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Anomalous pseudocapacitance of vanadium carbide MXene in water-in-salt electrolytes

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00012F, Paper

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Rituprava Dash, Suman Yadav, Narendra Kurra
Vanadium carbide (V₂CT_x) MXene shows unusual pseudocapacitive behavior by unlocking V³⁺/V⁴⁺ redox couple in specific water-in-salt electrolytes by suppressing the irreversible anodic oxidation.
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Electrolyte-centric strategies for high-energy-density lithium metal batteries

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00030D, Review Article

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Qidong Ruan, Yong Wu, Yifan Wang, Hao Cheng, Yingying Lu
A critical overview of electrolyte design for high-energy-density lithium metal batteries across liquid, polymer/quasi-solid, and inorganic solid-state pathways.
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EES Batteries 2025 Outstanding Papers

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB90006B, Editorial

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Recognising our Outstanding Article and Outstanding Review from work published in EES Batteries in 2025, as well as the authors behind those papers. Discover our winners and their exceptional contributions.
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Understanding fast charging ability limitation in graphite electrode for Li-ion batteries. Heterogeneities of lithiation in conventional electrodes

EES Batteries, 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00003G, Paper

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Corentin Renais, Marta Mirolo, Victor Vanpeene, Maxime Servajon, Jakub Drnec, Fannie Alloin, Claire Villevieille
Graphite electrode dominates the Li-ion batteries market as a negative electrode material. As a consequence, it is of the utmost importance to understand the origin of its power limitation for...
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Conversion–alloying electrodes for lithium-ion batteries: entropy and nano-level heterogeneity effects

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00032K, Paper

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Sajid Alvi, Andrea Fazi, Daniel Weber, Daniel Hedman, Kriti Choudhary, Olof Bäcke, Farid Akhtar, Jean-Noel Chotard, Mattias Thuvander, Patrik Johansson
By enabling insights into the effect of nano-level heterogeneity on cycling stability, APT characterization is critically essential for evualuating and optimizing the performance of multicomponent alloy anodes for lithium-ion batteries.
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Benefits and Drawbacks of High-Temperature Formation Cycling for Lithium-Ion Batteries

EES Batteries, 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EB00218D, Paper

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Sebastian Klick, Philipp Finster, Karl Martin Graff, Carlos Ziebert, Gereon Stahl, Felix Weber, Egbert Figgemeier, Dirk Uwe Sauer
Formation is a key process in battery manufacturing. During this process the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and cathode electrolyte interface (CEI) are formed influencing the performance and lifetime of the...
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Dual defect engineering tailored Li+ diffusion kinetics for sustainable Mn-based composite-structure cathode materials

EES Batteries, 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00073H, Paper

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Shiqi Liu, Boya Wang, Shaoze Tian, Bo Wang, Yulong Wang, Zhaoyu Rong, Guanhua Zhang, Jinjin Zhang, Chenghan Li, Tian Wang, Ziliang Liu, Xianwei Guo, Lin Gu, Jianyu Huang, Haijun Yu
Manganese-rich layered oxides are promising cathodes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, yet their practical deployment is hindered by sluggish Li+ diffusion, voltage fade, and Mn dissolution triggered by lattice instability. To...
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Understanding energy-power trade-off in the structure of Li-Ion battery cathodes by localized operando XRD

EES Batteries, 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00017G, Paper

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Andrew Robert Thomas Morrison, Will Dawson, Hamish Reid, Juntao Li, isabella Mombrini, Robert Scott Young, Alice V Llewellyn, Gargi Giri, Partha P Paul, Adam Boyce, Rhodri Jervis, James Robinson, Thomas Miller, Emma Kendrick, Philip J Withers, Marco di Michiel, Dan J Brett, Paul Shearing
Power and energy density represent a trade-off in design of lithium-ion batteries at several scales. At the electrode scale this is because for high energy density, thick electrodes are required,...
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Chemo-mechanical deformations in lithium titanate composite electrodes upon over-lithiation

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00040A, Paper

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Batuhan Bal, Bertan Özdoğru, Marcos Lucero, Bhuvaneswari M. Sivakumar, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Xiaolin Li, Ömer Özgür Çapraz
Operando mechanical measurements demonstrated large deformations in the LTO composite anode when cycled below 1.0 V vs. Na during discharge.
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Electrochemical modeling of silicon in lithium-ion batteries using a multi-species, multi-reaction framework with atomistic insights

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00061D, Paper

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Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Oliver Queisser, Stefanie Arnold, Shubham Dhananjay Bhende, Jonathan E. Mueller, Simon Schwunk, Volker Presser
A phase-resolved multi-reaction model bridges atomistic energetics and electrode behavior, accurately capturing hysteresis and relaxation in Si anodes.
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Advancing cryogenic electron microscopy towards the mechanistic understanding of metal electrodes and interphases

