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{"title":"Active support of γ-Mo2N and α-MoC for sustainable hydrogen production","authors":"Hai Wang ,&nbsp;Feng-Shou Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101918","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101918","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent issues of <em>Nature</em> and <em>Science</em>, Ma and colleagues demonstrate novel catalytic strategies for hydrogen production from alcohol reforming over γ-Mo₂N and α-MoC supported metal catalysts, achieving excellent performance, even at near-zero carbon dioxide emission. These studies emphasize the importance of γ-Mo₂N and α-MoC for sustainable hydrogen production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101918"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143833338","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":"An inconvenient truth of thermal nonreciprocity’s impact on radiative cooling efficiency","authors":"Mengqi Liu ,&nbsp;Shenghao Jin ,&nbsp;Chenglong Zhou ,&nbsp;Boxiang Wang ,&nbsp;Changying Zhao ,&nbsp;Cheng-Wei Qiu","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101887","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mengqi Liu received her bachelor’s degree in energy and power engineering from Shandong University in 2016 and a joint PhD degree in engineering thermophysics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2022. Now, she is a postdoctoral researcher at SJTU and a visiting scholar at NUS. Her research interests include micro/nanoscale thermal radiation, nonreciprocal thermal photonics, topological properties in thermal photoncis, metamaterials energy devices, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Shenghao Jin obtained his bachelor’s degree at the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, China. He is currently a PhD student in the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics at SJTU, China. His research interests include the design of colorful radiative cooling devices, smart windows, electrochromic display, and efficient dynamic spectrum engineering.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chenglong Zhou obtained his bachelor’s degree in energy and power engineering from Harbin Engineering University, a master’s degree in engineering thermophysics from Harbin Institute of Technology, and a PhD from Harbin Institute of Technology. After that, he joined the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, in 2024, where he is currently working as an associate researcher. He works in the near-field radiative heat transfer, aiming to address the constraints imposed by the blackbody radiation limit and the challenges in precise regulation of radiative energy utilization within novel energy systems.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Boxiang Wang received a BS degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2012 and then a PhD from SJTU in 2018. Then he worked successively as a postdoctoral researcher (2018–2021), an assistant professor (2021–2022), and then an associate professor (2022–2024) at the same university. After that, he joined Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, as a young professor and the principal investigator of SIMIT Thermal Radiation Group. His research interests include nanoscale thermal radiation, nanophotonics, micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensors, smart windows and radiative cooling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Changying Zhao is the chair professor and the director of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of SJTU. His research covers micro/nanoscale thermal radiation and metamaterial energy devices, advanced thermal energy storage and hydrogen storage, and heat transfer in porous media. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed high-quality journals with over 20,000 citations in total. His contributions have been recognized through prestigious awards, including a 2023 William Begell Medal and 2024 Prominent Research Award. He is the editor-in-chief of &lt;em&gt;Carbon Neutrality&lt;/em&gt;, an associate editor of &lt;em&gt;Thermal Science and Engineering Progress&lt;/em&gt;, and an editorial board member of several other international journals.&lt;/d","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101887"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767050","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":"Unlocking battery lifetime potential","authors":"Jia Guo ,&nbsp;Gregory James Offer","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Battery cycling protocols are critical for battery performance evaluation and application. In a recent issue of <em>Nature Energy</em>, Onori et al. showed that compared to constant-current discharge with the same average current, batteries discharging under dynamic cycling protocols achieved 38% longer battery lifetime. This suggests typical lab experiments may be significantly over-estimating battery degradation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101886"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143834051","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":"Surface chemistry-induced reconstruction of inorganic perovskites for efficient and stable inverted solar cells","authors":"Tianfei Xu ,&nbsp;Shengzhong Liu ,&nbsp;Sang Il Seok ,&nbsp;Wanchun Xiang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Metal halide inorganic perovskites, known for their excellent thermal stability