Materials Today

Sodium (Na) metal batteries (NMBs) offer great potential for high-energy–density storage applications. However, their practical use remains constrained by persistent challenges such as Na dendrite growth and interfacial instability. In this work, we design and fabricate a dual-metal-sites crosslinked polymer interface on Na metal anodes, which synergistically integrates sodiophilic sites, rapid i…

Driven by the demand for rational nanoparticle (NP) design in electrocatalysis-based energy applications, various synthesis methods have been developed. Among these methods, liquid-phase thermal decomposition (LTD) is a unique and industry-friendly approach owing to its low cost and easy scalability, and most importantly, the size, shape, and stability of the nanoparticles (NPs) can be easily con…

2D clay minerals have advantages in subnanometer interlayer space, rich surface chemistry, light transparency and low cost for mass production, which enable their applications in mass separation, smart optics, and energy conversion devices. Over the past 30 years, significant progress has been made on scalable fabrication and high-value applications of natural clay minerals-based two-dimensional …