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00054A, Perspective

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Yaolin Xu, Kang Dong, Zdravko Kochovski, Qingping Wu, Yan Lu
Cryo-EM enables multimodal characterization of Li and post-Li metal anodes and interphases, offering mechanistic insights for next-generation battery design.
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Tailored the polymer interface of Prussian blue analogues for sodium-ion batteries

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00031B, Paper

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Parham Pirayesh, Enzhong Jin, Yijia Wang, Zhi Liang Dong, Yi Gan, Yi Yuan, Mingrui Yang, Reza Andaveh, Frederick Benjamin Holness, Shin-An Chen, Lo-Yueh Chang, Xin Pang, Yang Zhao
We introduced a strategy to overcome interfacial challenges for Fe-based Prussian blue analogue cathodes by engineering a conformal, and nanoscale artificial interface using a functionalized linked polymer.
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Nickel-dependent interfacial chemistry in layered oxide cathodes: insights from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance measurements

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00021E, Paper

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Monica J. Theibault, Dennis Nordlund, Marca Doeff, Wei Tong
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance experiments were used to uncover the origins of the poorer cycle life of NMC9055 compared to NMC622.
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Recent Advances and Scientometric Insights into Alkali Metal-CO₂ Batteries: Materials, Performance, and Future Directions

EES Batteries, 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00006A, Review Article

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Camila Stockey Erhardt, Moyra Freitas Vieira, Darlan Pontin, Chrisminder Dain, Felipe Vecchia, Victor Hugo Jacks Mendes dos Santos
A comprehensive review and scientometric analysis of alkali metal-CO₂ batteries was conducted using PRISMA guidelines and data from 206 studies.• Lithium, sodium, and potassium-CO₂ batteries configurations were critically compared regarding...
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Comparing the energy and climate impacts of conventional lithium-ion and all-solid-state batteries

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00058D, Paper

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Zhu Zhu, Rebecca E. Ciez
All-solid-state batteries offer higher energy density and lower material use than Li-ion batteries, which reduce cell-level energy and emissions, but do not significantly reduce energy or emissions per unit of energy stored over the battery lifetime.
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Phase instability-coupled fracture behavior in garnet LLZO solid electrolytes: a machine learning-enabled atomistic study

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00053C, Paper

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Suyue Yuan, Kwangnam Kim, Bo Wang, Longsheng Feng, Tae Wook Heo, Brandon C. Wood, Liwen F. Wan
Fracture in the garnet-type solid electrolyte Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (LLZO) poses a critical threat to both the performance and safety of solid-state batteries.
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Breaking solvation compactness: methyl acetate cosolvent engineering enables high-voltage lithium metal batteries at low temperatures

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EB00208G, Paper

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Hui Tian, Yufeng Luo, Zixin Hong, Zhenhan Fang, Hengcai Wu, Fei Zhao, Guoqiang Tan, Qunqing Li, Shoushan Fan, Jiaping Wang
MA as fluorinated electrolyte cosolvent breaks compact solvation structure for faster Li⁺ transport, while constructing elastic EEIs. MA-FBE enables stable operation of NCM811 LMBs at 4.8 V high voltage and over a −70 to 60 °C wide temperature range.
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Nonuniform charging and phase front instability in nickel (oxy)hydroxide thin-film electrodes

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00045B, Paper

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Aleksandr Kurilovich, Avihay Ben Shitrit, David S. Ellis, Nadav Port, Nir Gavish, Arik Yochelis, Avner Rothschild
Macroscopic symmetry-breaking during the Ni(OH)₂ → NiOOH transition drives lateral phase-front propagation, nonuniform charging, and premature oxygen evolution.
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Gassing behavior and safety issues of Li-rich cathodes

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EB00022C, Perspective

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Haitang Zhang, Jian Wang, Lingqiao Wu, Shiqi Liu, Yuan Liang, Shu Zhao, Haijun Yu
A multimodal combined characterization platform is proposed to investigate the thermal stability of delithiated LLOs in the presence of an electrolyte for a low-gas-emission and high-safety battery system.
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Hybrid thermochemical Carnot battery with calcium looping, methane dry reforming, and supercritical carbon dioxide cycle: thermodynamic and techno-economic optimization

EES Batteries, 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EB00225G, Paper

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Jun Shen, Yongqing Zhang, Zihao Sun, Dabiao Wang, Sheng Li, Wei Han, Kezhen Zhang, Xiao Yang, Chenglong Yang, Qianghui Xu
This study proposes a polygeneration hybrid thermochemical Carnot battery integrating Ca-looping thermochemical storage and methane dry reforming in an electrically heated calciner, coupled to a supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle for power discharge.
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