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Anion-Transferring Electrolyte Enables In Situ Construction of Uniform LiF-Rich Interphases for Long-Cycling Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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Cascaded polyiodide trapping by defect-engineered SiC/bacterial cellulose separators enables long-life Zn-I2 batteries up to 100 °C

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Recent progress on natural biopolymer-based electrolytes for advanced batteries

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Integrating Gel Electrolyte/Anode with Mixed Ionic-Electronic Network for Stable Quasi-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

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Ya-Hao Du, Hui Yang, Yao-Lu Ye, Peng Ouyang, Yu-Shuai Feng, Huan Ye* Xiao Zhang* and Fei-Fei Cao*

Trace-Level Green Bio-Derived Amino Acid Molecular Leveling Agent Enables Dendrite-Free and Long-Lifespan Zinc Metal Anodes

Adv. Mater. 2026, 38(7), e11603

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Reversible dendrite-free Li-plating/stripping electrochemistry achieved by stress-regulating carbon aerogel

Natl Sci Rev, 2025, 12(9), nwaf305

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Mechanically Adaptive Cathode−Electrolyte Interphase via Dynamic Covalent Chemistry for Long-Life Ni-Rich Lithium Batteries

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Yi-Shun Li,# Yao-Lu Ye,# Zi-Xin Xie, Xu-Dong Zhang, Xu-Sheng Zhang, Chang-Hui Ke, Zi-Han Zhang, Rui Wen, Hui Yang,* Huan Ye,* and Fei-Fei Cao*

Lignocellulolytic Bacterial Engineering for Tailoring the Microstructure of Hard Carbon as a Sodium-Ion Battery Anode with Fast Plateau Kinetics

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Zinc Single-Atom Catalysts Encapsulated in Hierarchical Porous Bio-Carbon Synergistically Enhances Fast Iodine Conversion and Efficient Polyiodide Confinement for Zn-I2 Batteries

Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2420005

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Li-ion nanorobots with enhanced mobility for fast-ion conducting polymer electrolytes

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025,18, 2873-2882

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Constructing Anion Solvation Microenvironment Toward Durable High-Voltage Sodium-Based Batteries

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Electrochemical Oxidative Upgrading of Alkali-Sensitive Furfural and 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in an Anion-Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer with High-Concentration Products.

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 15260−15267

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Anti-Freezing Hydrogel Electrolyte with Regulated Hydrogen Bond Network Enables High-Rate and Long Cycling Zinc Batteries

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Localized High-Concentration Electrolyte for All-Carbon Rechargeable Dual-Ion Batteries with Durable Interfacial Chemistry

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Anchoring Active Li Metal in Oriented Channel by In Situ Formed Nucleation Sites Enabling Durable Lithium-Metal Batteries

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Realizing interfacial coupled electron/ion transport through reducing the interfacial oxygen density of carbon skeletons for high-performance lithium metal anodes

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Green synthesis and applications of MXene for lithium–sulfur batteries.

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Defect-induced-reduced Au quantum Dots@MXene decorated separator enables lithium-sulfur batteries with high sulfur utilization

Energy Mater 2024,4 400014.

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Alkalization of acetylacetonates: A facile and versatile method to prepare Ni-based hydroxides for the electrochemical production of bio-based 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid

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