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Antimony Trifluoride‐Engineered Hybrid Artificial Interphase Enable Dendrite‐Free Potassium Metal Batteries

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Symmetrical Molecular Topology Enables Ultrathin Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Stable Lithium‐Metal Batteries

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Compositional Engineering of Lithium Metal Anode for High‐Performance Garnet‐Type Solid‐State Lithium Battery

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Magnetopyrite Fe1−xS modified with N/S-doped carbon as a synergistic electrocatalyst for lithium-sulfur batteries

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Conformational Engineering of Solvent Molecules for High‐Voltage and Fast‐Charging Lithium Metal Batteries

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A corrosion-resistant zincophilic film enables synergistic hydrogen evolution suppression and dendrite-free deposition toward highly reversible and durable Zn anodes

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Polymer Electrolytes for Sustainable Energy: A Minireview on Zero-Carbon Storage and Conversion

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Recent Progress on In Situ Polymerized Electrolytes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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The synergistic effect of NiCo2S4 and carbon nanosheets for supercapacitor: Enhanced adsorption/desorption of OH− on Ni and Co active sites

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A dynamic boronic ester/hydrogen bonding enriched binder with self-healing chemistry for silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries

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Constructing Cyclic Hydrogen Bonding to Suppress Side Reactions and Dendrite Formation on Zinc Anodes

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Thermoresponsive Mono‐Solvent Electrolyte Inhibiting Parasitic Reactions for Safe Lithium Metal Batteries

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Versatile Molecular Engineering of In Situ Cross-Linked Multifunctional Electrolytes for Long-Lifetime and Safe Semisolid Lithium Metal Batteries

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Mo−O−Sn Bond Boosting Kinetics of MoO2−xSnO2/Sn Anode for High‐Performance Li‐ion Batteries

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Rigid Additives Enabling Inorganic‐Rich Interphase via Steric Effects and Van der Waals Force for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

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Core-shell Cu7S4@PDA nanoboxes as a novel cathode for aluminum batteries

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Multifunctional Polyfluoride Ionogel‐Encapsulated Lithium Anodes for Durable and Safe Pouch Cells under Harsh Conditions

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In-situ forming flame-retardant gel polymer electrolyte through Ritter reaction: An innovative strategy for enhancing the safety of lithium metal battery

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Cobalt nanoparticles decorated hollow N-doped carbon nanospindles enable high-performance lithium-oxygen batteries

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Janus-structured lithium metal anodes: design strategies, mechanisms, and prospects for next-generation high-energy batteries

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Scalable, flexible and hierarchically porous Janus membrane inducing Zn-Ion flux redistribution and desolvation for dendrite-free zinc anodes

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In Situ Polymerized Polyfluorinated Crosslinked Polyether Electrolytes for High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

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Dual-interface engineering via boron pre-anchoring and electronegative synergy for coupled ion transport and self-stabilizing interphases in lithium metal batteries

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Dual-Anion-Modulated Solvation and Flame Retardant Additive Enable Efficient High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Ni-Rich Cathodes

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In situ Polymerized Solid‐State Electrolyte Enabling Inorganic‐Organic Dual‐Layered SEI Film for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

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Advances in spinel-type electrocatalysts: Leveraging ligand field theory to elucidate structure-property relationships

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Establishing ion transport channels in plastic crystal electrolytes via multifunctional cross-linked polymer matrices for stable and safe lithium metal batteries

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Effect of electrolyte level on performance and mass transfer of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen battery

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Salt‐Based Electrolyte Additives for Regulating the Interface Chemistry of Zinc Metal Anodes in High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc Batteries

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Constructing a phenylphosphonic acid-based SEI film on zinc anode for enhanced performance of aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Increment entropy promoted small-polaron breakdown in metal–organic frameworks for sodium-ion batteries

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Tailoring anion-dominant solvation environment by steric-hindrance effect and competitive coordination for fast charging and stable cycling lithium metal batteries

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Regulating lithium plating and reinforcing the interphase of lithium electrodes with a fluorinated surfactant additive

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Nano LiF-Enabled In Situ Synergistic Catalytic Polymeric Electrolytes for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

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Imidazole-rich polymer modified glass fiber separators with low electrolyte uptake for dendrite-free and corrosion-free zinc metal batteries

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Electrolyte Anion-Initiated In Situ Polymerization of Dioxolane-Derived Gel Electrolytes for Dendrite-Resistant and Separator-Free Lithium Metal Batteries

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Interfacial Structure Design for High-Voltage and Safe Polymer Solid-State Lithium Batteries

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Weak traction effect modulates anionic solvation transition for stable-cycling and fast-charging lithium metal batteries

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Modulating Coordination Environment of Cobalt-Based Spinel Octahedral Metal Sites to Boost Metal–Oxygen Bond Covalency for Reversible Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

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An In Situ Polymerized Solid‐State Electrolyte for Uniform Lithium Deposition via the Piezoelectric Effects

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