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Fluorinated amorphous halides with improved ionic conduction and stability for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries

Solid-state sodium batteries using halide electrolytes face ionic transport limitations and (electro)chemical instability. Here, authors design fluorinated amorphous sodium halides via vacancy-carrier optimization and fluorination-driven amorphization, enhancing discharge capacity and cycle stability in Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃-based all-solid-state batteries.

Meng Wu
Xinyu Liu
Li-Zhen Fan
ResearchOpen Access21 Mar 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-13
Author Correction: Synchronized crystallization in tin-lead perovskite solar cells

Yao Zhang
Chunyan Li
Han Chen
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access25 Sept 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-4
Author Correction: Ligand-tuning copper in coordination polymers for efficient electrochemical C–C coupling

Yu Yang
Cheng Zhang
Fengwang Li
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access09 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1
Synchronized crystallization in tin-lead perovskite solar cells

The film quality of Sn-Pb perovskites is compromised by the asynchronous crystallization. Here, the authors introduce a noncovalent binding agent to target unsaturated Sn(II) solvate, achieving certified efficiency of 24.13% for operationally stable single-junction Sn-Pb perovskite solar cells.

Yao Zhang
Chunyan Li
Han Chen
ResearchOpen Access12 Aug 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-11
Cooperative mechanisms of oxide ion conduction in tellurites with secondary bond interactions and Grotthuss-like processes

Oxide-ion conductors are important energy materials. Here, the authors found a tellurite-based oxygen ion conductor highlighting the interplay of secondary bond interactions and Grotthuss-like processes.

Zhenyu Zhu
Guanqun Cai
Junliang Sun
ResearchOpen Access04 Feb 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-11
Ligand-tuning copper in coordination polymers for efficient electrochemical C–C coupling

Understanding the structure-function relationship in Cu-catalyzed CO₂ reduction is challenging due to dynamic active sites. This study introduces stable coordination polymer catalysts with homogenized, single-site Cu, enabling the study and tuning of C–C coupling efficiency in CO₂ electroreduction.

Yu Yang
Cheng Zhang
Fengwang Li
ResearchOpen Access26 Jul 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-11
C–C bond coupling with sp³ C–H bond via active intermediates from CO₂ hydrogenation

CO2 hydrogenation has emerged as a sustainable alternative for side-chain alkylation of methyl groups. Here, the authors present the side-chain alkylation of 4-methylpyridine using CO2 hydrogenation as a substitute for methanol, facilitated by a Zn40Zr60O/CsX tandem catalyst.

Qianli Ma
Jianian Cheng
Can Li
ResearchOpen Access02 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Reversible multivalent carrier redox exceeding intercalation capacity boundary

Aqueous batteries with multivalent-ion storage chemistry offer higher theoretical capacity than monovalent-ion. Here, authors report divalent copper intercalation into vanadium disulfide with additional copper redox that provides higher capacity than intercalation transition metal redox alone.

Yuanhe Sun
Rui Qi
Daming Zhu
ResearchOpen Access02 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-11
Out-of-plane coordination of iridium single atoms with organic molecules and cobalt–iron hydroxides to boost oxygen evolution reaction

This article presents a new method for coordinating iridium atoms with dimethylimidazole and cobalt–iron hydroxides. This enhances the oxygen evolution reaction and delivers high current densities with reduced precious metal use.

Jie Zhao
Yue Guo
Francesco Ciucci
ResearchOpen Access21 Oct 2024
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 20, P: 57-66
Multivalent Cu sites synergistically adjust carbonaceous intermediates adsorption for electrocatalytic ethanol production

This study proposes a multivalent Cu-based catalyst (Cu-TAPT) for electrocatalytic CO₂RR, which promotes specific intermediate formation by the synergy of Cu²⁺ and Cu⁺ sites, thereby achieving a 54.3% Faradaic efficiency of ethanol at 429 mA cm⁻².

