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EES Batteries, 2025
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Tailored electrolyte additive design for suppressing irreversibility in dry-processed anodes and enhancing electrochemical stability in full-cells

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EES Batteries, 2025
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From surface chemistry to ion dynamics: mechanistic roles of MXenes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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EES Batteries, 2025
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GenAI-enhanced 4D nano-tomography for advanced battery microstructure analysis

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EES Batteries, 2025
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Three-Dimensional-Printed Polymer–Polymer Composite Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

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The effect of negative-to-positive ratios on the interfacial compatibility for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries

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Carboxylate‐Based Electrolyte with Bilateral Functions Enable Working Sodium‐Metal Batteries at −60°C

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Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Predictive Framework for Lithium Plating Risk in Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries: Linking Kinetics, Thermal Activation, and Energy Loss

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Mitigating fast-charging degradation in Ni-rich cathodes via enhancing kinetic-mechanical properties

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Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2025, 107, 296
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Carboxylate‐Based Electrolyte with Bilateral Functions Enable Working Sodium‐Metal Batteries at −60°C

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Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Progress on the Attenuation Mechanism and Modification of the Cobalt‐Free Spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4

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Advanced Science, 2025
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High‐Energy‐Density Li‐Ion Batteries Employing Gradient Porosity LiFePO4 Electrode for Enhancing Li‐Ion Kinetics and Electron Transfer

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Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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A stable fast-charging TiNb2O7 anode material enabled by strong Ta-O bonds

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Two-Stage Solvation of Lithium Polysulfides in Working Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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Stabilizing the cathode-electrolyte interphase for superior Li-ion batteries

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Advances in coating strategies for graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries

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Origin of Anion‐Rich Solvation Structures in Siloxane Electrolytes

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Intermediate-Temperature Operable Secondary Batteries

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Acc. Mater. Res., 2025
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