Economic development and the comfort-loving nature of human beings in recent years have
resulted in increased energy demand. Since energy resources are scarce and should be …

Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) are truly promising contenders for the future large-scale
electrical energy storage applications due to their cost-effectiveness, environmental …

Large amounts of wastewater containing low-concentration (< 10 ppm) rare-earth ions
(REIs) are discharged annually in China's rare-earth mining and processing industry …

Attempts to utilize lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale electrochemical energy storage
systems have achieved initial success, and solid-state LIBs using metallic lithium as the …

Portable electronic devices (PEDs) are promising information‐exchange platforms for real‐
time responses. Their performance is becoming more and more sensitive to energy …

The emerging electrochemical energy storage systems beyond Li‐ion batteries, including
Na/K/Mg/Ca/Zn/Al‐ion batteries, attract extensive interest as the development of Li‐ion …

Aqueous potassium-ion batteries (AKIBs), utilizing fast diffusion kinetics of K+ and abundant
electrode resources, are an emerging technology offering high power density and low cost …

The increasing demands for renewable energy to substitute traditional fossil fuels and
related large‐scale energy storage systems (EES) drive developments in battery technology …

MXenes, as a new type of two-dimensional layered structure material, have attracted much
attention. MXenes have high electronic conductivity, a large specific area, excellent …

K-ion batteries (KIBs) are now drawing increasing research interest as an inexpensive
alternative to Li-ion batteries (LIBs). However, due to the large size of K+, stable electrode …