Xiao Chen
Shuaiqiang Jia
Buxing Han
ResearchOpen Access03 Sept 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
Operando identification of the oxide path mechanism with different dual-active sites for acidic water oxidation

Microscopic reaction pathways are crucial for electrochemical performance, but manipulating them remains challenging. Here, the authors report an approach that involves integrating Mn into RuO₂ catalysts to switch the reaction mechanism of the oxygen evolution reaction from a traditional single metal-site adsorbate evolution mechanism to a different dual-metal-site oxide path mechanism.

Qianqian Ji
Bing Tang
Wensheng Yan
ResearchOpen Access16 Sept 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-12
Ion sieving in graphene oxide membranes via cationic control of interlayer spacing

Cations are used to control the interlayer spacing of graphene oxide membranes, enabling efficient and selective sieving of hydrated cations.

Liang Chen
Guosheng Shi
Haiping Fang
Research09 Oct 2017
Nature

Volume: 550, P: 380-383
Folded network and structural transition in molten tin

Unraveling the structural origin of liquid anomalies remains a challenging topic. Xu et al. propose a folded-network structural model for molten tin and provide insights into the observed second-order-like structural transition.

Liang Xu
Zhigang Wang
Howard Sheng
ResearchOpen Access10 Jan 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-10
Homogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells

We added out-of-plane cations to homogenize the distribution of cations in perovskite films, resulting in a solar cell with improved efficiency and stability.

Zheng Liang
Yong Zhang
Xu Pan
ResearchOpen Access01 Nov 2023
Nature

Volume: 624, P: 557-563
Semiconductivity induced by spin–orbit coupling in Pb₉Cu(PO₄)₆O

Hua Bai
Jianrong Ye
Wuming Liu
ResearchOpen Access30 Nov 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-8
Probing intermediates of the induction period prior to nucleation and growth of semiconductor quantum dots

Growth of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots involves several stages, including an enigmatic induction period preceding nucleation. Here, the authors identify two distinct intermediates in the induction period, mapping their evolution from precursors all the way to either magic-size clusters or quantum dots.

Mingyang Liu
Kun Wang
Kui Yu
ResearchOpen Access05 Jun 2017
Nature Communications

Volume: 8, P: 1-12
Formation of colloidal alloy semiconductor CdTeSe magic-size clusters at room temperature

Alloy magic-size clusters (MSCs) are difficult to synthesize, in part because so little is known about how they form. Here, the authors produce single-ensemble alloy CdTeSe MSCs at room temperature by mixing prenucleation-stage solutions of CdTe and CdSe, uncovering a formation pathway that may extend to the synthesis of other alloy MSCs.

Dong Gao
Xiaoyu Hao
Kui Yu
ResearchOpen Access11 Apr 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-9
Thermally-induced reversible structural isomerization in colloidal semiconductor CdS magic-size clusters

Few structural isomers of colloids, with identical masses but different structures, have been identified. Here, the authors observe an interesting example of structural isomerism in a pair of semiconductor magic-size clusters, which reversibly transform between one another with first-order unimolecular reaction kinetics.

Baowei Zhang
Tingting Zhu
Kui Yu
ResearchOpen Access27 Jun 2018
Nature Communications

Volume: 9, P: 1-10
The anti-apoptotic actions of nitric oxide in hepatocytes

Jianrong Li
Timothy R Billiar
Reviews20 Oct 1999
Cell Death & Differentiation

Volume: 6, P: 952-955
Establishment of an efficient regeneration system of ‘ZiKui’ tea with hypocotyl as explants

Jiongyi Jin
Yulu Chen
Yan Li
ResearchOpen Access21 May 2024
Scientific Reports

Volume: 14, P: 1-15
Causal associations of blood lipids with risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese adults

In a nested case-control study from the China Kadoorie Biobank, lowering blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels confers lower risk for ischemic stroke but elevated risk for intracerebral hemorrhage, which was confirmed by genetic Mendelian randomization analyses.

Luanluan Sun
Robert Clarke
Zhe Qiu
Research11 Mar 2019
Nature Medicine

Volume: 25, P: 569-574
Design, fabrication and application of self-spiraling pattern-driven 4D-printed actuator

Siyuan Zeng
Yicong Gao
Jianrong Tan
ResearchOpen Access07 Nov 2022
Scientific Reports

Volume: 12, P: 1-11

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