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Nature Energy - A separator solution
Poor ion transport across the charge-selective membranes that separate the electrodes in CO electrolysers can lead to low energy efficiency for synthesis of...
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👉 Mn-rich cathodes for batteries
👉 Targeted strategies for coal phase-out
👉 Solid dissociation for battery electrolytes
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👉 Porous separator for CO electrolysers
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👉 Targeted strategies for coal phase-out
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Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements. New Research Briefing article.
Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements - Nature Energy
US coal power has been on the decline over the past decade, but there is no path forward for a complete phaseout in alignment with climate goals. Targeted early retirement strategies are now made available for major groupings of coal plants using their key group characteristics and similarity to plants with announced retirements.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements. New Research Briefing article.
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom. Research Briefing.
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom - Nature Energy
Co-design of energy transition pathways with policymakers and the public lead to more significant demand-side reductions than current supply-side-focused policy. When policymakers work directly with academics to re-consider how and why we use energy in our everyday lives, politically feasible, significantly cheaper options with 45% less energy demand are possible.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom. Research Briefing.
Electrochemically induced imperfections ¦ Linsen Li discusses new research on electrochemical activation to induce partial cation disorder in layered oxide battery cathodes, enhancing structural stability, capacity, and cycling performance.
Electrochemically induced imperfections - Nature Energy
Layered oxide cathodes in lithium-ion batteries often suffer from structural instability under deep charging. Now, electrochemical activation induces partial cation disorder in cobalt-free LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2, enhancing structural stability and delivering high capacity with remarkable cycling performance — without the need for complex chemical modification.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Electrochemically induced imperfections ¦ Linsen Li discusses new research on electrochemical activation to induce partial cation disorder in layered oxide battery cathodes, enhancing structural stability, capacity, and cycling performance.
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Graphene oxide doping of the hole injection layer enables 23.6% efficiency in perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes - Nature Energy
Perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes offer advantages in terms of stability and manufacturing cost, but their performance remains limited. Now Wang et al. report an efficiency of 23.6% by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Nam-Gyu Park, Wei Chen, Zonghao Liu and team introduce a small amount of a polar aprotic solvent into the defect passivation solution for surface reconstruction of the perovskite layer, enhancing its overall quality.
Solvated-intermediate-driven surface transformation of lead halide perovskites - Nature Energy
Defective perovskite surfaces limit solar cell efficiency. Liu et al. introduce a small amount of a polar aprotic solvent into the defect passivation solution, enabling surface reconstruction of the perovskite layer and enhancing its overall quality.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Nam-Gyu Park, Wei Chen, Zonghao Liu and team introduce a small amount of a polar aprotic solvent into the defect passivation solution for surface reconstruction of the perovskite layer, enhancing its overall quality.
Balancing lifespan and safety ¦ Fei Wang and Dalin Sun discuss new research on ion association to reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions and a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety of batteries.
Balancing lifespan and safety - Nature Energy
Electrolyte design aims to promote ion association (the complexation of cations and anions) to boost lithium-ion battery performance, but safety remains a concern. Now, researchers show that ion association can reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions that trigger thermal runaway, and propose a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Balancing lifespan and safety ¦ Fei Wang and Dalin Sun discuss new research on ion association to reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions and a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety of batteries.
Recovering lost performance ¦ Woosuck Kwon and Chanyeon Kim discuss new research on an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
Recovering lost performance - Nature Energy
Catalysts often transform dynamically during reaction, bringing challenges in terms of changing activity, selectivity, and stability. Research now demonstrates an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Recovering lost performance ¦ Woosuck Kwon and Chanyeon Kim discuss new research on an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.
Policymaker-led scenarios and public dialogue facilitate energy demand analysis for net-zero futures - Nature Energy
New research finds that policymakers coleading energy scenario design has the potential both to better align scenarios with policymakers’ priorities and to question current policy, by substantially reducing energy use at half of the cost of technology-focused approaches.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.
New Research Briefing: A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes.
