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Surface engineering of anode materials for improving sodium-ion storage performance

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Conformal carbon nitride thin film inter-active interphase heterojunction with sustainable carbon enhancing sodium storage performance

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Machine learning prediction of the reversible capacities of a biomass-derived hard carbon anode for sodium-ion batteries

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A fundamental understanding of structure evolution in the synthesis of hard carbon from coal tar pitch for high-performance sodium storage

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Hierarchical cathode constructed by carbon coated Na3.5VMn0.5Cr0.5(PO4)3 nanoparticles on rGO for high-capacity and long-cycle life sodium storage

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Hard carbon from a sugar derivative for next-generation sodium-ion batteries

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From structure to electrochemistry: the influence of transition metal ordering on Na+/vacancy orderings in P2-type NaxMO2 cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries

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High capacity peanut shell-based hard carbon as a negative electrode for sodium-ion batteries

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Cottonseed cake-derived hard carbon anode with modulated carbon layer spacing and pores for highly reversible and durable sodium-ion batteries

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Sodium-ion battery development since 2020 with future perspectives

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Unveiling sodium storage mechanisms in hard carbon via machine learning-driven simulations integrated with accurate site occupation identification

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Unraveling multi-level porous carbon negative electrode materials based on Rosa roxburghii pomace for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

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Benchmarking state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery cells – modeling energy density and carbon footprint at the gigafactory-scale

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Biomass-derived hard carbon with tunable microstructures for sustainable and high-rate sodium-ion batteries

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Lignin molecular sieving engineering enables high-plateau-capacity hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries

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Biomass-Derived Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Recent Advances in Synthesis Strategies

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Progress in the preparation of hard carbon using starch as a precursor

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Hard Carbons as Anodes in Sodium-Ion Batteries: Sodium Storage Mechanism and Optimization Strategies

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Recent progress on hard carbon and other anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

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Pre-sodiation of terephthalic acid organic anode for sustainable sodium-ion storage

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Biomass-based carbon material for next-generation sodium-ion batteries: insights and SWOT evaluation

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Towards a sustainable future: Advances and roadmap of activated carbon as a cost-effective bio-nanomaterial for electrochemical devices

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Exploring processability limitations of commercial hard carbon for negative electrodes of Na-ion batteries

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Multi-staged machine learning-driven investigation of biomass-derived hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries: Connecting precursor, structure, and performance

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Sustainable hard carbon from Chlorella sp. for high-performance supercapacitors and sodium-ion batteries

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Chinese baijiu spent grains-based high-performance porous hard carbon for sodium-ion battery anodes

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Biomass-to-energy storage: Ficus religiosa leaves-based hard carbon for high-performance supercapacitor devices

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Lignin-Derived Mesoporous Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Block Copolymer Soft Templating and Carbon Microstructure Analysis

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Repairing Carbon Defects Via Trace Phosphorus Doping for Enhanced Sodium-Ion Storage

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Prussian blue analogues in sodium-ion batteries: comparison with lithium technologies, recent advances, and prospects

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Progress in hard carbons for sodium-ion batteries: Microstructure, sodium storage mechanism and initial Coulombic efficiency

Xinwei Li, Changsheng Ding, Qianqian Liang, Jiawen Hu, Li Xu, Yongfeng Li, Yu Liu and Yanfeng Gao

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Storage mechanisms, modification strategies, and prospects of hard carbon anode for sodium-ion batteries

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Tailoring Adsorption Properties of Graphitic Surfaces: Toward Improved Anode Materials for Li‐ and Post‐Li Ion Batteries

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Sustainable conversion of vine shoots and pig manure into high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

Darío Alvira, Daniel Antorán, Hamideh Darjazi, Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Victor Sebastian and Joan J. Manyà

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Boosting the rate capability of heteroatom co-doped graphene-supported Na3V2(PO4)3 as cathode material for sodium-ion battery full cell

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Potential of Polyvinyl Chloride‐Derived Carbons: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects for Energy Storage Applications

Pawan Singh Dhapola, Manoj Karakoti, Monika Matiyani, Shubham Kathuria, Neelam Rawat, Markus Diantoro, Vinay Deep Punetha and Pramod K. Singh

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Chemical Activation of Lignocellulosic Precursors and Residues: What Else to Consider?

