Pub Date : 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-01980-4
Qiangqiang Zhao, Bingqian Zhang, Wei Hui, Kun Gao, Hongpei Ji, Xiuhong Sun, Xiaopeng Feng, Cheng Peng, Kaiyu Wang, Caiyun Gao, Chenyang Zhang, Han Wang, Qi Zhang, Zhenhuang Su, Xiao Wang, Li Wang, Shuping Pang, Stefaan De Wolf, Kai Wang
{"title":"Buried 2D/3D heterojunction in n–i–p perovskite solar cells through solid-state ligand-exchange reaction","authors":"Qiangqiang Zhao, Bingqian Zhang, Wei Hui, Kun Gao, Hongpei Ji, Xiuhong Sun, Xiaopeng Feng, Cheng Peng, Kaiyu Wang, Caiyun Gao, Chenyang Zhang, Han Wang, Qi Zhang, Zhenhuang Su, Xiao Wang, Li Wang, Shuping Pang, Stefaan De Wolf, Kai Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-026-01980-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-01980-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146135481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01953-z
Deokjae Choi, Jeongwon Kim, Shaffiq Jaffer, Bin Chen, Ke Xie, Edward H. Sargent
{"title":"Translating insights from progress in photovoltaics to accelerate industrial-scale CO2 electroreduction","authors":"Deokjae Choi, Jeongwon Kim, Shaffiq Jaffer, Bin Chen, Ke Xie, Edward H. Sargent","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01953-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01953-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146135482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01962-y
M. Daly, S. Pye, P. Trotter, C. Bataille, M. Akute, M. Bergman, G. Bravo, H. Bui, D. Buira, J. Burton, J. Cronin, L. Hatton, A. Hawkes, L. Hofbauer, A. Hughes, K. Iychettira, F. Lallana, E. L. La Rovere, B. Leiva, A. Leonard, P. Lubello, L. D. Mensah, B. Merven, Y. Mulugetta, D. A. Quansah, J. Quiros-Tortos, L. Somavilla Croxatto, B. Tembo, J. Tomei, B. Verrier, S. S. Vishwanathan, H. Waisman
{"title":"Addressing context-specific energy modelling risks and dynamics in low- and middle-income countries","authors":"M. Daly, S. Pye, P. Trotter, C. Bataille, M. Akute, M. Bergman, G. Bravo, H. Bui, D. Buira, J. Burton, J. Cronin, L. Hatton, A. Hawkes, L. Hofbauer, A. Hughes, K. Iychettira, F. Lallana, E. L. La Rovere, B. Leiva, A. Leonard, P. Lubello, L. D. Mensah, B. Merven, Y. Mulugetta, D. A. Quansah, J. Quiros-Tortos, L. Somavilla Croxatto, B. Tembo, J. Tomei, B. Verrier, S. S. Vishwanathan, H. Waisman","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01962-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01962-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146135529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-01968-0
Lea Pompizii, Ali Coskun
{"title":"Aligning electrons for speed","authors":"Lea Pompizii, Ali Coskun","doi":"10.1038/s41560-026-01968-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-01968-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146116208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1038/s41560-026-01967-1
Weiran Zhang, Nan Zhang, Zeyi Wang, Ai-Min Li, Sufu Liu, Taeyong Lee, Yawei Chen, Yijie Liu, Zheng Li, Hongli Wan, Sz-Chian Liou, Jiancun Rao, Joseph Roschella, Lei Zheng, Zhiyuan Zhang, Huixin He, Brett L. Lucht, Christopher S. Johnson, Chunsheng Wang
Conventional solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs) strongly adhere to micro-silicon (µ-Si) and crack under volume changes, causing poor cycling performance. Nano-silicon improves cycling performance but remains costly with limited calendar life. Here potentiostatic ageing tests demonstrate that both calendar and cycle ageing are governed by SEI cracking and dissolution with different relative contributions. When the system is not dominated by SEI dissolution, the relative calendar life of Si anodes could correlates positively with their cycle life. LiF-rich SEI that enables long cycle life in µ-Si is therefore expected to enhance calendar life as well. Using this framework, we screened electrolytes, SEIs and electrodes and validated them with full-cell storage. LiF-rich SEI minimizes cracking and dissolution, enabling μ-Si to achieve excellent calendar life, whereas nano-silicon suffers from SEI dissolution and needs reduced electrolyte–electrode contact for better calendar life. This work clarifies calendar-ageing behaviour and accelerates electrolytes and SEI development for long-life Si anodes.
{"title":"Mechanistic understanding of interphase-driven ageing in silicon anodes","authors":"Weiran Zhang, Nan Zhang, Zeyi Wang, Ai-Min Li, Sufu Liu, Taeyong Lee, Yawei Chen, Yijie Liu, Zheng Li, Hongli Wan, Sz-Chian Liou, Jiancun Rao, Joseph Roschella, Lei Zheng, Zhiyuan Zhang, Huixin He, Brett L. Lucht, Christopher S. Johnson, Chunsheng Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41560-026-01967-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-01967-1","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs) strongly adhere to micro-silicon (µ-Si) and crack under volume changes, causing poor cycling performance. Nano-silicon improves cycling performance but remains costly with limited calendar life. Here potentiostatic ageing tests demonstrate that both calendar and cycle ageing are governed by SEI cracking and dissolution with different relative contributions. When the system is not dominated by SEI dissolution, the relative calendar life of Si anodes could correlates positively with their cycle life. LiF-rich SEI that enables long cycle life in µ-Si is therefore expected to enhance calendar life as well. Using this framework, we screened electrolytes, SEIs and electrodes and validated them with full-cell storage. LiF-rich SEI minimizes cracking and dissolution, enabling μ-Si to achieve excellent calendar life, whereas nano-silicon suffers from SEI dissolution and needs reduced electrolyte–electrode contact for better calendar life. This work clarifies calendar-ageing behaviour and accelerates electrolytes and SEI development for long-life Si anodes.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":56.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146102068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01917-3
Sunita Satyapal
The hydrogen ecosystem has developed substantially over the past decade, yet investment volatility and other challenges will require a reinvigorated and cohesive effort to enable success, writes Sunita Satyapal.
{"title":"The highs and lows of hydrogen","authors":"Sunita Satyapal","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01917-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01917-3","url":null,"abstract":"The hydrogen ecosystem has developed substantially over the past decade, yet investment volatility and other challenges will require a reinvigorated and cohesive effort to enable success, writes Sunita Satyapal.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"11 1","pages":"12-13"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146071391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01922-6
Jinyue Yan
As digital tools and sector coupling enable coordinated infrastructure and empower stakeholders, integrated energy systems are driving the transition to low-carbon urban energy, writes Jinyue Yan.
{"title":"Urban energy transformation through integrated systems","authors":"Jinyue Yan","doi":"10.1038/s41560-025-01922-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41560-025-01922-6","url":null,"abstract":"As digital tools and sector coupling enable coordinated infrastructure and empower stakeholders, integrated energy systems are driving the transition to low-carbon urban energy, writes Jinyue Yan.","PeriodicalId":19073,"journal":{"name":"Nature Energy","volume":"11 1","pages":"16-17"},"PeriodicalIF":60.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146071392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}