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Synergistic modulation of defective engineering and solid electrolyte interphase film on hard carbon via F doping for high performance sodium-ion batteries
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Unveiling the Role of Fluorination in Hexacyclic Coordinated Ether Electrolytes for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries
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A Donor–Acceptor‐Donor‐type Organic Molecule as an Effective Electrode to Form Rapid Diffusion Pathway for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Anion‐Dipole Repulsions Improve Low‐Temperature Performance of μ‐Sn for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Dynamic Lock‐And‐Release Mechanism Enables Reduced ΔG at Low Temperatures for High‐Performance Polyanionic Cathode in Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Synergistic adsorption-trapping in conductive polymer modulated MXene anodes enables stable sodium storage
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Directing High-Efficiency Na Plating with Carbon–Aluminum Junction Interfaces for Anode-Free Na Metal Batteries
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Probing the Electrode–Electrolyte Interface of Sodium/Glyme-Based Battery Electrolytes
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Comprehensive review on capacity degradation mechanisms and state-of-health estimation of sodium-ion batteries
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Advancements in the Research of Biomass‐Based Hard Carbon Anode Materials for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Synthesis of uniformly ordered single-crystalline TiO2 nanorods on flexible Ti substrate
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Multifunctional Zeolites in Secondary Batteries
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Synthesis strategies of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries
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Porous zinc metal anodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: Advances and prospectives
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Fundamentals, Status, and Prospects of Liquid Organic Electrolytes for High‐Energy Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Sulfur Encapsulation and Sulfur Doping Synergistically Enhance Sodium Ion Storage in Microporous Carbon Anodes
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Triple‐Anion Coordination Design for Tuning Li+ Transport Energy Barrier and Promoting the Performance of Li‐Ion Battery
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High‐Energy Sodium Ion Batteries Enabled by Switching Sodiophobic Graphite into Sodiophilic and High‐Capacity Anodes
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Preparation of bismuth nanosheets via a facile solvothermal reduction method for sodium-ion batteries with excellent cycling stability and rate performance
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Synergistic Hybrid Interfaces for Ultrastable Sodium Anode via Spontaneous Conversion of Tin Fluoride in Polymer Matrix
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Tuning the FEC‐Related Electrolyte Solvation Structures in Ether Solvents Enables High‐Performance Lithium Metal Anode
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Rapid Na+ Transport Pathway and Stable Interface Design Enabling Ultralong Life Solid‐State Sodium Metal Batteries
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Cation and Anion Modulation Strategies toward Ideal Zinc Artificial Interface
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Improving the Initial Coulombic Efficiency of Sodium-Storage Antimony Anodes via Electrochemically Alloying Bismuth
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Enhancing lithium metal battery performance with a perfluorinated bisalt electrolyte achieving high-voltage stability up to 4.8 V
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Approaching industry-adaptable silicon-based anodes via fundamental mechanism understanding
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Optimized architectural engineering and interface modulation in metallic-phase selenide for exceptional sodium-storage performance
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Stable-Cycling Sustainable Na-Ion Batteries with Olivine Iron Phosphate Cathode in an Ether Electrolyte
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Vacancy‐Ordered Superstructure‐Induced Delocalized States Enable Superior Sodium Ion Storage
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Natural Minerals Derived Advanced Materials for High Performance Lithium‐Ion and Sodium‐Ion Storage Systems
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Corrosion and protection in lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries: Principles and applications of graphene and conducting polymers as anticorrosion coatings
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Electrolyte Compatible Separator Materials for Sodium-Ion Battery
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Interfacial post-heterojunction construction in Mn-doped NiS2 for realizing fast and stable sodium storage
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Mechanism‐Driven Modification of Transition Metal Selenides as Sodium‐Ion Battery Anodes: A Review
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Rechargeable Manganese Dioxide||Hard Carbon Lithium Batteries in an Ether Electrolyte
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A Donor–Acceptor‐Donor‐type Organic Molecule as an Effective Electrode to Form Rapid Diffusion Pathway for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Homogeneously distributed heterostructured interfaces in rice panicle-like SbBi-Bi2Se3-Sb2Se3 nanowalls for robust sodium storage
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Boosting Selective Na+ Migration Kinetics in Structuring Composite Polymer Electrolyte Realizes Ultrastable All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries
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Expanded crystalline planes with strong interfacial Mo–C bonding endow MoSe2/N-doped carbon nanosheets with fast reaction kinetics for sodium-ion batteries
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A Critical Review on Room‐Temperature Sodium‐Sulfur Batteries: From Research Advances to Practical Perspectives
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Anion-mediated approach to overcome oxidation in ether electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries
