{"title":"Component redesign","authors":"Changjun (Alex) Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01625-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01625-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"9 8","pages":"913-913"},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142045359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominic P. Parker, Sarah Johnston, Bryan Leonard, Daniel Stewart, Justin B. Winikoff
{"title":"Economic potential of wind and solar in American Indian communities","authors":"Dominic P. Parker, Sarah Johnston, Bryan Leonard, Daniel Stewart, Justin B. Winikoff","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01617-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01617-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Could renewable energy development on American Indian Reservations alleviate poverty? This Article combines data on wind and solar endowments, reservation characteristics and utility-scale renewable energy projects to offer three insights. First, the colonial process of reservation creation that intentionally deprived tribes of other natural resources unintentionally left them with favourable wind and solar, especially on reservations with the lowest-income populations. Second, despite favourable endowments, renewable projects are rare: reservation lands are 46% less likely to host wind farms and 110% less likely to host solar than comparable adjacent lands. Third, if this disparity persists, tribes may forgo over US$19 billion in lease and tax earnings that could be accrued under forecasts of renewable energy demand through 2050. We highlight barriers—such as regulatory complexity and uncertainty—that help explain this disparity and emphasize this is not a call to impose federal energy priorities on unwilling tribes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"740 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142042636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yimeng Huang, Yanhao Dong, Yang Yang, Tongchao Liu, Moonsu Yoon, Sipei Li, Baoming Wang, Ethan Yupeng Zheng, Jinhyuk Lee, Yongwen Sun, Ying Han, Jim Ciston, Colin Ophus, Chengyu Song, Aubrey Penn, Yaqi Liao, Haijin Ji, Ting Shi, Mengyi Liao, Zexiao Cheng, Jingwei Xiang, Yu Peng, Lu Ma, Xianghui Xiao, Wang Hay Kan, Huaican Chen, Wen Yin, Lingling Guo, Wei-Ren Liu, Rasu Muruganantham, Chun-Chuen Yang, Yuntong Zhu, Qingjie Li, Ju Li
{"title":"Integrated rocksalt–polyanion cathodes with excess lithium and stabilized cycling","authors":"Yimeng Huang, Yanhao Dong, Yang Yang, Tongchao Liu, Moonsu Yoon, Sipei Li, Baoming Wang, Ethan Yupeng Zheng, Jinhyuk Lee, Yongwen Sun, Ying Han, Jim Ciston, Colin Ophus, Chengyu Song, Aubrey Penn, Yaqi Liao, Haijin Ji, Ting Shi, Mengyi Liao, Zexiao Cheng, Jingwei Xiang, Yu Peng, Lu Ma, Xianghui Xiao, Wang Hay Kan, Huaican Chen, Wen Yin, Lingling Guo, Wei-Ren Liu, Rasu Muruganantham, Chun-Chuen Yang, Yuntong Zhu, Qingjie Li, Ju Li","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01615-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01615-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Co- and Ni-free disordered rocksalt cathodes utilize oxygen redox to increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, but it is challenging to achieve good cycle life at high voltages >4.5 V (versus Li/Li<sup>+</sup>). Here we report a family of Li-excess Mn-rich cathodes that integrates rocksalt- and polyanion-type structures. Following design rules for cation filling and ordering, we demonstrate the bulk incorporation of polyanion groups into the rocksalt lattice. This integration bridges the two primary families of lithium-ion battery cathodes—layered/spinel and phosphate oxides—dramatically enhancing the cycling stability of disordered rocksalt cathodes with 4.8 V upper cut-off voltage. The cathode exhibits high gravimetric energy densities above 1,100 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> and >70% retention over 100 cycles. This study opens up a broad compositional space for developing battery cathodes using earth-abundant elements such as Mn and Fe.</p>","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142042635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oscillatory solvation chemistry for a 500 Wh kg−1 Li-metal pouch cell","authors":"Shuoqing Zhang, Ruhong Li, Tao Deng, Qiang Ma, Xiang Hong, Hao Zhang, Ruixin Zhang, Shouhong Ding, Yongjian Wu, Haotian Zhu, Menglu Li, Haikuo Zhang, Di Lu, Baochen Ma, Ling Lv, Yong Li, Lixin Chen, Yanbin Shen, Rui Guo, Xiulin Fan","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01621-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01621-8","url":null,"abstract":"Cation solvation is well understood in the bulk solution phase, but knowledge is limited regarding the electrode–electrolyte interface. The process by which cation solvation conforms to the interfacial field to form interphases remains unclear. Here we examine the synergistic effects of external and intramolecular fields on accommodating Li+ solvates to the Li-metal anode, leading to dielectric-mediated transfer dynamics on the interface. At charged interfaces, cation–anion pairs arrange in a periodic oscillatory distribution. A low-oscillation amplitude exacerbates the electrolyte decomposition and increases surface impedance. We propose a dielectric protocol that maintains cation–anion coordination with a high oscillation amplitude at the interfaces, addressing these issues. Accordingly, we demonstrate a Li-metal pouch cell with an energy density of 500 Wh kg−1 at the Ah level using an ultra-lean electrolyte (1 g Ah−1). Our study offers insights into solid/liquid interfaces that are crucial in advancing battery technologies. Cation solvation in batteries is well understood in bulk solutions but less so at electrode/electrolyte interfaces. This study reveals how external and intramolecular fields affect Li-ion solvation, proposing a dielectric protocol to enhance cation–anion coordination and improve performance in Li-metal pouch cells.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"9 10","pages":"1285-1296"},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142022035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Top performance whatever the doping","authors":"Bernd Stannowski, Lars Korte","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01618-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01618-3","url":null,"abstract":"The highest power conversion efficiencies for silicon heterojunction solar cells have been achieved on devices based on n-type doped silicon wafers, yet these wafers are usually more expensive than p-type ones. Now, researchers reduce charge recombination in the bulk of p-type silicon, demonstrating comparable efficiency to devices based on n-type silicon.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"9 9","pages":"1058-1059"},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142022038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing women’s representation in the energy sector","authors":"Giulia Tregnago","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01612-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01612-9","url":null,"abstract":"POWERful Women is a professional initiative established in 2014 targeting a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector in the UK. To mark the tenth anniversary, Katie Jackson — Chair of POWERful Women — talks to Nature Energy about progress so far and the challenges ahead.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"9 10","pages":"1177-1178"},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Holly Caggiano, Sara M. Constantino, Chris Greig, Elke U. Weber
