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Photocatalytic oxidative coupling of methane to C3+ hydrocarbons via nanopore-confined microenvironments 纳米孔限制微环境下甲烷与C3+碳氢化合物的光催化氧化偶联

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01834-5

Wenfeng Nie, Liwei Chen, Yuchen Hao, Xiangjie Ge, Haodong Liu, Jiani Li, Jialin Wang, Zhao Wang, Hui-Zi Huang, Chao Sun, Cuncai Lv, Shangbo Ning, Linjie Gao, Yaguang Li, Shufang Wang, Bo Wang, Jinhua Ye

{"title":"Photocatalytic oxidative coupling of methane to C3+ hydrocarbons via nanopore-confined microenvironments","authors":"Wenfeng Nie, Liwei Chen, Yuchen Hao, Xiangjie Ge, Haodong Liu, Jiani Li, Jialin Wang, Zhao Wang, Hui-Zi Huang, Chao Sun, Cuncai Lv, Shangbo Ning, Linjie Gao, Yaguang Li, Shufang Wang, Bo Wang, Jinhua Ye","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01834-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01834-5","url":null,"abstract":"Photocatalytic oxidative coupling of methane (POCM) enables the production of value-added fuels and chemicals using renewable solar energy. Unfortunately, despite recent advances in the production of C2 chemicals (for example, ethane), POCM systems that selectively produce industrially useful and transportable C3+ hydrocarbons remain elusive. Here we report that Au-embedded porous TiO2, activated by steam during the POCM process, enables efficient and selective flow synthesis of propane with a productivity of 1.4 mmol h−1. At this productivity, we achieve a high propane selectivity of 91.3% and an apparent quantum efficiency of 39.7% at a wavelength of 365 nm. Mechanistic studies reveal that the tensile-strained Au and the nanopore-confined catalytic microenvironment jointly stabilize key ethane intermediates, boosting deeper C2–C1 coupling to form propane. Meanwhile, the steam-activated surface lattice oxygen on TiO2 accelerates hydrogen species transfer, thus enhancing POCM kinetics. This approach is economically feasible for practical application under concentrated solar light. Methane can be converted into other useful chemicals and fuels via photocatalytic oxidative coupling, yet producing molecules with more than two carbon atoms remains difficult. Here the authors show that highly strained Au confined within the nanopores of TiO2 can convert methane to propane with high selectivity.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"10 9","pages":"1095-1106"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145204895","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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Inert low-dimensional interfaces for perovskite solar cells 钙钛矿太阳能电池的惰性低维界面

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01818-5

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The critical importance of stack pressure in batteries 电池的堆压至关重要

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01820-x

Qianya Li, Hao Liu, Yusheng Ye, Karen Jiayi Li, Feng Wu, Li Li, Renjie Chen

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Unified affinity paradigm for the rational design of high-efficiency lithium metal electrolytes 高效锂金属电解质合理设计的统一亲和范式

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01842-5

Ruhong Li, Haikuo Zhang, Shuoqing Zhang, Yong Li, Rui Guo, Haijuan Pei, Ming Yang, Junbo Zhang, Long Chen, Xuezhang Xiao, Lixin Chen, Yanbin Shen, Tao Deng, Xiulin Fan