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Biomimetic-Mineralization-Assisted Self-Activation Creates a Delicate Porous Structure in Carbon Material for High-Rate Sodium Storage
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Creating rich closed nanopores in anthracite-derived soft carbon enables greatly-enhanced sodium-ion storage in the low-working-voltage region
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A review of printing methods, materials, and artificial intelligence applications in sodium-ion battery manufacturing and management systems
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Imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde additive participation in construction of SEI enabling ultra-stable Zn anode
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Constructing three-dimensional architectures to design advanced anodes materials for sodium-ion batteries: from nanoscale to microscale
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Efficient Decomposition of Electrolyte Salt Reconstructing Helmholtz Plane for Long Life Sodium-Ion Batteries
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NaF-rich solid-electrolyte interphase formation stabilizes hard-carbon anodes in sodium-ion capacitors
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Designing Better Organic Electrodes for Potassium Ion Batteries
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Unraveling the Intrinsic Origin of the Superior Sodium-Ion Storage Performance of Metal Selenides Anode in Ether-Based Electrolytes
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Bi: A rising star for low-temperature fast-charging sodium-ion batteries
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The Exploration of Li+ Transfer Kinetics Mechanism under the Dielectric Effect in Lithium Metal Anode: Unilateral and Bilateral Electrode Protection
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Recent Advances in Non‐Aqueous Liquid Electrolytes for High‐Voltage Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Low-Temperature Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Current Challenges, Development, and Perspectives
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Bimetallic selenide nanocages covered by carbon layer deliver high rate performance for sodium ion storage
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Highly Stable ZnS Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Structure and Electrolyte Engineering
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One-Step Construction of Closed Pores Enabling High Plateau Capacity Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Closed-Pore Formation and Energy Storage Mechanisms
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Regulating Pseudo‐Graphitic Domain and Closed Pores to Facilitate Plateau Sodium Storage Capacity and Kinetics for Hard Carbon
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Dendrite‐Free Sodium Metal Anodes Via Solid Electrolyte Interphase Engineering With a Covalent Organic Framework Separator
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Rational Screening of Siloxane Molecules as Electrolyte Additives for High‐Temperature Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Facilitating Rapid Na+ Storage through MoWSe/C Heterostructure Construction and Synergistic Electrolyte Matching Strategy
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Recent Advances and Perspectives of Anode‐Free Sodium Metal Batteries
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Significantly Improving the Initial Coulombic Efficiency of TiO2 Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries
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Revealing the electrolyte-enhancement effect of FeP/carbon nanosheets for superior sodium storage
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Research progress of solid electrolyte interphase for sodium metal anodes
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Unveiling the Impact of Solvent Fluorination on Ether‑Based Electrolytes in Sodium‑Ion Pouch Cells
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Batteries for wearable and implantable biomedical devices: a comprehensive review
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Challenges and Breakthroughs in Enhancing Temperature Tolerance of Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Restructuring Electrolyte Solvation by a Versatile Diluent Toward Beyond 99.9% Coulombic Efficiency of Sodium Plating/Stripping at Ultralow Temperatures
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Thermomechanical Coupling Fabrication of Freestanding Porous Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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CoSe2-Modified multidimensional porous carbon frameworks as high-Performance anode for fast-Charging sodium-Ion batteries
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Achieving Fast and Reversible Sulfur Redox by Proper Interaction of Electrolyte in Potassium Batteries
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Solvation-enhanced electrolyte on layered oxide cathode tailoring even and stable CEI for durable sodium storage
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Anion competitive coordination for solvation structure regulation in high-voltage sodium-ion batteries
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Liquid Template Assisted Activation for “Egg Puff”‐Like Hard Carbon toward High Sodium Storage Performance
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Layered Oxide Material as a Highly Stable Na‐ion Source and Sink for Investigation of Sodium‐ion Battery Materials
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Tailoring the Micronanostructure of Hard Carbon via Ball-Milling for Sodium-Ion Storage
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3D Printing Integrated Lipophilic Additives Engineering to Enhance Wettability of Thick Electrodes Achieving High Rate and High Areal Capacity
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Tailoring the dual precursors coupled hard carbon by embedding the pitch-derived graphitic domains to achieve high-performance sodium storage
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From Materials to Systems: Challenges and Solutions for Fast‐Charge/Discharge Na‐Ion Batteries
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Fluorinated sodium aluminate main conducting salt boosting sodium storage of hard carbon
