries

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-11 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01676-7

Matthew Burton, Sudarshan Narayanan, Ben Jagger, Lorenz F. Olbrich, Shobhan Dhir, Masafumi Shibata, Michael J. Lain, Robert Astbury, Nicholas Butcher, Mark Copley, Toshikazu Kotaka, Yuichi Aihara, Mauro Pasta

{"title":"Techno-economic assessment of thin lithium metal anodes for solid-state batteries","authors":"Matthew Burton, Sudarshan Narayanan, Ben Jagger, Lorenz F. Olbrich, Shobhan Dhir, Masafumi Shibata, Michael J. Lain, Robert Astbury, Nicholas Butcher, Mark Copley, Toshikazu Kotaka, Yuichi Aihara, Mauro Pasta","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01676-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01676-7","url":null,"abstract":"Solid-state lithium metal batteries show substantial promise for overcoming theoretical limitations of Li-ion batteries to enable gravimetric and volumetric energy densities upwards of 500 Wh kg−1 and 1,000 Wh l−1, respectively. While zero-lithium-excess configurations are particularly attractive, inhomogeneous lithium plating on charge results in active lithium loss and a subsequent coulombic efficiency penalty. Excess lithium is therefore currently needed; however, this negatively impacts energy density and thus limiting its thickness is essential. Here we discuss the viability of various technologies for realizing thin lithium films that can be scaled up to the volumes required for gigafactory production. We identify thermal evaporation as a potentially cost-effective route to address these challenges and provide a techno-economic assessment of the projected costs associated with the fabrication of thin, dense lithium metal foils using this process. Finally, we estimate solid-state pack costs made using thermally evaporated lithium foils.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804724","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}

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Dynamic cycling enhances battery lifetime

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01675-8

Alexis Geslin, Le Xu, Devi Ganapathi, Kevin Moy, William C. Chueh, Simona Onori

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Determining the bonding–degradation trade-off at heterointerfaces for increased efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-06 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01680-x

Jinxi Chen, Xi Wang, Tao Wang, Jia Li, Hou Yi Chia, Haoming Liang, Shibo Xi, Shunchang Liu, Xiao Guo, Renjun Guo, Zhenrong Jia, Xinxing Yin, Qilin Zhou, Yuduan Wang, Zhuojie Shi, Haoyu Zhou, Donny Lai, Mingsheng Zhang, Zhenxiang Xing, Wan Ru Leow, Wentao Yan, Yi Hou

{"title":"Determining the bonding–degradation trade-off at heterointerfaces for increased efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells","authors":"Jinxi Chen, Xi Wang, Tao Wang, Jia Li, Hou Yi Chia, Haoming Liang, Shibo Xi, Shunchang Liu, Xiao Guo, Renjun Guo, Zhenrong Jia, Xinxing Yin, Qilin Zhou, Yuduan Wang, Zhuojie Shi, Haoyu Zhou, Donny Lai, Mingsheng Zhang, Zhenxiang Xing, Wan Ru Leow, Wentao Yan, Yi Hou","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01680-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01680-x","url":null,"abstract":"The heterointerfaces between perovskite and charge-transporting layers pose a major limitation to the durability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), largely due to complex and conflicting chemical and mechanical interactions. Here we introduce an effective debonding technique to thoroughly analyse heterointerface behaviour during both crystal growth and ageing phases of PSCs. Our analysis reveals a strong correlation between interface bonding (fracture energy ranging from ~2.49 J m−2 to ~0.38 J m−2), proton transfer interactions and degradation, highlighting a critical trade-off between mechanical and chemical stability in PSCs. To address these stability challenges, we mixed Me-4PACz and DCZ-4P molecules, which introduced additional phosphonic acid anchoring groups to enhance bonding at both the metal oxide and the perovskite interfaces. With a high efficiency of 25.6%, the devices retained 90% of their initial performance after 1,000 h of testing under ISOS-L-1I and ISOS-D-2I standard protocols. Under thermal cycling conditions, our PSCs sustained 95% of their efficiency over 500 cycles, exceeding the IEC 61215 and ISOS-T-3I standards.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142783020","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}

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Machine learning-accelerated discovery of heat-resistant polysulfates for electrostatic energy storage

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01670-z

He Li, Hongbo Zheng, Tianle Yue, Zongliang Xie, ShaoPeng Yu, Ji Zhou, Topprasad Kapri, Yunfei Wang, Zhiqiang Cao, Haoyu Zhao, Aidar Kemelbay, Jinlong He, Ge Zhang, Priscilla F. Pieters, Eric A. Dailing, John R. Cappiello, Miquel Salmeron, Xiaodan Gu, Ting Xu, Peng Wu, Ying Li, K. Barry Sharpless, Yi Liu

{"title":"Machine learning-accelerated discovery of heat-resistant polysulfates for electrostatic energy storage","authors":"He Li, Hongbo Zheng, Tianle Yue, Zongliang Xie, ShaoPeng Yu, Ji Zhou, Topprasad Kapri, Yunfei Wang, Zhiqiang Cao, Haoyu Zhao, Aidar Kemelbay, Jinlong He, Ge Zhang, Priscilla F. Pieters, Eric A. Dailing, John R. Cappiello, Miquel Salmeron, Xiaodan Gu, Ting Xu, Peng Wu, Ying Li, K. Barry Sharpless, Yi Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01670-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01670-z","url":null,"abstract":"The development of heat-resistant dielectric polymers that withstand intense electric fields at high temperatures is critical for electrification. Balancing thermal stability and electrical insulation, however, is exceptionally challenging as these properties are often inversely correlated. A traditional intuition-driven polymer design approach results in a slow discovery loop that limits breakthroughs. Here we present a machine learning-driven strategy to rapidly identify high-performance, heat-resistant polymers. A trustworthy feed-forward neural network is trained to predict key proxy parameters and down select polymer candidates from a library of nearly 50,000 polysulfates. The highly efficient and modular sulfur fluoride exchange click chemistry enables successful synthesis and validation of selected candidates. A polysulfate featuring a 9,9-di(naphthalene)-fluorene repeat unit exhibits excellent thermal resilience and achieves ultrahigh discharged energy density with over 90% efficiency at 200 °C. Its exceptional cycling stability underscores its promise for applications in demanding electrified environments.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142777207","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}

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Extraction of ultrapure hydrogen from low-concentration sources

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01671-y

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