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The design of carbon allotropes that simultaneously exhibit mechanical robustness and quantum functionalities remains a longstanding challenge. Here, we report a comprehensive first-principles study of cT16, a three-dimensional sp-hybridized carbon network with topologically interlinked graphene-like sheets. The structure features high ideal tensile and shear strengths, with pronounced anisotropy arising from strain-induced bond rehybridization and interlayer slipping mechanisms.

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Efficient energy transfer in a hybrid organic-inorganic van der Waals heterostructure.

Sci Adv

September 2025

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.

Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer strong light-matter interaction and design flexibility beyond bulk semiconductors, but an intrinsic limit is the low absorption imposed by the atomic thickness. A long-sought-after goal is to achieve complementary absorption enhancement through energy transfer (ET) to break this limit. However, it is found challenging due to the competing charge transfer (CT) process and lack of resonance in exciton states.

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A dual-site doping strategy to enhance the sodium storage performance of an O3-type layered sodium oxide cathode.

Chem Commun (Camb)

September 2025

Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.

The O3-type NaNiFeMnO material is modified by introducing Sr into the Na sites and Al into the transition metal (TM) sites. The inactive Sr and Al serve as structural pillars within the NaO and TMO slabs, respectively, expanding the interlayer spacing and boosting the stability of the structure. The optimized cathode demonstrates a good rate performance of 117.

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Hard carbon is the most commercially viable anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), yet its application in ester-based electrolytes is hindered by sluggish interfacial ion diffusion and limited sodium nucleation kinetics. After comprehensive evaluation, an interfacial chemistry regulation strategy was proposed based on orbital hybridization between bismuth and electrolyte ions, which was realized through the introduction of ammonium bismuth citrate. The surface bismuth particles regulate the formation of a NaF-rich SEI through improved anion affinity.

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High-Performance Wide-Temperature Zinc-Ion Batteries with K/CN Co-Intercalated Ammonium Vanadate Cathodes.

Nanomicro Lett

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Materials Synthesis and Processing Lab, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.

NHVO (NVO) is considered a promising cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries due to its high theoretical capacity. However, its practical application is limited by irreversible deamination, structural collapse, and sluggish reaction kinetics during cycling. Herein, K and CN co-intercalated NVO (KNVO-CN) nanosheets with expanded interlayer spacing are synthesized for the first time to achieve high-rate, stable, and wide-temperature cathodes.

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