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Anion‐Anchoring and Interphase Manipulation for Enhanced All‐Climate Sodium Storage in Hard Carbon Anodes
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Enhanced safety of sulfone-based electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries: broadening electrochemical window and enhancing thermal stability
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Recent advances in alloying anode materials for sodium-ion batteries: material design and prospects
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Regulation of collagen-derived carbon material structures through in-situ precipitation templating for fast sodium storage
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Preparation, enhanced Na+ storage performance and mechanism of Sb/C nanobilayer film as anode for SIBs by magnetron sputtering
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Electrolyte-dominated reversible Na ion storage in Na0.4V2O5 using the DME-based electrolyte for high-performance Na-ion batteries
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Empirical Optimization of Biomass-Derived Hard Carbon Anode for Efficient Sodium Storage
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Enhancing waste hemp hurd-derived anodes for sodium-ion batteries through hydrochloric acid-mediated hydrothermal pretreatment
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Vacancies‐regulated Prussian Blue Analogues through Precipitation Conversion for Cathodes in Sodium‐ion Batteries with Energy Densities over 500 Wh/kg
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Robust Interfacial Chemistry Induced by B‐Doping Enables Rapid, Stable Sodium Storage
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An ultra stable rice husk-based hard carbon using solid-electrolyte-binder containing sodium ion
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Strategies and practical approaches for stable and high energy density sodium-ion battery: a step closer to commercialization
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Approaching Microsized Alloy Anodes via Solid Electrolyte Interphase Design for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries
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Dipole Reorientation Induced Temperature-Dependent Solvation Structure in Low-Temperature Sodium Metal Batteries
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Tuning Interphase Composition in Sodium‐Ion Batteries via Co‐Solvent Selection and Anion‐Driven Solvation Shell Engineering
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Enhancing the Reversibility and Kinetics of Heterovalent Ion‐Substituted Mn‐Based Prussian Blue Analogue Cathodes via Intervalence Charge Transfer
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A Uniform Solid Electrolyte Interface Enabling Long Cycling in Sodium-Metal Batteries with Fast Charging
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Synergistic Cathode/Anode Interphase Stabilization via Single‐Cosolvent Engineering for Fast‐Charging and Durable Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Scalable synthesis of heteroatom-doped carbons from waste hemp hurd with enhanced sodium-ion and potassium-ion storage capabilities
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Nanofiber matrix composite electrolyte for regulating ion distribution in fast kinetic sodium-ion batteries operating at wide temperatures
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Promoting the Cation Utilization in Energy‐Dense Sodium Metal Battery Prototypes: Strategies, Analysis, and Prospects
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Covalent organic framework-engineered separators enabling selective sodium ion transport for sodium metal anode storage
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Unlocking the potential of anode-free lithium metal batteries: innovative strategies for extended cycle life
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Bridge the Gaps Between Lab‐Level Sodium‐Ion Coin Cells and Practical Pouch Cells
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Multiscale Defective Interfaces for Realizing Na‐CO2 Batteries With Ultralong Lifespan
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Flexible carbon nanofibers with multichannel and porous structure as freestanding anode for excellent sodium storage
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Increasing the Cycle Life of Zinc Metal Anodes and Nickel-Zinc Cells Using Flow-Through Alkaline Electrolytes
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A conjugated poly(p-phenylene) anode with Na-solvent co-insertion enables high-rate and low-temperature Na-ion batteries
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Zero‐Strain Na3V2(PO4)2F3@Rgo/CNT Composite as a Wide‐Temperature‐Tolerance Cathode for Na‐Ion Batteries with Ultrahigh‐Rate Performance
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High‐Entropy Doped P'2 Mn‐Based Layered Oxide with Superior Stability and High Capacity for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Liquid template synergizing combustion activation to construct vesicular porous carbon anode for sodium ion batteries
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Green Production of Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
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Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes for Sodium Batteries: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Applications
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Highly Adaptive Flame‐Retardant Electrolyte Endows Hard‐Carbon Anodes with Stable Interface Structure for High‐Safety Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Revealing the mechanism of TM@P1N3 single-atom catalyst in sulfur redox reactions
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Architectural design and electrochemical performance of MOF‐based solid‐state electrolytes for high‐performance secondary batteries
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NaBix/NaVyOz Hybrid Interfacial Layer Enables Stable and Dendrite‐Free Sodium Anodes
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Research progress of co-intercalation mechanism electrolytes in sodium-ion batteries
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Dual Activation for Tuning N, S Co‐Doping in Porous Carbon Sheets Toward Superior Sodium Ion Storage
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Polymer in low concentration electrolytes for sodium metal batteries
