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ENGINEERING Energy (formerly Frontiers in Energy) is an international journal presenting frontiers, innovation, and interdisciplinary energy research.

03/06/2026

🚀 Can we replace expensive platinum in energy devices?

Researchers designed a clever strategy using steric hindrance to stabilize single-atom Fe catalysts—preventing metal clustering and boosting active sites.

💡 The result?
✔️ ORR performance rivaling (and even surpassing) Pt/C
✔️ Excellent durability & methanol tolerance
✔️ Outstanding Zn–air battery performance (370 mW cm⁻²!)

🔬 By using tert-butylphenyl porphyrins, they created highly dispersed Fe–N–C sites with better conductivity and mass transfer.

⚡ A simple yet powerful route toward scalable, low-cost electrocatalysts for energy conversion!

🔗 Read the full article: https://rdcu.be/fmbUa

01/06/2026

🌍☀️ Advancing solar-driven CO₂ conversion through interface engineering

Converting CO₂ into valuable chemicals using sunlight is an attractive strategy for sustainable energy systems. However, achieving high efficiency, selectivity, and stability remains a major scientific challenge.

In this study, researchers developed a ZrO₂/CdS core–shell photocatalyst (ZOCS-20) that leverages strong interfacial synergy to significantly enhance photocatalytic CO₂ reduction performance.

🔬 Research highlights:
• Construction of a core–shell heterojunction with strong interfacial electric field
• Accelerated charge separation and transfer dynamics
• Enhanced CO₂ adsorption and activation via d-band center modulation
• Suppressed photocorrosion of CdS, improving catalyst stability

📊 Key results:
• CO production rate reaches 330.23 μmol·g⁻¹·h⁻¹
• Nearly 100% selectivity toward CO
• Reduced activation energy barrier for the rate-determining step (*CO₂ → *COOH)

💡 Why this matters:
This work provides a clear design strategy—“interface engineering → electronic structure tuning → barrier reduction”—for next-generation photocatalysts in solar fuel production.

🔗 Read the full article: https://rdcu.be/flLJO

26/05/2026

🚀 Call for Papers – Special Issue on High-Rate Electrocatalysis for Renewable Energy Conversion

We are pleased to invite submissions to this special issue of ENGINEERING Energy (IF 6.2), focusing on advancing electrocatalysis under industrially relevant conditions.

Topics for the Special Issue：
1. High-rate water/seawater electrolysis
2. Electrochemical CO2/CO reduction
3. Paired electrolysis and energy-saving anodic reactions
4. Reactor engineering for high-rate operation
5. In situ/operando characterization, modeling, and mechanistic understanding
6. Durability and practical implementation

We welcome original research, reviews, and perspectives addressing both fundamental insights and practical implementations.

📅Submission Deadline: December 31, 2026
📝Submission system: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fie
📩Contact for more information:
[email protected]
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22/05/2026

🔋 Lithium metal batteries promise ultra-high energy density—but interface instability still holds them back.

This paper breaks down how electrolyte design can stabilize the Li–electrolyte interface, covering key strategies like WSE, HCE/LHCE, and molecular-level design—and, more importantly, why combining these approaches is the future.

🔹Key Highlights:
• Tailoring Li⁺ solvation can control SEI chemistry and suppress dendrites
• Advanced electrolytes enable more uniform, dense Li deposition
• Synergistic strategies outperform single-design approaches

Impact:
👉 Offers a clear roadmap for designing next-gen electrolytes
👉 Brings lithium metal batteries closer to real-world applications

Free Read: https://rdcu.be/fj5js

29/04/2026

🔋🌱 Advancing stable aqueous zinc batteries with interface engineering

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are promising for safe and low-cost energy storage—but their practical use is limited by dendrite growth, corrosion, and side reactions.

In this study, we report a dual-functional hydrophobic–zincophilic Pd/g-C₃N₄ coating fabricated via atomic layer deposition (ALD), enabling controlled Zn deposition and enhanced stability.

🔍 Key Highlights:

• Hydrophobic surface reduces water-induced side reactions

• Zincophilic Pd nanoparticles guide uniform Zn nucleation

• Suppresses dendrites and hydrogen evolution effectively

• Achieves >2500 h ultra-stable cycling

• Delivers 99.56% Coulombic efficiency over 5000 cycles

• Improved full-cell capacity and long-term durability

This work provides a scalable and generalizable strategy for designing high-performance metal anodes in next-generation batteries.

