{"title":"Modulating electronic structure and distribution of redox-active sites in bipolar porous organic polymers for high-rate, ultralong-life, and wide-temperature sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Xinyuan Wu,Ji Li,Kang Huang,Yuxin Luo,Youlong Zhu,Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105498","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"29 1","pages":"105498"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895800","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}
{"title":"Revealing the dominant role of spatial lithium distribution in the kinetics of lithium-ion batteries via operando neutron depth profiling","authors":"Yuanhan Sun,Hao Liu,Liang Zhao,Wenxin Tong,Tao Zeng,Wenqing Yao,Tiancheng Yi,Songlin Wang,Caijin Xiao,Yuguang Pu,Yinguo Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105501","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"55 1","pages":"105501"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895799","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}
Mohamad Hasan Aleinawi,Ameen Uddin Ammar,Mohammad Khairul Islam,Oluwatosin Johnson Ajala,Feray Bakan Misirlioglu,Fatma Hussain Emamy,Lucian Barbu-Tudoran,Maria Mihet,Cristian Leostean,Arpad Mihai Rostas,Steven L. Suib,Emre Erdem
{"title":"Mn-doped 2D hexagonal boron nitride: Boosting supercapacitor performance via point defects","authors":"Mohamad Hasan Aleinawi,Ameen Uddin Ammar,Mohammad Khairul Islam,Oluwatosin Johnson Ajala,Feray Bakan Misirlioglu,Fatma Hussain Emamy,Lucian Barbu-Tudoran,Maria Mihet,Cristian Leostean,Arpad Mihai Rostas,Steven L. Suib,Emre Erdem","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"13 1","pages":"105497"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895801","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}
Lei Feng, Teng Wang, Yi Xie, Chunhua Han, Xiaocong Tian
{"title":"3D Printable Battery-in-Chip Microdevices with Thermally Adaptive Nano-Networks for Densely Integrated Autonomous Microsystems","authors":"Lei Feng, Teng Wang, Yi Xie, Chunhua Han, Xiaocong Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105510","url":null,"abstract":"On‑chip nano/microsystems need miniaturized power sources that can be seamlessly embedded into their architectures. Yet, existing microbatteries, whether thin‑film, interdigitated, or 3D structured, remain discrete units with fixed voltage and current outputs, intrinsically limiting their adaptability to diverse power requirements for densely integrated autonomous systems. Herein, we first report a 3D printable battery‑in‑chip (BiC) microdevice that monolithically integrates multiple microbattery cells on a single chip with internal interconnects, enabling flexible series‑parallel configurability for tunable voltage and current output. The key is a thermally adaptive liquid‑metal (LM) nano‑network ink that serves as dynamic nanoconnectors, improving interparticle contact, reducing interfacial resistance, and promoting coupled ion/electron transport, which are further amplified at elevated temperatures due to enhanced mobility and wettability of LM domains. A single LM‑boosted microbattery delivers an areal capacity of 2.94 mAh cm⁻<ce:sup loc=\"post\">2</ce:sup> at 5 mA cm⁻<ce:sup loc=\"post\">2</ce:sup> and sustains a stable cycling over 1000 cycles. Leveraging the uniqe BiC architecture, we demonstrate integration of multiple printed cells into a compact chip that powers a wireless energy patch for continuous, real‑time multi‑site body‑temperature monitoring. This work bridges nano‑engineered electrodes, chip‑scale energy integration, and self-powered wearables, offering a revolutional route toward embedded microscale power sources for next‑generation autonomous microsystems.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885318","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}
Arthur Fordham,Brandon Frost,Roksana Jackowska,Marcus Tuchel,Yuhan Liu,Tongjun Luo,Jian Peng,Rhodri E. Owen,David S. Hall,Robert Scott Young,Emma Kendrick,Dan J.L. Brett,Paul R. Shearing,James Robinson,Thomas S. Miller,Wesley M. Dose,Rhodri Jervis
{"title":"Operando Characterisation of SEI Formation in Ni-Rich Lithium-Ion Cells to Explore Ethylene Carbonate-Free Electrolyte Systems","authors":"Arthur Fordham,Brandon Frost,Roksana Jackowska,Marcus Tuchel,Yuhan Liu,Tongjun Luo,Jian Peng,Rhodri E. Owen,David S. Hall,Robert Scott Young,Emma Kendrick,Dan J.L. Brett,Paul R. Shearing,James Robinson,Thomas S. Miller,Wesley M. Dose,Rhodri Jervis","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105516","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"8 1","pages":"105516"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148895802","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}
Lathapriya Vellingiri, Fahim Karimi, Yuanyuan Shang, Tamás Simon, Thi Thu Le, Mohsin Abbas, Jitendra Mata, Joshua P. King, Henry Ovri, Michael Fröeba, Thomas Klassen, Claudio Pistidda
{"title":"Grain-Boundary Complexion-Mediated Structural Stabilization by MOF-Derived Short-Range Motifs for Low-Temperature Hydrogen Storage in Mg(NH2)2-LiH-LiBH4 Reactive Hydride Composite","authors":"Lathapriya Vellingiri, Fahim Karimi, Yuanyuan Shang, Tamás Simon, Thi Thu Le, Mohsin Abbas, Jitendra Mata, Joshua P. King, Henry Ovri, Michael Fröeba, Thomas Klassen, Claudio Pistidda","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105513","url":null,"abstract":"Complex hydrid<ce:bold>e</ce:bold>s offer high H<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf> storage capacities but suffer from kinetic degradation and microstructural coarsening, requiring operations at elevated temperatures, typically above 180°C. Here, we demonstrate grain boundary complexion-mediated structural stabilization using ultra-low loading of Zr-based metal-organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs; 1 at.% Zr; UiO-66 vs. MIP-206) in the reactive hydride composite system 6Mg(NH<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>)<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>-9LiH-2LiBH<ce:inf loc=\"post\">4</ce:inf> (6.9.2-RHC). Incorporation of microporous Zr-UiO-66 significantly lowers the hydrogen absorption onset temperature from 162°C to 81°C, enables measurable hydrogen uptake at 35°C (1.07 wt.