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Checkerboard-structured Ga4Na–In alloy interface for mechanically reinforced and dendrite-free sodium metal anodes
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Entropy‐Driven Electrolytes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: From Liquid to Solid‐State Systems
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Rapid Na+ Transport Pathway and Stable Interface Design Enabling Ultralong Life Solid‐State Sodium Metal Batteries
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Stability and performance of lithium metal batteries using silicon and silver alloyed separator surfaces
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Sustainable conversion of vine shoots and pig manure into high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries
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Tailoring Electrolyte Toward Low-Temperature Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries
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Triple‐Anion Coordination Design for Tuning Li+ Transport Energy Barrier and Promoting the Performance of Li‐Ion Battery
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Electrolyte-driven interphase stabilization in high-voltage sodium-ion full cells
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High-entropy sulfoselenide as negative electrodes with fast kinetics and high stability for sodium-ion batteries
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Optimizing Synthesis Temperature for Lignin-Derived Hard Carbon Anode for High Cycling Capacity in Sodium-Ion Batteries
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Advancements and Perspectives on Nonaqueous Electrolyte Engineering for Graphite Anode in Potassium‐Ion Battery
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Enhanced Sodium Storage Performance of Few-Layer Graphene-Encapsulated Hard Carbon Fiber Composite Electrodes
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Developing High‐Performance Metal Selenides for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Stress Dissipation Driven by Multi‐Interface Built‐In Electric Fields and Desert‐Rose‐Like Structure for Ultrafast and Superior Long‐Term Sodium Ion Storage
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Towards stable electrode–electrolyte interphases: Regulating solvation structures in electrolytes for rechargeable batteries
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WS2/MoS2-polyoxometallate sub-1 nm nanosheets as anode for sodium-ion batteries
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Insights into the carbon nanotube effect on the electrochemical performance of red phosphorus anode
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Construction and Interfacial Modification of a β-PbSnF4 Electrolyte with High Intrinsic Ionic Conductivity for a Room-Temperature Fluoride-Ion Battery
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In-situ coordination defects in metal oxides: chemical perspectives and operando characterization for high-performance multivalent-ion energy storage
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Recent Advances in Sodium-Ion Batteries: Cathode Materials
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Multifunctionalized Safe Separator Toward Practical Sodium‐Metal Batteries with High‐Performance under High Mass Loading
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Advanced Ether‐Based Electrolytes for Lithium‐ion Batteries
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Interfacial Kinetics, Not Solvation Thermodynamics, Govern the Reversibility of Sodium Metal Batteries
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On the practical applicability of thermal evaporation technique to fabricate Na thin metal anodes for Na-metal batteries
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Rational design of mangosteen-like bismuth nanospheres coated by N-doped carbon shell as superb composite anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries
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Designing electrolyte with multi-ether solvation structure enabling low-temperature sodium ion capacitor
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Recent progress on efficient perovskite ceramic anodes for high-performing solid oxide fuel cells
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Insights into the Reaction Mechanisms of Nongraphitic High-Surface Porous Carbons for Application in Na- and Mg-Ion Batteries
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Weakly Coordinating Diluent Modulated Solvation Chemistry for High‐Performance Sodium Metal Batteries
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Overview of coals as carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries
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Ferroelectric Nanofiber Reinforced Electrolyte Empowers Fully 3D‐Printed Solid‐State Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Facile one-pot synthesis of bismuth microspheres@N-doped porous carbon composite anodes for high power density and ultralong-life sodium-ion batteries
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Shifting trends: Exploring different polymer hosts and polyelectrolyte systems for efficient sodium-ion batteries
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Nanoscale sputtered buffer layers for in situ fabrication of thin sodium metal anodes
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Development of high-voltage ether-based electrolytes for high energy Li/Na-ion batteries
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Sodium-ion Batteries: A comprehensive review of materials chemistry, interfacial challenges, and industrialization progress
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Unleashing the Potential of Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Current State and Future Directions for Sustainable Energy Storage
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Recent Advances of High‐Rate Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Correlations Between Performance and Microstructure
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Weakly Polar Ether‐Aided Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Enables High‐Performance Sodium Metal Batteries over Wide Temperature Range
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Regulating the “core-shell” microstructure of hard carbon through sodium hydroxide activation for achieving high-capacity SIBs anode
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Facile Synthesis of FeSe2/rGO with High Reaction Kinetics for Simultaneously Ultrafast and Durable Sodium Storage
