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Scaling vanadium flow battery for long-duration energy storage 用于长时间储能的钒液流电池

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02053-2

Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li

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The PAINT database for operational concentrating solar power plant data following FAIR data principles 遵循FAIR数据原则的运行集中式太阳能发电厂数据的PAINT数据库

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-16 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02070-1

Kaleb Phipps, Mathias Kuhl, Marie Weiel, Marlene Busch, Jan Lewen, Nicolas Blumenröhr, Daniel Maldonado Quinto, Charlotte Debus, Felix Göhring, Oliver Kaufhold, Achim Streit, Robert Pitz-Paal, Markus Götz, Max Pargmann

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Industrial overcapacity can enable seasonal flexibility in electricity use 工业产能过剩可以实现电力使用的季节性灵活性

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02073-y

Ruike Lyu, Anna Li, Jianxiao Wang, Hongxi Luo, Yan Shen, Hongye Guo, Ershun Du, Chongqing Kang, Jesse Jenkins

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Watching catalysis take a walk 看着催化剂散步

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02089-4

Justin B. Sambur

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Author Correction: Stable tin–lead perovskite inks for efficient all-perovskite tandems 作者更正：稳定的锡铅钙钛矿油墨有效的全钙钛矿串联

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-09 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02097-4

Tianshu Ma, Yue Zhao, Jingwei Zhu, Xinxing Yin, Yidan An, Cong Chen, Minghui Shang, Huayang Wang, Zhanghao Wu, Yuhui Liu, Chen Chen, Yuxiang Guan, Jincheng Luo, Jing Zhang, Minghui Li, Chuanxiao Xiao, Fang Yao, Qianqian Lin, Zhenhai Yang, Guoyang Cao, Changlei Wang, Dewei Zhao, Xiaofeng Li

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Understanding interconnected ion and water transport in anion exchange membrane zero-gap CO2 electrolysers 了解阴离子交换膜零间隙CO2电解槽中相互连接的离子和水的传输

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-06-05 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02052-3

Jasper Biemolt, Henri M. Pelzer, Michael Filippi, Peter Strasser

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Aligning global shipping climate policies with life cycle perspective 从生命周期角度调整全球航运气候政策

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02080-z

Fayas Malik Kanchiralla, Selma Brynolf, Julia Hansson, Maria Grahn

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Marine fuel choices and related life-cycle environmental impacts under global shipping policies 全球航运政策下的船用燃料选择及其生命周期环境影响

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02079-6

Fayas Malik Kanchiralla, Selma Brynolf, Julia Hansson, Maria Grahn

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Flowing hot and cold 冷热交替

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-05-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02083-w

Rita Leones

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Ambient-pressure conversion of plastic waste to jet fuel cycloalkanes by tandem hydropyrolysis and vapour-phase hydrogenation 通过串联加氢热解和气相加氢，塑料废弃物常压转化为喷气燃料环烷烃

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2026-05-27 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-02078-7

Jia Wang, Zedong Zhang, Shule Wang, Ya-Fei Jiang, He Zhou, Wenhui Zhong, Yiyun Zhang, Dongxian Li, Wenjun Zhong, Shiyao Li, Daniel L. Sanchez, Dingsheng Wang, Jun Li, Jianchun Jiang, Yadong Li

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