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This month we look at operational stability of perovskite photovoltaics, inclusion in philanthropic foundations, computational design of metal-organic frameworks, and more.

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    • Recycling spent batteries is crucial for a circular battery economy, yet knowledge of solid-state battery (SSB) recycling lags behind that of lithium-ion batteries. This study evaluates SSB recycling techniques, emphasizing the need for specific, energy-efficient methods tailored to distinct electrolytes.

      • Marco Ahuis
      • Stefan Doose
      • Arno Kwade
      Review Article
    • Factors such as wealth might be expected to affect the transition to clean cooking, specifically the transition choices of uptake, primary use, and exclusive use of liquefied petroleum gas. Data from Ghana’s largest household energy survey show, however, that eleven out of thirteen factors considered do not have a significant or consistent role across these transition choices.

      Research Briefing
    • Copper catalysts hold promise for producing multi-carbon chemicals through electrochemical CO2 reduction, but improving performance is challenging due to the limited tunability of the copper surface. Now, research uses organic functionalization to modify the surface oxidation state of copper, yielding improved energy efficiency for ethylene production.

      • Hyewon Yun
      • Yun Jeong Hwang
      News & Views
    • To date, organic-based redox flow batteries (RFBs) have relatively low open-circuit voltages (OCVs), limiting their commercial viability. Achieving higher OCVs with pH-decoupled RFBs faces challenges due to severe ion crossover, prompting new research that proposes an acid–base regeneration cell to address this limitation.

      • Mike L. Perry
      News & Views
    • Surface reconstruction, chemo-mechanical degradation, and interfacial side reactions are major factors limiting the cyclability of Ni-rich cathodes. A strategy based on entropy-assisted epitaxial coating is now shown to effectively mitigate these issues, leading to improved battery performance and promising advances in electrochemical energy storage.

      • Simon Schweidler
      • Torsten Brezesinski
      • Ben Breitung
      News & Views
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