The tremendous improvement in performance and cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have
made them the technology of choice for electrical energy storage. While established battery …

The development of low-cost and high-safety zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) has been extensively
discussed and reviewed in recent years, but the work on the comprehensive discussion and …

Hydrogen evolution, corrosion, and dendrite formation in the Zn anodes limit their practical
applications in aqueous Zn metal batteries. Herein, we propose an interfacial chemistry …

Batteries based on multivalent metals have the potential to meet the future needs of large-
scale energy storage, due to the relatively high abundance of elements such as magnesium …

Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have emerged as high-priority materials for safe, energy-
dense and reversible storage of electrochemical energy in batteries. In this Review, we …

Ultralow thermal conductivity and fast ionic diffusion endow superionic materials with
excellent performance both as thermoelectric converters and as solid-state electrolytes. Yet …

Breakthroughs in molecular and materials discovery require meaningful outliers to be
identified in existing trends. As knowledge accumulates, the inherent bias of human intuition …

In the critical area of sustainable energy storage, solid-state batteries have attracted
considerable attention due to their potential safety, energy-density and cycle-life benefits …

Increased interest in electrical energy storage is in large part driven by the explosive growth
in intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar as well as the global drive towards …

Magnesium-ion batteries (MIBs) are considered strong candidates for next-generation
energy-storage systems owing to their high theoretical capacity, divalent nature and the …