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Toward sustainable graphite anode recycling: From degradation understanding to targeted regeneration

Minghui Shan; Kaini Wei; Lei Cheng dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

The rapid proliferation of spent lithium-ion batteries has created an urgent need for efficient recycling of graphite anodes, yet industrial adoption remains constrained by economic and technical barriers. This review systematically examines the underlying causes of this stagnation by analyzing…

Mitigating lead leakage and enhancing stability in perovskite solar cells via in situ monomer polymerization strategy

Yumeng Xu; Qingrui Wang; Siyu Zhang dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attained considerable attention owing to their high-power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low manufacturing costs. However, the inadequate stability and lead leakage issues of PSCs remain as critical challenges impeding their practical implementation. In this…

Zn-doping defect engineering toward high-performance chlorine evolution reaction and its mechanism study by in situ Raman spectroscopy

Zeyu Peng; Wei An; Yao-Hui Wang dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Chlorine, a key industrial chemical, is primarily produced through the chlor-alkali process using mixed-metal oxides (MMOs) like dimensionally stable anode (DSA). These anodes face challenges of high overpotential and poor selectivity due to competing oxygen evolution reaction (OER) pathways. This…

In-situ mechanism and kinetic loss investigation of Ce doped RuO2 in the membrane electrode assembly

Guina Wang; Lutong Shan; Kai Sun dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

The development of highly active electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) has garnered significant scientific intrigue. Herein, we report a facile two-step hydrothermal and annealing method for synthesizing cerium-doped…

Building interfacial kinetic pathways via reverse hydrogen spillover to accelerate alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Guangxin Ren; Aixian Shan; Kaibin Su dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Dual-active-site strategies are widely adopted to address the intrinsic challenge of simultaneously promoting water dissociation and maintaining an optimal hydrogen adsorption free energy in alkaline hydrogen evolution. However, this paradigm implicitly presumes rapid equilibration of hydrogen…

Ionizing-irradiation-involved integration of ultra-low power CNT-Si 3D CMOS ICs

Dong Zhang; Yuepeng Gao; Qi Wen dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Three-dimensional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology integrating carbon nanotubes and silicon presents a promising pathway for the fabrication of beyond-Moore integrated circuits. Herein, we present an ionizing-irradiation-involved integration process towards ultra-low-power…

A MOFs-derived heterostructure electrocatalyst for acidic oxygen evolution with low degradation rate

Xu Zhang; Yifan Li; Junnan Song dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Developing efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that can work stably in acidic conditions is crucial for advancing proton-exchange membrane water electrolysers commercialization. Here, we prepared a heterostructure-based OER electrocatalyst by in-situ growing RuO2…

Recent advances in high performance Fe-based catalysts for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia: A review

Abdulmalik Aminu; Janah Shaya; Maguy Abi Jaoude dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Ammonia (NH3) is a versatile chemical, critical to agriculture and various industries. Today, ammonia is further regarded as one of the most promising carbon-free energy carriers in the net-zero hydrogen economy. Traditionally, the energy-intensive Haber–Bosch process has been mainly used for…

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Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Precursor-solvent coordination control for defect suppression in perovskite light-emitting diodes

Eojin Yoon; Joo Sung Kim; Jung-Min Heo dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Defect formation in perovskite nanograins in the polycrystalline films is governed by the solution-state coordination chemistry of halide perovskite precursor species, which have been employed to form less-defective films with large grains in solar cells. However, the coordination dynamics of…

Taming the polyiodide shuttle via curvature engineering of cationic microenvironments for ultradurable Zn-I2 batteries

Lin Zhou; Geyang Zhang; Wenyan Zan dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries (AZIBs) are promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage owing to their high safety and low cost. However, their practical application is hindered by severe polyiodide species shuttle. Herein, we have constructed well-defined cationic microenvironments by…

Integrated design of wearable aqueous zinc-ion batteries: From energy autonomy to intelligent sensing

Wei Lv; Junlin Liu; Zilei Shen dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

With the advancement of wearable electronics toward longer battery life, multifunctionality, and intelligence, traditional rigid energy storage devices and discrete modules for energy harvesting, storage, and sensing are increasingly inadequate in meeting the demands of wearable systems for…

Functionalized carboxylate molecule-enabled quasi-localized high concentration electrolyte for high-stability lithium-ion batteries

Xiangshao Yin; Junru Wu; Mengyuan Zhou dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Advanced electrolyte engineering is a crucial solution for the development of high-energy lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) coupled with ultrahigh nickel cathode. However, the commercial electrolytes always yield the unstable cathode electrolyte interface (CEI) due to severe electrolyte decomposition…

Asymmetric Fe-N4-O sites enabled by axial oxygen coordination for high-efficiency Zn-air batteries

Wei Liu; Yu Liang; Mengtian Huo dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Iron-nitrogen-carbon (Fe-N-C) catalysts are a promising class of non-precious electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), with strong potential for integration into emerging energy technologies. Here, an oxygen-bridged axial coordination strategy is employed to anchor iron…

Ion storage mechanisms in TiO2

Zhiyu Zou; Yongbiao Mu; Meisheng Han dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a non-toxic, stable, naturally abundant, and easily synthesized material that has been extensively investigated in various energy fields, including rechargeable ion batteries, solar cells and photocatalysis. Recently, TiO2 has garnered significant attention as a promising…

Yolk-shell Fe-N-C catalysts with optimized mass transfer for improved oxygen reduction performance

Yalin Liu; Min Chen; Yurong Liu dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 2 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Atomic dispersed Fe-based catalysts (Fe-N-C) are a promising class of non-noble metal oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) materials. However, their practical application is severely limited by slow mass transfer and insufficient oxygen supply at device level, like the fuel cells. Herein, we report a…

Ni-induced electronic modulation and structural resilience in TiMn-based AB2-type alloys for ultra-stable hydrogen storage

Wenfeng Qiao; Prof. Wanqiang Liu; Dongming Yin dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 1 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

TiMn-based AB2-type alloys have emerged as promising candidates for large-scale hydrogen storage applications due to their high theoretical capacity, room-temperature reversibility, and cost-effectiveness. However, their practical deployment has been hindered by sluggish activation kinetics and…

Strain-insensitively stretchable yarn electrodes for self-powered sensing textiles

Shasha Wang; Leqian Wei; Fengkai Zhou dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 1 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Self-powered textiles integrated energy storage and sensors have generated growing interest in the area of wearable electronics. However, most current elastic supercapacitors designed for wearable self-powered systems exhibit insufficient strain-insensitivity to accommodate the intricate…

Recent advances of biomass-derived hard carbon as anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

Yan Li; Yingying Song; Jie Wu dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 1 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

With the growing demand for clean energy storage, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have emerged as a critical alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) attributable to their resource abundance and cost-effectiveness. Biomass-derived hard carbon (BHC) materials exhibit significant potential as anode…

Recent progress in flexible thermoelectric materials and devices

Linlong Xing; Shaowei Han; Yanqi Gu dkk.

Nano Research Energy, Vol. 5 No. 1 · 2026 · Inggris · DOAJ Scopus

Thermoelectric technology enables all-solid-state direct and clean conversion between thermal energy and electrical energy, and is regarded as an effective strategy to address the issue of energy shortage. Especially in recent years, with the popularity of wearable devices, flexible thermoelectric…