For sodium (Na)‐rechargeable batteries to compete, and go beyond the currently prevailing
Li‐ion technologies, mastering the chemistry and accompanying phenomena is of supreme …

Electrolytes composed entirely of salts, namely, ionic liquid solvents paired with a target ion
salt, have been studied extensively within lithium batteries and have recently garnered …

Hard carbons are the leading candidate anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. However,
the sodium-insertion mechanisms remain under debate. Here, employing a novel analysis of …

Graphite, the most prominent anode material for Li-ion battery, exhibited very poor
performance in sodium ion battery. The electrochemical intercalation of Na+ ions in graphite …

An attention to a Li ion battery for electric vehicles has been attracted, but there are two huge
problems: a short mileage and slow charging speed. Therefore, it is required to improve the …

K-ion batteries utilizing ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes are promising candidates for next-
generation batteries because of the abundance of potassium resources, low redox potential …

There is a pressing need for the introduction of highly efficient and cost-effective energy
storage systems to meet worldwide burgeoning energy demand. Key to these systems is the …

In this study, submicron-sized tin particles were used as the negative electrode material for
potassium secondary batteries. With a bis (fluorosulfonyl) amide-based ionic liquid …

Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted a significant amount of interest in the past
decade as a credible alternative to the lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) widely used today. The …

Hard carbon is a promising negative electrode material for rechargeable sodium-ion
batteries due to the ready availability of their precursors and high reversible charge storage …