A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes - Nature Energy
Inorganic salts can exhibit dissociation behaviour in inorganic solid phases similar to that in liquid solvents. This solid dissociation approach is used to obtain superionic conductors, including over 40 materials with room-temperature ionic conductivities of more than 10−3 S cm−1.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New Research Briefing: A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes.
New research analyses ~2,000 planned and operational (potentially low-carbon) hydrogen projects, quantifying GHG emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
Global greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential of existing and planned hydrogen projects - Nature Energy
Hydrogen could be crucial for decarbonizing various sectors, but its production is resource intensive, necessitating strategic prioritization of applications. Here the authors analyse approximately 2,000 planned and operational hydrogen projects, quantifying the associated greenhouse gas emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New research analyses ~2,000 planned and operational (potentially low-carbon) hydrogen projects, quantifying GHG emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
Qingbo Meng, Dongmei Li, Jiangjian Shi and teams introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping to reduce cation disorder and charge losses for 14.9%-efficiency kesterite solar cells.
Vacancy-enhanced cation ordering via magnesium doping to enable kesterite solar cells with 14.9% certified efficiency - Nature Energy
Atomic disorder limits the performance of kesterite solar cells. Jinlin Wang et al. introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping, which reduces cation disorder and charge losses, enabling a certified efficiency of 14.9%.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Qingbo Meng, Dongmei Li, Jiangjian Shi and teams introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping to reduce cation disorder and charge losses for 14.9%-efficiency kesterite solar cells.
Upscaling to modules ¦ Stela Canulescu discusses new research on a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area kesterite solar modules with 10.1% efficiency.
Upscaling to modules - Nature Energy
The development of kesterite photovoltaic modules has long been hindered by low efficiencies and poor reproducibility. Researchers have now developed a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area modules with 10.1% efficiency.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Upscaling to modules ¦ Stela Canulescu discusses new research on a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area kesterite solar modules with 10.1% efficiency.
Identifying safe electrolytes for fire-free lithium batteries. New Research Briefing.
Identifying safe electrolytes for fire-free lithium batteries - Nature Energy
Lithium oxidation at the anode, not organic-electrolyte combustion, is found to be the leading cause of thermal runaway and fires in high-energy lithium batteries. For fire safety, electrolytes should be materials that are able to scavenge oxygen through low-exothermic reactions or stop oxygen crossover from cathode to anode.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Identifying safe electrolytes for fire-free lithium batteries. New Research Briefing.
Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements. New Research Briefing article.
Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements - Nature Energy
US coal power has been on the decline over the past decade, but there is no path forward for a complete phaseout in alignment with climate goals. Targeted early retirement strategies are now made available for major groupings of coal plants using their key group characteristics and similarity to plants with announced retirements.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Targeted strategies for accelerating US coal plant retirements. New Research Briefing article.
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Graphene oxide doping of the hole injection layer enables 23.6% efficiency in perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes - Nature Energy
Perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes offer advantages in terms of stability and manufacturing cost, but their performance remains limited. Now Wang et al. report an efficiency of 23.6% by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom. Research Briefing.
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom - Nature Energy
Co-design of energy transition pathways with policymakers and the public lead to more significant demand-side reductions than current supply-side-focused policy. When policymakers work directly with academics to re-consider how and why we use energy in our everyday lives, politically feasible, significantly cheaper options with 45% less energy demand are possible.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Policymakers and academics envision energy demand reductions beyond typical policies in the United Kingdom. Research Briefing.
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.
Policymaker-led scenarios and public dialogue facilitate energy demand analysis for net-zero futures - Nature Energy
New research finds that policymakers coleading energy scenario design has the potential both to better align scenarios with policymakers’ priorities and to question current policy, by substantially reducing energy use at half of the cost of technology-focused approaches.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.