{"title":"Unified affinity paradigm for the rational design of high-efficiency lithium metal electrolytes","authors":"Ruhong Li, Haikuo Zhang, Shuoqing Zhang, Yong Li, Rui Guo, Haijuan Pei, Ming Yang, Junbo Zhang, Long Chen, Xuezhang Xiao, Lixin Chen, Yanbin Shen, Tao Deng, Xiulin Fan","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01842-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01842-5","url":null,"abstract":"Electrolyte engineering breakthroughs are crucial to support extremely high-energy battery chemistries. However, the complex interplay between battery performance and electrolyte structure remains poorly understood and difficult to predict. Here we introduce the concept of ‘normalized cation/anion–solvent affinity’, which describes the critical interactions between solvents and both cations and anions. This innovative approach allows for the simultaneous and quantitative prediction of electrolyte microstructures, transport characteristics, redox behaviours and interphase characteristics. Leveraging this framework, we screened approximately 150 solvent candidates and identified electrolyte formulations that significantly improve Li metal plating/stripping Coulombic efficiency ( >99.5%). Among these, four electrolytes achieved Coulombic efficiency greater than 99.8%, while supporting the durability of aggressive high-voltage cathodes. These formulations enabled the realization of highly reversible Li metal batteries (LMBs) with a record-breaking high energy density of 600 Wh kg−1 and over 100 cycles, advancing LMBs towards practical applications. The unified affinity paradigm offers valuable insights for designing next-generation electrolytes for high-energy LMBs and other alkali-metal-ion batteries. Electrolyte design is key for high-energy lithium metal batteries, but structure–performance links are hard to predict. A framework using the normalized cation/anion–solvent affinity enables quantitative prediction of microstructure, transport and interphase, driving exceptional performance.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"10 9","pages":"1155-1165"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144825120","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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Intralattice-bonded phase-engineered ultrahigh-Ni single-crystalline cathodes suppress strain evolution 晶格内键合相工程超高镍单晶阴极抑制应变演化

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01827-4

Qimeng Zhang, Jing Wang, Youqi Chu, Weiyuan Huang, Xiaojing Huang, Xianghui Xiao, Lu Ma, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Chenghao Yang

{"title":"Intralattice-bonded phase-engineered ultrahigh-Ni single-crystalline cathodes suppress strain evolution","authors":"Qimeng Zhang, Jing Wang, Youqi Chu, Weiyuan Huang, Xiaojing Huang, Xianghui Xiao, Lu Ma, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Chenghao Yang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01827-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01827-4","url":null,"abstract":"Single crystallization remains a debated strategy for advancing Ni-rich cathode materials. While it mitigates particle cracking and improves tap density by eliminating particle boundaries, extended diffusion pathways introduce volumetric and lattice distortions, compromising electrochemical and structural stability. These challenges hinder the commercialization of high-Ni single-crystal cathodes, calling for a reassessment of their viability. Here we report a structural design: intralattice-bonded phase single-crystal LiNi0.92Co0.03Mn0.05O2 (IBP-SC92). This architecture maintains structural integrity while shortening diffusion pathways, resulting in almost zero electrochemical degradation during cycling. The robust structure and fast ion transport mitigate lattice strain, as confirmed by multiscale high-resolution diffraction and imaging techniques, preventing intragranular cracks and irreversible phase transitions. As a result, IBP-SC92 shows outstanding cycling stability, with nearly 100% capacity retention after 100 cycles in half cells and 94.5% retention after 1,000 cycles in full cells. This redefined single-crystal cathode represents a significant step towards the industrial adoption of high-energy-density materials. Single-crystal Ni-rich cathodes improve mechanical stability but suffer from long diffusion paths and structural strain. This study presents an intralattice-bonded design that achieves near-zero degradation and exceptional cycling performance.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"10 8","pages":"1001-1012"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144819697","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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Enhancing hole-conductor-free, printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells through post-fabrication treatment via electrophilic reaction 通过亲电反应制备后处理增强无空穴导体、可印刷介观钙钛矿太阳能电池

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01823-8

Yongming Ma, Jiale Liu, Xiayan Chen, Xinran Zhao, Jianhang Qi, Bin She, Shuang Liu, Youyu Jiang, Yusong Sheng, Chuanzhou Han, Guodong Zhang, Jiayu Xie, Kai Chen, Yanjie Cheng, Junwei Xiang, Li-Ming Yang, Yang Zhou, Furi Ling, Yinhua Zhou, Anyi Mei, Hongwei Han

