Lithium-ion battery (LIB) research and development has witnessed an immense spike in
activity in recent years due to the astonishing surge in demand for portable, environmentally …

Since the commercialization of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) in the early 1990s, tin (Sn),
antimony (Sb), and germanium (Ge)‐based anodes have attracted considerable research …

As the most commonly used potential energy conversion and storage devices, lithium-ion
batteries (LIBs) have been extensively investigated for a wide range of fields including …

Nanoporous metals, a representative type of nanostructured material, possess intriguing
properties to generate enormously promising potentials for various important applications. In …

The ever‐growing market of portable electronic devices and electric vehicles has
significantly stimulated research interests on new‐generation rechargeable battery systems …

Lithium (Li) metal is the most ideal anode material for high‐energy density batteries.
However, the high activity of Li metal, the large volume change, and Li dendrite formation …

Tin (Sn) has long been considered to be a promising replacement anode material for
graphite in next-generation lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), because of its attractive …

Carbothermal reduction could be employed as a facile technology for the synthesis of
various novel materials, especially transition-metal-functionalized nanostructures. In …

Lithium ion batteries are popular for use in portable applications owing to their high energy
density. However, with an increasing interest in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles over the past …

Metallic zinc (Zn), featuring high specific capacity, low redox potential, and low cost, is a
promising anode material for next-generation rechargeable aqueous batteries. However, Zn …