Xiaojian Zheng, Shehzad Ahmed, Yu Zhang, Guoqiang Xu, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Tingshu Shi, Jun Tang, Lei Yan, Wei Chen, Peigang Han, Zhixin Liu, Danish Khan, Xingzhu Wang, Zeguo Tang
{"title":"Differentiating the 2D Passivation from Amorphous Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Xiaojian Zheng, Shehzad Ahmed, Yu Zhang, Guoqiang Xu, Junyu Wang, Di Lu, Tingshu Shi, Jun Tang, Lei Yan, Wei Chen, Peigang Han, Zhixin Liu, Danish Khan, Xingzhu Wang, Zeguo Tang","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01913-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01913-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Benzamidine derivatives are utilized to differentiate between 2D passivation and amorphous passivation.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Introducing an n-type 2D passivation layer enhances the charge extraction and transportation and reduces the interface recombination in inverted perovskite solar cells.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The intramolecular charge of organic ligands is critical for the formation of crystalline 2D capping layers on 3D perovskite layers.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The long-term stability of inverted perovskite solar cells is improved owing to hydrophobic sealing of 3D perovskite via crystalline 2D capping.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01913-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiao Han, Xu Sun, Di Zhao, Mingjia Sun, Kesong Liu, Liping Heng, Lei Jiang
{"title":"Droplets Self-Draining on the Horizontal Slippery Surface for Real-Time Anti-/De-Icing","authors":"Xiao Han, Xu Sun, Di Zhao, Mingjia Sun, Kesong Liu, Liping Heng, Lei Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01908-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01908-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Self-draining slippery surface with light-thermal-electric synergy were fabricated to auto anti/de-icing even on horizontal devices.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The synergy of photothermal conversion and thermoelectric coupling enables the ice melting, and self-draining of thawy droplets at the same time, avoiding the risk of re-freezing.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The processes of no matter in ice melting or droplets repulsion on horizontal surface need no additional energy input, just with assistance of sunlight.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01908-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Min Wang, Xiuyue Wang, Enyang Sun, Zhenye Kang, Fan Gong, Bin Hou, Gaoqiang Yang, Mingbo Wu, Feng-Yuan Zhang
{"title":"Advancements and Innovations in Low-Temperature Hydrogen Electrochemical Conversion Devices Driven by 3D Printing Technology","authors":"Min Wang, Xiuyue Wang, Enyang Sun, Zhenye Kang, Fan Gong, Bin Hou, Gaoqiang Yang, Mingbo Wu, Feng-Yuan Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01907-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01907-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>3D printing, as a versatile additive manufacturing technique, offers high design flexibility, rapid prototyping, minimal material waste, and the capability to fabricate complex, customized geometries. These attributes make it particularly well-suited for low-temperature hydrogen electrochemical conversion devices—specifically, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells, anion exchange membrane electrolyzer cells, and alkaline electrolyzers—which demand finely structured components such as catalyst layers, gas diffusion layers, electrodes, porous transport layers, and bipolar plates. This review provides a focused and critical summary of the current progress in applying 3D printing technologies to these key components. It begins with a concise introduction to the principles and classifications of mainstream 3D printing methods relevant to the hydrogen energy sector and proceeds to analyze their specific applications and performance impacts across different device architectures. Finally, the review identifies existing technical challenges and outlines future research directions to accelerate the integration of 3D printing in next-generation low-temperature hydrogen energy systems.</p>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01907-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kusum Sharma, Kousik Bhunia, Subhajit Chatterjee, Muthukumar Perumalsamy, Anandhan Ayyappan Saj, Theophilus Bhatti, Yung-Cheol Byun, Sang-Jae Kim
