Yi Fu, Wenjun Li, Yutian Liu, Jianyou Shi, Wu Tang
{"title":"Phenothiazine-Based π-Extended Covalent Network Cathodes for Lithium Dual-Ion Batteries with High Energy Density and Fast Charging","authors":"Yi Fu, Wenjun Li, Yutian Liu, Jianyou Shi, Wu Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105449","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148716721","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}
Yiyao Xiao, Xiaosong Zhang, Jiapei Li, Xia Zhao, Longhao Cao, Said Amzil, Tianle Zheng, Ya-Jun Cheng, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Moses M. Solomon, Philip Hall, Yonggao Xia
{"title":"Pretreatment-Derived LiF/LiPO2F2 Species Enable Robust High-Voltage NCM811 Cathode Interphases","authors":"Yiyao Xiao, Xiaosong Zhang, Jiapei Li, Xia Zhao, Longhao Cao, Said Amzil, Tianle Zheng, Ya-Jun Cheng, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Moses M. Solomon, Philip Hall, Yonggao Xia","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105448","url":null,"abstract":"Ni-rich NCM811 cathodes offer high energy density but undergo severe interfacial degradation above 4.5 V. Conventional electrolyte additives typically form protective cathode–electrolyte interphases (CEIs) through their in situ decomposition, often accompanied by continuous electrolyte consumption and heterogeneous interphase growth. Here, we develop a pretreatment-enabled carbonate electrolyte that preintroduces nano-LiF and LiPO<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>F<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>-related species as interphase-building components. Thermal pretreatment generates these inorganic species before cycling, while difluoroethylene carbonate (DFEC) is added to modulate Li<ce:sup loc=\"post\">+</ce:sup>-PO<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf>F<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf><ce:sup loc=\"post\">-</ce:sup> association and stabilize LiF-containing species near Li-deficient NCM811 surfaces. NMR, spatially resolved Raman mapping, theoretical calculations, DRT analysis, depth-profiled XPS, and post-cycling characterizations collectively show that this strategy suppresses excessive carbonate-solvent participation and promotes a stratified LiF/ Li<ce:inf loc=\"post\">x</ce:inf>PO<ce:inf loc=\"post\">y</ce:inf>F<ce:inf loc=\"post\">z</ce:inf>-enriched CEI. The resulting interphase lowers interfacial resistance, facilitates Li<ce:sup loc=\"post\">+</ce:sup> transport, and mitigates surface reconstruction and microcracking. Consequently, a 1 Ah NCM811||graphite pouch cell retains 87.8% of its capacity after 1000 cycles at 1 C with an upper cut-off voltage of 4.6 V. This work provides a practical route to direct high-voltage CEI chemistry through pretreatment-derived inorganic species and DFEC-mediated interfacial regulation.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148717431","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":"Oxygen orbital tuning enables high-capacity and high-stability P2-type layered cathode for sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Weiliang Li, Mingbao Huang, Kai Wan, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xiaoyu Gui, Guifa Long, Xiaoru Chen, Zhiyong Fu, Zhenxing Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2026.105444","url":null,"abstract":"P2-type layered oxides with anionic redox reaction (ARR) are promising high-capacity cathodes for sodium-ion batteries, yet they are plagued by irreversible lattice oxygen loss and structural instability. Conventional strategies that enhance transition metal-oxygen (<ce:italic>d</ce:italic>-<ce:italic>p</ce:italic>) hybridization to stabilize oxygen often inadvertently suppress its redox contribution, resulting in a trade-off between capacity and cyclability. Herein, we propose a synergistic main-group/transition-metal co-doping strategy to decouple this trade-off by modulating the oxygen orbital environment. Specifically, Ni/Cu doping is employed to establish a robust <ce:italic>d</ce:italic>-<ce:italic>p</ce:italic> hybridization with O, which enhances the stability of ARR. Importantly, the incorporation of Al effectively elevates the O 2<ce:italic>p</ce:italic> state closer to the Fermi level, which enhances the oxygen redox contribution and maintains the efficient orbital overlap with Ni/Cu. As a result, the designed P2-Na<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.84</ce:inf>Li<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.18</ce:inf>Al<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.03</ce:inf>Cu<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.07</ce:inf>Ni<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.065</ce:inf>Mn<ce:inf loc=\"post\">0.655</ce:inf>O<ce:inf loc=\"post\">2</ce:inf> cathode achieves a superior capacity of 192 mAh g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">-1</ce:sup> and demonstrates outstanding cycling stability (capacity retention rate of 93.4% after 100 cycles at 100 mA g<ce:sup loc=\"post\">-1</ce:sup>). This work offers a novel oxygen orbital-modulation perspective for developing high-energy and structurally robust cathode materials.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148717435","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}