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A Lithium‐Affinitive Covalent Organic Polymer Network Functionalized Separator for Dendrite‐Free and High‐Durability Lithium–Sulfur Batteries under Harsh Conditions
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Solvation Structure and Interface Engineering Synergy in Low-Temperature Sodium-Ion Batteries: Advances and Prospects
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Interfacial‐Catalysis‐Enabled Layered and Inorganic‐Rich SEI on Hard Carbon Anodes in Ester Electrolytes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Monolithic Interphase Enables Fast Kinetics for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries at Subzero Temperature
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Recent Advances in Electrolytes for Potassium‐Ion Batteries
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The design principles and cost-effective approaches for iron/manganese polyanionic cathodes of sodium ion batteries
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Dual weakly solvated electrolytes with enhanced interfacial stability for ultrastable alloying-type Bi anodes in potassium-ion batteries
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Targeting the Dissolution of Polyselenides: An Investigation Involving UV–Vis Spectroscopy and Interlayer Development
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Vacancies‐regulated Prussian Blue Analogues through Precipitation Conversion for Cathodes in Sodium‐ion Batteries with Energy Densities over 500 Wh/kg
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Designing CoHCF@FeHCF Core–Shell Structures to Enhance the Rate Performance and Cycling Stability of Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Manipulating the Polytellurides of Metallic Telluride for Ultra‐Stable Potassium‐Ion Storage: A Case Study of Carbon‐Confined CoTe2 Nanofibers
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Heterostructured Solid Electrolyte Interphase Enables Facilitated Kinetics for Low‐Temperature Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Multiscale Interface Engineering of Sulfur-Doped TiO2 Anode for Ultrafast and Robust Sodium Storage
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Dual-Ion Batteries: Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Energy Storage for the Future
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Modulating Na plating morphology via interfacial design to achieve energy-dense and fast-charging sodium-ion batteries
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Emerging Solutions to Enable the Efficient Use of Sodium Metal Anodes: Progress and Perspectives
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Unveiling Copper‐Induced Phase Transitions and Degradation Mechanisms of Transition Metal Sulfide Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Synergetic Electrolyte Chemistry Enables Flame-Retardancy, K+-Desolvation, Anti-Corrosion and Wide-Temperature-Tolerance in Potassium-Ion Batteries
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Building Stable Anodes for High‐Rate Na‐Metal Batteries
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4.2 V O3‐Layered Cathodes in Sodium‐Ion Pouch Cells Enabled by an Intermolecular‐Reinforced Ether Electrolyte
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Interdependence of Support Wettability ‐ Electrodeposition Rate‐ Sodium Metal Anode and SEI Microstructure
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Molecular Intercalation Enables Phase Transition of MoSe2 for Durable Na‐Ion Storage
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Ester-based anti-freezing electrolyte achieving ultra-low temperature cycling for sodium-ion batteries
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Organic liquid electrolyte for low-temperature sodium-ion batteries
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Solvent Chain‐Length Engineering Enables All‐Climate Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Bridging Donor Ligands Enable an Ultrastable Graphite Anode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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In Situ Electrochemical Polymerization to Construct Robust Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Advanced Alloy‐Type Anode Materials in Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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Unveiling the Failure Mechanism of Zn Anodes in Zinc Trifluorosulfonate Electrolyte: The Role of Micelle-like Structures
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Mercerization-enhanced cellulose-II cotton fiber-based low-temperature hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries
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A facile graft-repair strategy: Subsurface Na2Sx heterostructures in hard carbon anodes for high-capacity and ultrafast sodium-ion storage
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Recent advances in scanning electrochemical microscopy for energy applications
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Insight Into Sulfur‐Containing Additive to Boost Anti‐Oxidation Ability of the Ether‐Based Electrolyte for Sodium‐Ion Full Batteries
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Research progress of low-concentration electrolytes for sodium-based batteries
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Current Progress of Anode‐Free Rechargeable Sodium Metal Batteries: Origin, Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives
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Recent advances in multifunctional generalized local high-concentration electrolytes for high-efficiency alkali metal batteries
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Dynamic evolution of zinc directional deposition: Toward precise interface manipulation for reversible zinc metal anodes
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Optimizing Si─O Conjugation to Enhance Interfacial Kinetics for Low‐Temperature Rechargeable Lithium‐Ion Batteries
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Research progress on carbon-based anode materials for sodium-ion batteries
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Interfacial engineering of the layered oxide cathode materials for sodium-ion battery
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Solvent Chain‐Length Engineering Enables All‐Climate Sodium‐Ion Batteries
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