{"title":"Deep Learning-Assisted Organogel Pressure Sensor for Alphabet Recognition and Bio-Mechanical Motion Monitoring","authors":"Kusum Sharma, Kousik Bhunia, Subhajit Chatterjee, Muthukumar Perumalsamy, Anandhan Ayyappan Saj, Theophilus Bhatti, Yung-Cheol Byun, Sang-Jae Kim","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01912-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01912-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>We rationally designed a robust, biocompatible CoN CNT/PVA/GLE organogel with self-healing, anti-freezing, and self-adhesive properties for wearable sensing applications.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Incorporation of CoN CNT enables high-performance, stable pressure sensing for up to one month, with a sensitivity of S = 5.75 kPa<sup>-1</sup>, r<sup>2</sup> = 0.978 in the detection range 0-20 kPa, with robust operation under high humidity and extreme temperatures (−20 to 45 °C).</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>It accurately detects English alphabets, achieving 98% recognition accuracy using deep learning models.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01912-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tunable Optical Metamaterial Enables Steganography, Rewriting, and Multilevel Information Storage","authors":"Jianchen Zheng, Yuzhao Zhang, Haibo Yu, Jingang Wang, Hongji Guo, Ye Qiu, Xiaoduo Wang, Yu Feng, Lianqing Liu, Wen Jung Li","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01897-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01897-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Proposed a dynamic grayscale gradient modulation system enabling multi-information analysis and encryption under multi-optical fields, establishing a new paradigm for multi-dimensional encryption of collaborative multispectral information.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Developed coumarin-based photo-responsive in situ reconstruction technology and constructed a multi-optical field coupled control system to achieve dynamic configuration of multi-information carriers.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Designed and fabricated a micro-dynamic multiple encryption device with integrated functions for information writing, erasing and rewriting, realizing stable information storage and dynamic destruction through micro/nano-optical keys.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01897-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenhui Liu, Hong Ma, Lingli Zhao, Weiwei Qian, Bo Liu, Jizhang Chen, Yagang Yao
{"title":"Anionically-Reinforced Nanocellulose Separator Enables Dual Suppression of Zinc Dendrites and Polyiodide Shuttle for Long-Cycle Zn-I2 Batteries","authors":"Wenhui Liu, Hong Ma, Lingli Zhao, Weiwei Qian, Bo Liu, Jizhang Chen, Yagang Yao","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01921-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01921-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2> Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000<ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Straw-derived carboxylated nanocellulose separator is modified by anionic polyacrylamide to further enhance the negative charge density.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The separator exhibits ultrathin profile and exceptional mechanical strength, as well as enabling rapid zinc ion transport.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The separator can not only effectively inhibit zinc dendrites and parasitic reactions but also significantly suppress polyiodide shuttle via electrostatic repulsion, contributing to remarkable performance of Zn-I<sub>2</sub> batteries even under high mass loadings.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01921-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Wang, Zixiang He, Haixing Chang, Yen Wei, Shiyu Zhang, Ke Wang, Peng Xie, Rupeng Wang, Nanqi Ren, Shih-Hsin Ho
{"title":"System with Thermal Management for Synergistic Water Production, Electricity Generation and Crop Irrigation","authors":"Meng Wang, Zixiang He, Haixing Chang, Yen Wei, Shiyu Zhang, Ke Wang, Peng Xie, Rupeng Wang, Nanqi Ren, Shih-Hsin Ho","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01876-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01876-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainable water, energy and food (WEF) supplies are the bedrock upon which human society depends. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, combined with electricity generation and cultivation, is a promising approach to mitigate the freshwater, energy and food crises. However, the performance of solar-driven systems decreases significantly during operation due to uncontrollable weather. This study proposes an integrated water/electricity cogeneration–cultivation system with superior thermal management. The energy storage evaporator, consisting of energy storage microcapsules/hydrogel composites, is optimally designed for sustainable desalination, achieving an evaporation rate of around 1.91 kg m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>. In the dark, heat released from the phase-change layer supported an evaporation rate of around 0.54 kg m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>. Reverse electrodialysis harnessed the salinity-gradient energy enhanced during desalination, enabling the long-running WEC system to achieve a power output of ~0.3 W m<sup>−2</sup>, which was almost three times higher than that of conventional seawater/surface water mixing. Additionally, an integrated crop irrigation platform utilized system drainage for real-time, on-demand wheat cultivation without secondary contaminants, facilitating seamless WEF integration. This work presents a novel approach to all-day solar water production, electricity generation and crop irrigation, offering a solution and blueprint for the sustainable development of WEF.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01876-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiao Wei, Yanqiu Jiang, Feiyang Chenwu, Zhi Li, Jie Wan, Zhengxi Li, Lele Zhang, Jing Wang, Mingzhu Song