{"title":"Community benefits can build bipartisan support for large-scale energy infrastructure","authors":"Holly Caggiano, Sara M. Constantino, Chris Greig, Elke U. Weber","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01585-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-024-01585-9","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, Democrats and Republicans are more likely to support energy projects that are community-owned, create jobs, and generate solar energy, but local elected officials underestimate their constituents’ support for projects with these characteristics. Since these officials play a key role in approving new energy projects and negotiating the benefits they bring to communities, aligning local elected officials’ perceptions with the public’s could improve progress toward just energy transitions.","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"9 10","pages":"1187-1188"},"PeriodicalIF":49.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01585-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ai-Min Li, Zeyi Wang, Taeyong Lee, Nan Zhang, Tianyu Li, Weiran Zhang, Chamithri Jayawardana, Munaiah Yeddala, Brett L. Lucht, Chunsheng Wang
{"title":"Asymmetric electrolyte design for high-energy lithium-ion batteries with micro-sized alloying anodes","authors":"Ai-Min Li, Zeyi Wang, Taeyong Lee, Nan Zhang, Tianyu Li, Weiran Zhang, Chamithri Jayawardana, Munaiah Yeddala, Brett L. Lucht, Chunsheng Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01619-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01619-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Micro-sized alloying anodes offer lower cost and higher capacity than graphite in Li-ion batteries. However, they suffer from fast capacity decay and low Coulombic efficiency in carbonate electrolytes because the organic solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) strongly bonds to the alloys, leading to cracks of both SEI and alloying particles, which allows electrolyte penetration and forms new SEI during lithiation–delithiation cycles. Using nano-sized alloying anodes can enhance the cell cycle life but also reduces the battery calendar life and increases the manufacturing costs. Here we significantly improved the cycle performance of micro-sized Si, Al, Sn and Bi anodes by developing asymmetric electrolytes (solvent-free ionic liquids and molecular solvent) to form LiF-rich inorganic SEI, enabling 90 mAh μSi||LiNi<sub>0.8</sub>Mn<sub>0.1</sub>Co<sub>0.1</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and 70 mAh Li<sub>3.75</sub>Si||SPAN pouch cells (areal capacity of 4.5 mAh cm<sup>−2</sup>; N/P of 1.4) to achieve >400 cycles with a high capacity retention of >85%. The asymmetric electrolyte design forms LiF-rich interphases that enable high-capacity anodes and high-energy cathodes to achieve a long cycle life and provide a general solution for high-energy Li-ion batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142007635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ben Farrer, Robert Holahan, Kellyanne Allen, Lydia Allen, Jonathan E. Doriscar, Victoria Johnson, Tara Riggs, Soleil Smith
{"title":"Assessing how energy companies negotiate with landowners when obtaining land for hydraulic fracturing","authors":"Ben Farrer, Robert Holahan, Kellyanne Allen, Lydia Allen, Jonathan E. Doriscar, Victoria Johnson, Tara Riggs, Soleil Smith","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01601-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01601-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To extract natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, energy companies often need to obtain consent from many different private landowners, whose properties lie atop the gas reservoir. Negotiations with these landowners have important economic, environmental and social implications. In this paper we present a dataset on negotiations in Ohio and use these data to investigate how landowners may be advantaged or disadvantaged in these lease negotiations. We find that they are disadvantaged in two ways. First, because energy companies can use persistent and personal strategies to overcome landowner reluctance. Second, because of the institutional context: specifically the widespread use of compulsory unitization. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for equity in energy policy and by drawing out the other potential uses of these data.</p>","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142002805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andong Liu, Charles B. Musgrave, Xing Li, William A. Goddard, Yayuan Liu
{"title":"Non-aqueous alkoxide-mediated electrochemical carbon capture","authors":"Andong Liu, Charles B. Musgrave, Xing Li, William A. Goddard, Yayuan Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41560-024-01614-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01614-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electrochemically mediated carbon capture utilizing redox-tunable organic sorbents has emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. However, most reported systems are sensitive to molecular oxygen, severely limiting their application under ambient air conditions. Here we demonstrate an electrochemical carbon capture concept via non-aqueous proton-coupled electron transfer, where alkoxides are employed as the active sorbent while carbon dioxide absorption and desorption are modulated reversibly by the redox-tunable Brønsted basicity of certain organic molecules. Since all species involved in the process have outstanding oxygen stability and relatively low vapour pressure, our electrochemically mediated carbon capture mechanism intrinsically minimizes parasitic reactions and evaporative losses under aerobic conditions. Flow-based prototypes are demonstrated to operate efficiently in the presence of 20% oxygen under various practically relevant carbon dioxide feed concentrations, paving a way towards effective carbon capture driven by electrochemical stimuli.</p>","PeriodicalId":49,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141991812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}