and ideal bandgaps, have shown tremendous potential for high-performance tandem solar cells. However, the performance of inorganic perovskite solar cells with inverted structures remains far from practical usage due to undesirable interfaces. Herein, we report that the introduction of benzyl chloromethyl sulfide can <em>in situ</em> induce surface chemical reactions, forming a new phase on the inorganic perovskite surface and incorporating chloride to coordinate with surface lead. These dual functions fundamentally optimize the interfacial charge transfer, resulting in a considerable increase in device power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 18.50% to 20.82% (certified 20.20%). More importantly, the treated solar cell demonstrates outstanding operational stability by tracking at maximum power point under continuous 1-sun illumination, preserving 90% of its PCE for over 3,000 h. By contrast, the reference devices drop to 48% in 1,500 h.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101826"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143077397","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":"Grain selection growth of soft metal in electrochemical processes","authors":"Minghao Zhang ,&nbsp;Karnpiwat Tantratian ,&nbsp;So-Yeon Ham ,&nbsp;Zhuo Wang ,&nbsp;Mehdi Chouchane ,&nbsp;Ryosuke Shimizu ,&nbsp;Shuang Bai ,&nbsp;Hedi Yang ,&nbsp;Zhao Liu ,&nbsp;Letian Li ,&nbsp;Amir Avishai ,&nbsp;Lei Chen ,&nbsp;Ying Shirley Meng","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101847","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101847","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soft metals like lithium and sodium play a critical role in battery technology owing to their high-energy density. Texture formation by grain selection growth of soft metals during electrochemical processes is a crucial factor affecting power and safety. Here, a general thermodynamic theory and phase-field model are formulated to study the grain selection growth of soft metals. Our study focuses on the interplay between surface energy and atomic mobility-related intrinsic strain energy in grain selection growth. Differences in grain selection growth arise from the anisotropy in surface energy and the diffusion barrier of soft metal atoms. Our findings highlight the kinetic limitations of solid-state Li metal batteries, which originate from load stress-induced surface energy anisotropy. These insights lead to the development of an amorphous Li_xSi_1−x (0.50 &lt; x &lt; 0.79) seed layer, improving the critical current density at room temperature for anode-free Li solid-state batteries through the control of grain selection growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101847"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143375525","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":"Electrolyte design for aqueous Zn batteries","authors":"Jiyun Heo ,&nbsp;Dejian Dong ,&nbsp;Zeyi Wang ,&nbsp;Fu Chen ,&nbsp;Chunsheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101844","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101844","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polarity scales are often used as descriptors for selecting organic molecules for aqueous Zn battery (AZB) electrolytes. However, failure to accurately predict the solvation of Zn²⁺ raises questions about their applicability for designing high-performance AZB electrolytes. Here, Dimroth and Richardt’s Et(30) polarity scale is introduced as an effective guideline for screening organic molecules. A clear volcanic correlation is demonstrated between Et(30) and Zn Coulombic efficiency (CE). This challenges the common consensus in the aqueous electrolyte design formula, which typically uses highly polar organic molecules to improve Zn CE, and indicates that the roles of organic molecules beyond altering the Zn²⁺ solvation structure are critical for obtaining high AZB performances. Based on the Et(30) scale, the designed electrolyte achieves a high average Zn CE (99.8%), an exceptionally long cycle life (5,500 h), and a high specific energy (110 Wh kg⁻¹). Et(30) polarity scale offers general frameworks for selecting organic molecules in aqueous electrolytes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101844"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143084020","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":"Carbon contracts for difference design: Managing carbon price risk in a low-carbon industry","authors":"Alexander Hoogsteyn, Kenneth Bruninx, Erik Delarue","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.101921","url":null,"abstract":"Alexander Hoogsteyn obtained his MSc from KU Leuven in 2021 with a major in electrical engineering and minor in power system engineering. He then completed a traineeship at the EU Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators, after which he returned to KU Leuven to pursue a PhD in mechanical engineering at the Energy Systems Integration and Modeling research group. He is also affiliated with Energyville in Genk. Here, he investigates the role of hydrogen in industrial decarbonization and the impact hydrogen policies have on energy markets.Kenneth Bruninx received MSc and PhD degrees in energy engineering in 2011 and 2016, respectively, and an MSc degree in management in 2015 from KU Leuven, Belgium. