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The latest research progress on closed pore hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries

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Mini-Review on Advanced Characterization Techniques for Insights into the Sodium Storage Mechanism of Hard Carbon Anodes: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

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Sustainable Carbon Materials from Sucrose as Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries

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Hard Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: From Fundamental Research to Practical Applications

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Hierarchical Pore Engineering of Slope‐Type Hard Carbon for Enhanced Sodium‐Ion Storage

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Molten salt-engineered sucrose-derived hard carbon with tailored nanoarchitecture for superior sodium-ion storage

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Correlating storage mechanism and solid electrolyte interphase kinetics for high-rate performance of hard carbon anode in ether electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries

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Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 631, 236234
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Thermal shock reducing amorphous carbon ratio in hard carbon for improved rate capability of sodium ion storage

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A review of the preparation and characterization techniques for closed pores in hard carbon and their functions in sodium-ion batteries

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Comprehensive Understanding of Closed Pores in Hard Carbon Anode for High-Energy Sodium-Ion Batteries

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Bridging Structure and Performance: Decoding Sodium Storage in Hard Carbon Anodes

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Revealing the storage mechanism of plateau-dominated S-doped hard carbon as high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries

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Engineered microstructure design of petroleum asphalt-derived hard carbon via dual chemical modification: process optimization for advanced sodium-ion battery anodes

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Rationally Generating Biomass-Derived Hard Carbons with Closed Pores by Cellulose (C-sp3) Cross-Linking Lignin (C-sp2) for Advanced Sodium-Ion Battery

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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Monitoring of Sodium Clustering and Its Effect on the Sodium Storage of Biowaste-Derived Carbons

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Advanced hard carbon materials for practical applications of sodium-ion batteries developed by combined experimental, computational, and data analysis approaches

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