{"title":"Enhancing hole-conductor-free, printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells through post-fabrication treatment via electrophilic reaction","authors":"Yongming Ma, Jiale Liu, Xiayan Chen, Xinran Zhao, Jianhang Qi, Bin She, Shuang Liu, Youyu Jiang, Yusong Sheng, Chuanzhou Han, Guodong Zhang, Jiayu Xie, Kai Chen, Yanjie Cheng, Junwei Xiang, Li-Ming Yang, Yang Zhou, Furi Ling, Yinhua Zhou, Anyi Mei, Hongwei Han","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01823-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01823-8","url":null,"abstract":"Hole-conductor-free printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells, fabricated by infiltrating perovskite into the preprinted porous TiO2/ZrO2/carbon triple-layer scaffold, offer an approach for the industrial production of photovoltaic panels. Here we introduce a reactive post-processing strategy using hexamethylene diisocyanate to enable efficient collection and transport of holes from the perovskite to the carbon electrode. Hexamethylene diisocyanate reacts with excess organic cations at the perovskite crystal terminations through an electrophilic reaction and reconstructs the grain boundaries and the back interface. The treatment passivates defects, facilitates hole transport in perovskite and enhances hole transfer from the perovskite to the carbon electrode. We achieve an efficiency of 23.2% for the laboratory-size device with an aperture area of 0.1 cm2 and 19.4% for the minimodule with an aperture area of 57.3 cm2. The devices retain 95% of their initial efficiency after 900 h of continuous operation at the maximum power point under elevated temperatures of 55 ± 5 °C. Printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells are a promising device design, yet their efficiency is limited by charge collection. Ma et al. use hexamethylene diisocyanate to eliminate unreacted organic cations at grain boundaries, enhancing hole collection.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"10 9","pages":"1084-1094"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144796826","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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Exceeding the kilowatt threshold 超过千瓦阈值

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01835-4

Jingyuan Xu

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Impurity-tolerant catalysis Impurity-tolerant催化

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01832-7

Peter Wasserscheid

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Exceptional layered cathode stability at 4.8 V via supersaturated high-valence cation design 通过过饱和高价阳离子设计，在4.8 V下具有优异的层状阴极稳定性

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01831-8

Hengyi Liao, Yufeng Tang, Wenqin Ma, Yong Liu, Yanhao Dong, Fuqiang Huang

{"title":"Exceptional layered cathode stability at 4.8 V via supersaturated high-valence cation design","authors":"Hengyi Liao, Yufeng Tang, Wenqin Ma, Yong Liu, Yanhao Dong, Fuqiang Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01831-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01831-8","url":null,"abstract":"High-energy-density lithium-ion batteries for extreme conditions require cathodes that remain stable under harsh operation, including ultrahigh cutoff voltage and extreme temperatures. For Ni-rich layered cathodes, raising the charge voltage from 4.3 V to 4.8 V (versus Li+/Li) increases the energy density, yet this sacrifices cycling stability and remains challenging. Here we report a dopant-pairing method that achieves highly enriched Ti4+ (~9-nm surface layer) in LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 facilitated by Na+, enabling significantly enhanced high-voltage cyclability. Such high surface Ti4+ concentrations are unattainable without pairing Na+, representing a form of supersaturation within the layered cathode matrix. The enhanced stability is linked to improved structural integrity and reduced cathode–electrolyte side reactions (for example, O2 and CO2 evolution). In addition, ion transport is better preserved even after prolonged cycling at 4.8 V. This work highlights the power of supersaturated high-valence d0 cation Mz+ (z ≥ 4) in modifying the cathode–electrolyte interactions and degradation pathway. Ni-rich layered cathodes promise higher energy density at high voltages, but suffer from poor cycling stability. This study improves stability by introducing a supersaturated high-valence cation surface layer that stabilizes the structure and suppresses side reactions for durable cycling at 4.8 V.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"10 9","pages":"1107-1115"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144786554","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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Solar and batteries are affordable options for US households 太阳能和电池是美国家庭负担得起的选择

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01822-9

Tao Sun, Yuanhao Feng, Chad Zanocco, June Flora, Arun Majumdar, Ram Rajagopal

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