Themed collection Energy Advances: Highlight China

This perspective highlights recent advances in improving the mechanical robustness of FPSCs and prospects to clarify the mechanism between the mechanical behavior and the photoelectric performance.

In this review, we present the key synthetic strategies for the preparation of high entropy materials and their applications in different electrocatalysis reactions.

The well-designed planar micro-supercapacitors can be manufactured through a variety of techniques for the applications in flexible electronics, biosensors, power grids and integrated chips.

Development of aviation and aerospace fuels requires deep insight into the pyrolysis and combustion mechanisms.

A new localized high concentration electrolyte (LHCE) formulation enables improved oxidation stability (4.3 V), K anode passivation and Al anti-corrosion at the same time.

Cracks induced by tensile stress in functional layers cause performance degradation in flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSC). FPSCs with a D-PAA/C-EA modified SnO₂ layer exhibit nearly double the device failure strain compared to the original FPSCs.

A novel iridium complex modified MOF was designed, which enhances the photocatalytic activity of MOFs by 2.5 times with only 0.2% of iridium complex, and exhibits good stability. It can be conductive to efficient and stable photocatalysis.

Prussian blue-derived FeN_x/Fe-based N-doped carbon nanotube catalysts with high ORR electrochemical performance.

A novel porous microtube polymer-based solid acid was synthesized via the polymerisation of naphthalene and sulfonation.

The functional groups in HBD for deep eutectic electrolytes have a profound impact on the self-discharge of supercapacitors.

This work proposes an Li₂O-doping strategy for improving the lithium storage ability of a high-entropy oxide, and its lithiation process is investigated in detail, which may promote the further development of high-entropy oxide anodes.

The Zr₂MgV_2−xFe_xCrNi high-entropy alloys exhibit better hydrogen sorption properties at room temperature than those without Mg-substitution.

Synergistic interaction between CoP and Cu₃P enables facile surface reconstruction of CoP–Cu₃P nanocomposites, making them excellent glycerol oxidation and hydrogen evolution catalysts, requiring only 1.21 V to reach 10 mA cm⁻².

MOF-73 is explored as a novel cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries, and a co-contribution zinc ion storage mechanism is illustrated.

The addition of Al₂O₃ enhances Li⁺ transport along the PEO chains and provides an additional Li⁺ transport path, thereby significantly improving the conductivity.