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Assessing the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Bamboo Residue-Derived Hard Carbon

Senqiang Qin, Chenghao Yu, Yanghao Jin, Gaoyue Zhang, Wei Xu, Ao Wang, Mengmeng Fan, Kang Sun and Shule Wang

Applied Sciences, 2025, 15, 7113
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Understanding the hard carbon's closed pore formation and Na-ion storage beyond the first charge/discharge cycle

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Progress of research on carbon-based anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

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Soft carbon coating mitigates initial coulombic efficiency loss and low Na+ storage of bamboo-derived hard carbon

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Recent progress in carbon-based composite materials for advanced sodium ion batteries: From storage mechanism to structural design to applications as flexible electrodes

Ao Song, Yunchao Li, Dingkun Yuan, Jie Wu, Hailin Gu, Guangxue Zhang, Angjian Wu and Jiangrong Xu

Green Energy & Environment, 2025, 10, 1437
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Hard carbon-encapsulated cobalt chalcogenides derived from waste apricot seed testa biomass: High performance anode electrode materials for Na-ion storage

Nesrin Bugday, Yunus Onal, Ozgur Duygulu, Wentao Deng, Xiaobo Ji and Sedat Yaşar

Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 140, 119017
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Phosphate-Induced Reaction to Prepare Coal-Based P-Doped Hard Carbon with a Hierarchical Porous Structure for Improved Sodium-Ion Storage

Limin Deng, Yakun Tang, Jingmei Liu, Yue Zhang, Wenjun Song, Yuandong Li and Lang Liu

Molecules, 2023, 28, 4921
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Enhanced Sodium Ion Batteries′ Performance: Optimal Strategies on Electrolytes for Different Carbon‐based Anodes

Lu Liu, Shahid Bashir, Goh Zhi Ling, Loh Kah Hoe, Jerome Liew, Ramesh Kasi and Ramesh T. Subramaniam

ChemSusChem, 2024, 17
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Molecular-level biomass composition and crosslinking regulation towards hard carbon with high initial Coulombic efficiency for sodium-ion battery

Yandong Xie, Sishi Li, Shiyin Xie, Yulong Zhang, Ziqiang Fan, Yuecong Chen, Jian Zhu, Qingyun Dou and Xingbin Yan

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Ti3C2Tx MXenes as Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries: the In Situ Comprehension of the Electrode Reaction

Antonio Gentile, Nicolò Pianta, Martina Fracchia, Simone Pollastri, Chiara Ferrara, Stefano Marchionna, Giuliana Aquilanti, Sergio Tosoni, Paolo Ghigna and Riccardo Ruffo

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2025, 8, 2229
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Life cycle assessment of LTO-rich anode waste from lithium-ion battery with a hazardous waste management approach

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Ultrafast Synthesis of Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐ion Batteries: An Intense‐Pulsed‐Light‐Assisted Approach to Photothermal Carbonization of Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composite Films

Gyeongbeom Ryoo, Mi‐Jeong Kim, Min Su Kim, Sunghyeon Shin, Jae‐Won Lee, Byeong Guk Kim, Do Geun Lee, Yujin Kim, Hyunjeong Seo, Joon Young Cho, Joong Tark Han, Seung Yol Jeong, Jungmo Kim, Dong Yun Lee, Hee Jin Jeong and Jong Hwan Park

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Hard Carbon Derived from Spent Coffee Grounds for Applications in Sodium Ions Batteries

Nicolò Pianta, Domenico Antonio Florenzano, Roberto Lorenzi, Luciano Navarini, Carlo Santoro and Riccardo Ruffo

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2025, 9
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Ionic Liquids Electrolytes for High Performance Sodium Batteries—Chemistry, Composition, and Interfaces

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2026
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Highly crosslinked resin prepares hard carbon anode for enhanced sodium storage performance and reduced cost

Liekai Liu, Xuerui Yang and Naigen Zhou

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Effect of pore structure regulation in coconut shell-derived hard carbon on sodium storage capacity

Tianchi Shen, Yangkai Sun, Zijian He, Gongxin Dai, Bin Ru, Pengcheng Qiu and Shurong Wang

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Electrochemical studies on Lagerstroemia speciosa based hard carbon anode for sodium ion batteries

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Optimizing nitrogen-doped bamboo-derived hard carbon as anodes of sodium-ion batteries

J.D. Wang, J. Kuai, J. Xie, T. Qiu, J. Wang, A.L. Li, F. Liu and J.P. Cheng

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Revisiting Electrolyte Kinetics Differences in Sodium Ion Battery: Are Esters Really Inferior to Ethers?

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Fe-based catalytic modification of a birch sawdust-based carbon structure: The effect of process parameters on the final product using an experimental design

Henna Lempiäinen, Davide Bergna, Anne Heponiemi, Tao Hu, Glaydson S. dos Reis, Rafal Sliz and Ulla Lassi

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Scotch Pine Cones-Derived Hard Carbon as an Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Battery Applications

Y. Bhaskara Rao, Ola Sundman, Michael Holmboe, Naser Tavajohi and C. André Ohlin

ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 11158
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Functionalized carbon materials for high-energy sodium-ion batteries: Progress, mechanisms, and perspectives

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Advances in hard carbon: From structural complexity to applications for next-generation technologies

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Unravelling Charge Storage Mechanisms of Lithium, Sodium and Potassium into Graphene‐Coffee Waste Derived Hard Carbon Composites

Juan Luis Gómez‐Urbano, Christian Leibing, María Jauregui, Sandesh Darlami‐Magar, Damien Saurel, Daniel Carriazo and Andrea Balducci