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and a research fellow at KU Leuven. His main research interests include market design, policy, and regulation for integrated net-zero energy systems. He serves as the chair of the IEEE EPPC WG on Energy and is an associate editor of the <em>IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy &amp; Regulation</em>.Erik Delarue received MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He is a professor at KU Leuven, TME Branch (energy conversion), leading the Energy Systems Integration and Modeling research group, and he is active within EnergyVille. His research focus and expertise are on quantitative tools supporting an efficient operation of, and transition toward, a low-carbon energy system (mathematical modeling of energy systems). Applications relate to flexibility through energy systems integration, energy market design, and energy policies. Erik has published widely in the academic literature.","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143837045","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":"Hydrophobic-unit-regulated hydrogel electrolytes with high water content and low salt concentration for high-voltage aqueous batteries","authors":"Chuan Li ,&nbsp;Tairan Wang ,&nbsp;Ho Chi Joseph Lai ,&nbsp;Se Weon Park ,&nbsp;Wai Yan Kannie Chan ,&nbsp;Qing Li ,&nbsp;Yuwei Zhao ,&nbsp;Jun Fan ,&nbsp;Zengxia Pei ,&nbsp;Chunyi Zhi","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101827","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Common aqueous electrolytes with extended electrochemical stability windows (ESWs) have a low water content; thus, water molecules are well confined. However, confinement to metal cations of these aqueous electrolytes, which leads to poor compatibility with available metal-ion charge carriers, has been overlooked. We demonstrated that hydrogel electrolytes with high water content and low salt concentration exhibit wide ESWs through effective water interactions. Moreover, these electrolytes have well-suppressed confinement to metal cations, leading to high battery performance and excellent compatibility with charge carriers. The fabricated hydrophobic-unit-regulated hydrogel electrolyte (HHE) features trace amounts of hydrophobic moieties, which disperse evenly in the HHEs. The hydrophobicity in the vicinity of hydrophilic groups enhances their hydrogen bond strength with water molecules, resulting in an ESW of 3.3 V at a water concentration of 68 wt %. The 2.3, 1.9, and 1.75 V discharge plateaus were observed in aqueous Li₄Ti₅O₁₂||LiMn₂O₄, Zn||MnO₂, and potassium-ion batteries, respectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101827"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143077398","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":"A universal approach to high-performance thermoelectric module design for power generation","authors":"Jinxuan Cheng,&nbsp;Wenhua Xue,&nbsp;Tianyu Zhang,&nbsp;Xiaofang Li,&nbsp;Yichen Zhu,&nbsp;Li Yin,&nbsp;Honghao Yao,&nbsp;Zixuan Fu,&nbsp;Longzhi Wu,&nbsp;Chen Chen,&nbsp;Peng Zhao,&nbsp;Xiaojing Ma,&nbsp;Feng Jiang,&nbsp;Xiaodong Wang,&nbsp;Mingyu Li,&nbsp;Jun Mao,&nbsp;Yumei Wang,&nbsp;Feng Cao,&nbsp;Qian Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101925","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101925"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767111","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":"Can electric vehicles deliver sustainable mobility in low-income countries?","authors":"Zia Wadud ,&nbsp;Shams Tanvir","doi":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101889","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joule.2025.101889","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><figure><span><img><ol><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download high-res image (156KB)</span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download full-size image</span></span></span></li></ol></span></figure></span>Zia Wadud is a professor of mobility and energy futures at the University of Leeds. Zia’s research sits at the juncture of transport, energy, and the environment in a multidisciplinary setting, with a focus on new mobility and energy interactions, transport decarbonization, personal carbon budgeting and trading, and transport and energy data analysis. He has published over 75 articles in leading transport and energy journals. Zia has a PhD from Imperial College London and has previously worked at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, the University of Cambridge, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</div><div><span><figure><span><img><ol><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download high-res image (269KB)</span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download full-size image</span></span></span></li></ol></span></figure></span>Shams Tanvir is an assistant professor at California State University Long Beach in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management. He leads the Sustainable Mobility Lab (SumoLab), which focuses on developing and characterizing transportation technologies that minimize energy consumption and emissions and enhance mobility efficiency and equity. Shams earned a PhD from North Carolina State University in transportation systems engineering and was previously a professional researcher at the University of California, Riverside.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":343,"journal":{"name":"Joule","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 101889"},"PeriodicalIF":38.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767112","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}