{"title":"Synergistic Ferroptosis–Immunotherapy Nanoplatforms: Multidimensional Engineering for Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling and Therapeutic Optimization","authors":"Xiao Wei, Yanqiu Jiang, Feiyang Chenwu, Zhi Li, Jie Wan, Zhengxi Li, Lele Zhang, Jing Wang, Mingzhu Song","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01862-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01862-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>First systematic integration: This work presents the first comprehensive outline of the synergistic potential of nanoparticle-enabled ferroptosis–immunotherapy strategies against malignancies, moving beyond studies solely focusing on ferroptosis induction or standalone nanotherapeutics in cancer.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Multidimensional nanoplatform design: Establishes advanced design principles for functionalized nanoplatforms, including rational material selection, structural configuration, physicochemical modulation, multifunctional integration, and AI-enabled design, to overcome tumor microenvironment barriers and optimize ferroptosis–immunotherapy efficacy.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Translational focus & AI integration: Provides a critical analysis of translational hurdles for ferroptosis–immunotherapy nanoplatforms across preclinical and clinical development, proposing actionable solutions while pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence into future nanoplatform design and onco-immunotherapy direction.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01862-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mei Yang, Weidong Zhu, Laijun Liang, Wenming Chai, Xiaomeng Wu, Zeyang Ren, Long Zhou, Dazheng Chen, He Xi, Chunfu Zhang, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao
{"title":"Moisture-Resistant Scalable Ambient-Air Crystallization of Perovskite Films via Self-Buffered Molecular Migration Strategy","authors":"Mei Yang, Weidong Zhu, Laijun Liang, Wenming Chai, Xiaomeng Wu, Zeyang Ren, Long Zhou, Dazheng Chen, He Xi, Chunfu Zhang, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01851-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01851-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000<ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A self-buffered molecular migration strategy is developed to suppress spontaneous intermolecular exchange between perovskite intermediate phase and ambient moisture.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Exceptionally broad nucleation time and humidity tolerance windows are achieved for perovskite crystallization under ambient air conditions. 1.68 eV-bandgap perovskite solar cells (PSCs) reach a record efficiency of 22.09% when processed in 50–60% relative humidity.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The strategy is broadly applicable to 1.53 eV- and 1.77 eV-bandgap perovskite films, enabling high-efficiency PSCs via air-based crystallization processing.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01851-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144923103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prioritized Na+ Adsorption-Driven Cationic Electrostatic Repulsion Enables Highly Reversible Zinc Anodes at Low Temperatures","authors":"Guanchong Mao, Pan Xu, Xin Liu, Xingyu Zhao, Zexiang Shen, Dongliang Chao, Minghua Chen","doi":"10.1007/s40820-025-01889-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40820-025-01889-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h2>Highlights</h2><div>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The introduction of low-cost, low-reduction-potential Na<sup>+</sup> into aqueous Zn-based battery electrolytes suppresses Zn<sup>2+</sup> aggregation at the anode interface through preferential Na<sup>+</sup> adsorption and inter-cationic electrostatic repulsion, thereby enabling homogeneous Zn deposition and significantly enhanced low-temperature reversibility of Zn anodes.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Na<sup>+</sup> with low ionic potential spontaneously adsorbs at the anode–electrolyte interface, effectively reducing solvated water molecules and suppressing parasitic reactions, thus significantly improving the Coulombic efficiency of aqueous zinc metal batteries under low temperatures.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>At a low temperature of − 40 °C, the Zn||Zn cells maintained stable plating/stripping cycles for over 2500 h, and the Zn||PANI full cell exhibited excellent low-temperature performance with over 8000 charge–discharge cycles and a high capacity retention of more than 90%.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div></div>","PeriodicalId":714,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Micro Letters","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":36.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40820-025-01889-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144923085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}