All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Carbonaceous materials have been accepted as a promising family of anode materials for
lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) owing to optimal overall performance. Among various emerging …

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging water desalination technology for removing
different ionic species from water, which is based on electric charge compensation by these …

The ever-increasing energy demand motivates the pursuit of inexpensive, safe, scalable,
and high-performance rechargeable batteries. Carbon materials have been intensively …

The newly-emerging Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) are famed for their integration
of high-capacity of Zn-ion batteries and high-power of supercapacitors (SCs), which are …

Constructing an inorganic-rich and robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is one of the
crucial approaches to improving the electrochemical performance of sodium metal batteries …

Carbon-based materials, as the traditional anodes for lithium and sodium ion batteries, have
drawn extensive attention due to their low cost, available resources and superior cycling …

Sodium‐ion batteries are promising candidates for grid‐scale energy storage due to its
abundance and similarities to lithium‐ion batteries, whereas the lack of ideal cathode …

Over the past decades, ground‐breaking techniques and transformative progress have been
achieved on exploring alternative battery candidates beyond lithium‐ion batteries, among …

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) with low cost and high safety are considered as an
electrochemical energy storage technology suitable for large-scale energy storage. Hard …