New research analyses ~2,000 planned and operational (potentially low-carbon) hydrogen projects, quantifying GHG emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
Global greenhouse gas emissions mitigation potential of existing and planned hydrogen projects - Nature Energy
Hydrogen could be crucial for decarbonizing various sectors, but its production is resource intensive, necessitating strategic prioritization of applications. Here the authors analyse approximately 2,000 planned and operational hydrogen projects, quantifying the associated greenhouse gas emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New research analyses ~2,000 planned and operational (potentially low-carbon) hydrogen projects, quantifying GHG emissions and identifying climate-effective applications.
Qingbo Meng, Dongmei Li, Jiangjian Shi and teams introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping to reduce cation disorder and charge losses for 14.9%-efficiency kesterite solar cells.
Vacancy-enhanced cation ordering via magnesium doping to enable kesterite solar cells with 14.9% certified efficiency - Nature Energy
Atomic disorder limits the performance of kesterite solar cells. Jinlin Wang et al. introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping, which reduces cation disorder and charge losses, enabling a certified efficiency of 14.9%.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Qingbo Meng, Dongmei Li, Jiangjian Shi and teams introduce surface vacancy defects via magnesium doping to reduce cation disorder and charge losses for 14.9%-efficiency kesterite solar cells.
Balancing lifespan and safety ¦ Fei Wang and Dalin Sun discuss new research on ion association to reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions and a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety of batteries.
Balancing lifespan and safety - Nature Energy
Electrolyte design aims to promote ion association (the complexation of cations and anions) to boost lithium-ion battery performance, but safety remains a concern. Now, researchers show that ion association can reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions that trigger thermal runaway, and propose a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Balancing lifespan and safety ¦ Fei Wang and Dalin Sun discuss new research on ion association to reduce the onset temperature of exothermic reactions and a solvent-relay strategy to extend cycle life and improve safety of batteries.
Recovering lost performance ¦ Woosuck Kwon and Chanyeon Kim discuss new research on an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
Recovering lost performance - Nature Energy
Catalysts often transform dynamically during reaction, bringing challenges in terms of changing activity, selectivity, and stability. Research now demonstrates an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Recovering lost performance ¦ Woosuck Kwon and Chanyeon Kim discuss new research on an operation strategy based on in situ catalyst formation and dissolution to recover the performance of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane.
New Research Briefing: A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes.
A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes - Nature Energy
Inorganic salts can exhibit dissociation behaviour in inorganic solid phases similar to that in liquid solvents. This solid dissociation approach is used to obtain superionic conductors, including over 40 materials with room-temperature ionic conductivities of more than 10−3 S cm−1.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New Research Briefing: A flexible design strategy for solid-state electrolytes.
Upscaling to modules ¦ Stela Canulescu discusses new research on a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area kesterite solar modules with 10.1% efficiency.
Upscaling to modules - Nature Energy
The development of kesterite photovoltaic modules has long been hindered by low efficiencies and poor reproducibility. Researchers have now developed a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area modules with 10.1% efficiency.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Upscaling to modules ¦ Stela Canulescu discusses new research on a solution-processing approach to achieve uniform and phase-pure kesterite films, enabling the fabrication of large-area kesterite solar modules with 10.1% efficiency.
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
Graphene oxide doping of the hole injection layer enables 23.6% efficiency in perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes - Nature Energy
Perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes offer advantages in terms of stability and manufacturing cost, but their performance remains limited. Now Wang et al. report an efficiency of 23.6% by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Yudi Wang, Zonglong Zhu, Yantao Shi and team achieve an efficiency of 23.6% in perovskite solar cells using a carbon electrode by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.
Policymaker-led scenarios and public dialogue facilitate energy demand analysis for net-zero futures - Nature Energy
New research finds that policymakers coleading energy scenario design has the potential both to better align scenarios with policymakers’ priorities and to question current policy, by substantially reducing energy use at half of the cost of technology-focused approaches.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New research highlights the importance of engaging policymakers in net-zero scenario approaches, finding that their close involvement could lead to scenarios with energy demand reductions of up to 45% in the case of the UK.