Batteries & Supercaps, 2023, 6
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From Phenolated Lignin to Few-Layered Graphene: Laser-Induced Carbonization for Micro-Supercapacitor Application

Anna Iurchenkova, Serena Frasca, Michelle Åhlén, Yuan Zhu, Maria Strømme, Jonas Lindh, Maxim Galkin and Johan Gising

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 14961
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Impact of Na-Carboxymethyl Cellulose Binder Type on Hard Carbon Performance and SEI Formation in Sodium-Ion Batteries

Adrian Beda, Sirine Zallouz, Samar Hajjar-Garreau, Hamza El Marouazi, Loïc Simonin and Camélia Matei Ghimbeu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 68664
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Bioinspired and Bioderived Aqueous Electrocatalysis

Jesús Barrio, Angus Pedersen, Silvia Favero, Hui Luo, Mengnan Wang, Saurav Ch. Sarma, Jingyu Feng, Linh Tran Thi Ngoc, Simon Kellner, Alain You Li, Ana Belén Jorge Sobrido and Maria-Magdalena Titirici

Chem. Rev., 2023, 123, 2311
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Pyridinic N‐Dominated Hard Carbon with Accessible Carbonyl Groups Enabling 98% Initial Coulombic Efficiency for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Yufei He, Da Liu, Jihuang Jiao, Yanxia Liu, Shengnan He, Ya Zhang, Qian Cheng, Yaoguo Fang, Xiaoliang Mo, Hongge Pan and Renbing Wu

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Comprehensive insights into sodium storage in pitch‐derived porous hard carbon

Tuo Zhao, Luyao Wang, Chu Zhang, Na Liu, Chuying Ouyang, Zhaoxiang Wang and Liquan Chen

Carbon Energy, 2025, 7
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Carbonization-temperature-dependent structural evolution and Na+ storage mechanism of waste rubberwood-derived hard carbons

Xinyu Wang, Danqing Pu, Yunhua Li, Zhibo Yang, Haonan Xiao, Ruoan Li, Han Guo, Runze Ma, Yujun Fu, Chengtian Lv, Haodong Jiang, Yongbo Su, Dequan Liu and Deyan He

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High-Purity Biomass-Derived Synthetic Graphite: Catalyst-Free Industrial Synthesis and Applications

Michal Gulas, Flavie Delort, Raffaele Gilardi, Giovanni Juri, Luca Ostinelli, Frank Rauscher, Xu Wang and Simone Zürcher

ACS Omega, 2026, 11, 9435
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Multi-channel rod structure hard carbon for high initial Coulombic efficiency and low-potential sodium storage

Yongchao Liao, Fenqiang Luo, Taiyu Lyu, Minghao Chen, Chaoran Liu, Dawei Xu, Peizhen Chen, Qian Liu, Zhuang Wang, Shuirong Li, Yueyuan Ye, Duo Wang, Cunbiao Miao, Zhun Liu, Dechao Wang and Zhifeng Zheng

Diamond and Related Materials, 2022, 129, 109392
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Producing hard carbon anode material for sodium-ion batteries from copper-treated wood

Wissal Laabar, Da Huo, Hélène Tonnoir, Raphaël Janot, Jean Pierre Bonnet and Arash Jamali

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Recent Advances in Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

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The Chemical Record, 2022, 22
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Rechargeable Dual‐Carbon Batteries: A Sustainable Battery Technology

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Recent Progress in Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

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Hard carbon for sodium storage: Mechanism and performance optimization

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Data-driven intelligent carbonization unifies diverse biomass into high-performance hard carbon negative electrodes

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Design of Sodium Titanate Nanowires as Anodes for Dual Li,Na Ion Batteries

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Advances in hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries: understanding defect-pore interactions and interphase evolution, degradation mechanisms, operando/in-situ analysis

Leonard Mamba, Nithyadharseni Palaniyandy, Gcina Mamba, Mkhulu Kenneth Mathe, Maria-Magdalena Titirici and Teuns Van Ree

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Advances in oxygen-containing functional groups-modified hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries

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Investigation of electrochemical performance of Na-ion batteries by hard carbon anodes produced by biomass of Prunus armeniaca seeds

Zeynep Melek Oktay, Yunus Onal, Tolga Depci, Sebahat Altundag, Serdar Altin, Sedat Yaşar and Emine Altin

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Upcycling of Waste Polymers into Porous Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

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ChemSusChem, 2026, 19
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Enhancing SEI Stability of Hard Carbon Anodes with Low‐Solvating CPME Co‐Solvent for Wide‐Temperature Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Nagmani, Dhrubajyoti Das, Prakhar Verma, Rajashekar Billa and Sreeraj Puravankara

Energy Tech, 2026, 14
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Single-step pyrolysis of Stipa Tenacissima fibers to hard carbon: A potential route for sodium-ion battery anodes

Hamza Daoudi, Zineb Kassab, Abdelwahed Chari, Jones Alami, Mouad Dahbi and Mounir El Achaby

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