Heterogeneous electrocatalysis lies at the center of various technologies that could help
enable a sustainable future. However, its complexity makes it challenging to accurately and …

Two major challenges hinder the advance of aqueous zinc metal batteries for sustainable
stationary storage:(1) achieving predominant Zn-ion (de) intercalation at the oxide cathode …

Ni-rich LiNi a Mn b Co c O2 (NMC) cathodes undergo a series of degradation reactions, a
prominent one being oxygen loss from the surface of the NMC particles; this process is more …

Aqueous Zn/MnO2 batteries with their environmental sustainability and competitive cost, are
becoming a promising, safe alternative for grid-scale electrochemical energy storage …

Li-ion batteries have become essential in energy storage, with demand rising steadily.
Cathodes, crucial for determining capacity and voltage, face challenges like degradation in …

Ferrocene is one of the most common electron donors, and map** its ligand-field excited
states is critical to designing donor–acceptor (D–A) molecules with long-lived charge …

Pb/Zn smelter slag is a hazardous industrial waste from the Imperial Smelting Process (ISP).
The speciation of zinc, lead, copper and arsenic in the slag controls their recovery or fate in …

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)[extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and
X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES)] is a key technique within the heterogeneous …

Incorporation of pollutants, eg, heavy metals, or critical elements, eg, lithium, as impurities in
mineral phases can significantly affect their mobility or sequestration in the environment …

By combining experimental data with density functional theory-based ab initio molecular
dynamics modeling, this work provides evidence that nonclassical electrostriction in …