% under 80 bar H<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>). In addition, UiO-66 accelerates desorption by more than threefold at 140°C, increases reversible capacity from 3.2 to 4.1 wt.%, and maintains the capacity over 15 cycles compared with the pristine 6.9.2-RHC. In situ synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction confirms that the intrinsic amide–imide reaction pathway remains unchanged, suggesting that structural stabilization plays a dominant role in the enhanced hydrogen storage performance. SAXS reveals stabilized nanoscale domains (≈2.4–3.3 nm), while SANS/USANS demonstrates suppression of hierarchical aggregation relative to pristine 6.9.2-RHC. Ball-milling of UiO-66 preserves short-range tetrahedral structural units (≈0.76 nm) that are proposed to stabilize grain-boundary complexions capable of accommodating the large (20–30 per cent) volume changes associated with hydrogen cycling. The performance hierarchy (UiO-66 > MIP-206 > pristine) demonstrates that MOF-derived short-range structural motifs suppress coarsening by promoting grain-boundary complexions, enabling practical low-temperature hydride operation through stabilized reactive interfaces.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"178 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885315","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}
Xuhui Wang, Shaoqiang Niu, Dongze Li, Zhuan Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Xufeng Dong, Yao Yao
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Investigation of Ion Transport Mechanisms and Material Screening for Solid-State Electrolytes","authors":"Xuhui Wang, Shaoqiang Niu, Dongze Li, Zhuan Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Xufeng Dong, Yao Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105511","url":null,"abstract":"Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) are central to the development of safe, high-energy-density all-solid-state batteries, yet their discovery remains constrained by the complex coupling of composition, crystal structure, defects, ion-transport pathways, interfaces and processing conditions. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to accelerate this process by integrating experimental data, materials databases, first-principles calculations and molecular-dynamics simulations. This review summarises recent progress in AI-assisted SSE research, with emphasis on data infrastructure, high-throughput screening, graph neural networks, machine-learning interatomic potentials, active learning, AI agents and closed-loop materials discovery. Particular attention is given to property prediction and mechanistic analysis, including ionic conductivity, migration barriers, diffusion pathways, interfacial stability, mechanical properties and multi-objective performance optimisation. The roles of AI in different electrolyte families, including oxides, sulfides, halides, polymers/composites, high-entropy systems and non-lithium conductors, are further discussed. Current challenges, such as limited and heterogeneous datasets, insufficient interpretability, weak cross-family transferability, inadequate representation of disorder and interfaces, and the gap between prediction and experimental validation, are critically examined. Finally, future directions are proposed based on standardised databases, physics-informed models, explainable AI, multi-objective active learning and autonomous AI–experiment workflows, aiming to advance SSE discovery from empirical screening toward mechanism-guided design.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885317","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}
Shifan Zhu, Yichen Du, Chao Xing, Chi Zhou, Shiang Chen, Jianlu Sun, Xiaosi Zhou
{"title":"Multi-element surface modification of Cu2S enables oriented potassium deposition and a K2S-rich solid electrolyte interphase for ultrastable dendrite-free potassium metal batteries","authors":"Shifan Zhu, Yichen Du, Chao Xing, Chi Zhou, Shiang Chen, Jianlu Sun, Xiaosi Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105512","url":null,"abstract":"Regulating the local electric field distribution and constructing a robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) are crucial for achieving uniform potassium plating/stripping and long-term cycling stability in potassium metal batteries. Herein, a vertically aligned plate-like host structure, featuring a Cu<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>S interior and a MnCoNiZn-modified surface, is synthesized on a copper foam framework. This heterogeneous architecture serves as a highly potassiophilic scaffold and induces the <ce:italic>in situ</ce:italic> formation of a K<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>S-rich SEI during cycling. The microprotrusions on multi-element-modified plates enhance the local electric field in interplate gaps, thereby guiding directional K⁺ flux and enabling ordered K deposition. Meanwhile, the <ce:italic>in situ</ce:italic> converted K<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>S-rich inorganic SEI exhibits an exceptionally high Young’s modulus of up to 41.20 GPa, which effectively suppresses dendrite growth and mitigates interfacial side reactions. As a result, the asymmetric cells deliver an average coulombic efficiency as high as 98.87%, while an ultralong lifespan of 3500 h is achieved in symmetric cells at 0.5 mA cm<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−2</ce:sup> and 0.5 mAh cm<ce:sup loc=\"post\">−2</ce:sup>. Full cells assembled with perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and potassium iron hexacyanoferrate cathodes also exhibit outstanding electrochemical performance. This work proposes a synergistic strategy for regulating the local electric field and SEI composition, contributing to enhanced stability of potassium metal batteries.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885316","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}