🔗 http://rdcu.be/ffYcF

27/04/2026

🌱 Advancing cost-effective electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production

This work reports a bifunctional CoP/Co₂P heterostructured catalyst supported on N,P-codoped hollow carbon.

🔍 Key highlights:
• Rational design of hollow tubular architecture → enhanced mass transport and active site exposure
• CoP/Co₂P heterointerfaces → accelerated charge transfer and optimized reaction kinetics
• Excellent catalytic performance for both HER and OER
• Outstanding durability: stable operation over 100 hours at high current density
• Nearly 100% Faradaic efficiency, demonstrating strong practical potential

🚀 This work provides a scalable strategy for designing high-performance, non-noble-metal catalysts for water splitting.

🔗 Read the full article: https://rdcu.be/ffxuF

22/04/2026

🌍 How can we store renewable energy more efficiently at large scale?

A recent review highlights the rapid progress of thermo-mechanical energy storage (TMES) technologies and their potential in combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) systems.

🔍 Key highlights:
· Covers four major TMES technologies: CAES, LAES, PTES, and CO₂-based systems
· Achieves 40–130% round-trip efficiency and up to 190% overall energy efficiency
· Enables multi-energy output (electricity + heat + cooling), improving system flexibility
· Offers lower environmental impact and long operational lifetime
· Identifies AI-driven optimization as a critical future research direction

💡 This work suggests TMES could evolve into smart multi-energy systems for cities, supporting the transition to sustainable energy infrastructures.

🔗 Read the full article: https://rdcu.be/feIMJ

20/04/2026

🌱 Can we capture CO₂ directly from air and convert it into fuels in one step?

Researchers provide a comprehensive review of Integrated Direct Air CO₂ Capture and Utilization (IDACU) — a promising pathway toward carbon-neutral energy systems.

🔍 Key insights from the study:
• IDACU integrates CO₂ capture and catalytic conversion in a single system, avoiding costly separation, compression, and transport
• Dual-functional materials (DFMs) enable in-situ conversion into fuels such as methane, methanol, and formic acid
• Emerging non-thermal routes (photocatalysis, electrocatalysis) could significantly reduce energy consumption
• Advanced material design remains the core challenge for scaling up

📊 Key results & significance:
This work systematically compares technical routes (solid DFMs, liquid sorbents, non-thermal systems) and highlights that process integration can dramatically improve efficiency and reduce energy demand compared to conventional DAC + utilization pathways.

🔗 Read the full article: https://rdcu.be/feh9i

17/04/2026

🚨 Improving safety in lithium-ion batteries during thermal runaway

The latest research explores a novel solution to capture toxic hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas released during battery failure.

🔬 What researchers did:
Researchers designed porous “flower-like” CeO₂ microspheres and integrated them into a high-temperature-resistant filter system.

✨ Key highlights:
• Up to 82.24% instantaneous HF removal within 40–50 s
• Stable performance with optimized loading (1.2 g)
• Retains ~76% efficiency after 10 regeneration cycles
• Works under real thermal runaway conditions

💡 Why it matters:
HF gas is highly toxic—even small amounts are dangerous. This work offers a practical pathway to protect firefighters and improve battery safety systems.

📄 Read the full paper: https://rdcu.be/fdR5k

14/04/2026

🌊⚡ New advance in seawater electrolysis for sustainable hydrogen production

Direct seawater electrolysis is a promising route for green hydrogen—but scaling (mineral deposition) on electrodes has been a major barrier to long-term operation.

Researchers Huxiao Wang and Tianyi Kou (Shandong University) report a charge-engineered Pt catalyst modified with halide ions that tackles this challenge effectively.

🔍 Key highlights:

✅ Halide ligands tune Pt electronic structure, optimizing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
✅ Like-charge repulsion pushes OH⁻ away from the surface, preventing scaling
✅ Enables long-term stable operation (up to 5000 h)
✅ Co-produces >99% purity Mg(OH)₂, adding economic value
✅ Achieves continuous hydrogen generation at industrially relevant current density (100 mA cm⁻²)

💡 Why it matters:
This work addresses a critical bottleneck in seawater electrolysis—cathode fouling—while introducing a strategy that combines performance, durability, and value-added co-production.

🔗 Read the full article: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-026-1057-1

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