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Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries

Catalysis is a crucial strategy for improving the performance of sulfur cathodes in Li–S batteries, yet few strategies have been established to design effective catalysts. Here, by uncovering a volcano-shaped trend between polysulfide adsorption and catalytic rate in transition-metal-doped ZnS, a highly efficient ternary sulfide is developed.

Zihan Shen
Xin Jin
Huigang Zhang
Research16 Jun 2022
Nature Catalysis

Volume: 5, P: 555-563
Conductivity and lithiophilicity gradients guide lithium deposition to mitigate short circuits

Here the authors report a deposition-regulating strategy to form conductivity and lithiophilicity gradients which serve to guide the preferential lithium growth away from the interface between anode and separator and mitigate the dendrite-induced short circuits.

Jun Pu
Jiachen Li
Huigang Zhang
ResearchOpen Access23 Apr 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-10
One-step gas-phase syntheses of few-layered single-phase Ti₂NCl₂ and Ti₂CCl₂ MXenes with high stabilities

The low-cost synthesis of high-quality MXenes is crucial for applications, yet challenges remain. The authors report a one-step gas-phase method to fabricate single-phase Ti₂(C/N)Cl₂ with low defects, offering a chance to address these challenges.

Fen Yue
Maoqiao Xiang
Qingshan Zhu
ResearchOpen Access28 Nov 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
Pan-genomic analysis highlights genes associated with agronomic traits and enhances genomics-assisted breeding in alfalfa

Pan-genome analysis of 24 alfalfa accessions identifies key structural variations associated with salt tolerance and quality traits and provides resources for genomics-assisted breeding in alfalfa.

Fei He
Shuai Chen
Qingchuan Yang
Research23 Apr 2025
Nature Genetics

Volume: 57, P: 1262-1273
FGF21 modulates immunometabolic homeostasis via the ALOX15/15-HETE axis in early liver graft injury

Marginal liver grafts are associated with a higher risk of graft failure due to their increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury. Here, the authors show the regulatory mechanism of fibroblast growth factor 21 and offer insights into its clinical application in early liver graft injury.

Xinyu Yang
Hao Chen
Xiao Xu
ResearchOpen Access03 Oct 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-18
Stretchable batteries with self-similar serpentine interconnects and integrated wireless recharging systems

Components for flexible electronics capable of both bending and stretching have been reported but the fabrication of similarly pliable power sources remains challenging. Here, the authors present stretchable lithium ion batteries exploiting segmented layouts and deformable electrical interconnects.

Sheng Xu
Yihui Zhang
John A. Rogers
Research26 Feb 2013
Nature Communications

Volume: 4, P: 1-8
Electron stochastic acceleration in laboratory-produced kinetic turbulent plasmas

The origin of energetic charged particles in universe remains an unresolved issue, while one of the promising mechanism contributions is stochastic acceleration. Here the authors demonstrate electron stochastic acceleration of kinetic turbulence in a lab setting.

Dawei Yuan
Zhu Lei
Jie Zhang
ResearchOpen Access13 Jul 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-9
Data-informed discovery of hydrolytic nanozymes

Developing hydrolytic nanozymes remains challenging. Here the authors present a rational methodology to design hydrolytic nanozyme by developing a data-informed strategy to screen and identify potential scaffold and active sites of hydrolase-like nanozyme.

Sirong Li
Zijun Zhou
Hui Wei
ResearchOpen Access11 Feb 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-12
Structural basis for lipopolysaccharide extraction by ABC transporter LptB₂FG

The crystal structure of LptB2FG, an ABC transporter that extracts LPS from the bacterial inner membrane and transports it to the outer membrane, indicates a transport mechanism distinct from classical ABC transporters.

Qingshan Luo
Xu Yang
Yihua Huang
Research10 Apr 2017
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Volume: 24, P: 469-474
Formation and evolution of a pair of collisionless shocks in counter-streaming flows

Dawei Yuan
Yutong Li
Jie Zhang
ResearchOpen Access07 Mar 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-8
Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

Nitrate electroreduction to ammonia can decrease pollutants and produce high-value ammonia. Here, the authors design a Fe/Cu diatomic catalyst on nitrogen-doped graphene, which exhibits high catalytic activities of and selectivity for ammonia.

Shuo Zhang
Jianghua Wu
Jun Lu
ResearchOpen Access19 Jun 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-10
e_g occupancy as an effective descriptor for the catalytic activity of perovskite oxide-based peroxidase mimics

The search for peroxidase-like as well as other enzyme-like nanozymes mainly relies on trial-and-error strategies, due to the lack of predictive descriptors. Here, the authors fill this gap by investigating the occupancy of e_g orbitals as a possible descriptor for the peroxidase-like activity of transition metal oxide nanozymes

Xiaoyu Wang
Xuejiao J. Gao
Hui Wei
ResearchOpen Access11 Feb 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-8
Hexagonal 2H-MoSe₂ broad spectrum active photocatalyst for Cr(VI) reduction

Haipeng Chu
Xinjuan Liu
Changqing Sun
ResearchOpen Access13 Oct 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-10
Greener and higher conversion of esterification via interfacial photothermal catalysis

The production of organic esters forms a basis for relevant chemical and pharmaceutical industries, but its yield rate cannot exceed the equilibrium limit. Here the authors apply photothermal energy to catalyse an esterification reaction, achieving higher conversion efficiency.

Pengcheng Yao
Han Gong
Jia Zhu
Research13 Jan 2022
Nature Sustainability

Volume: 5, P: 348-356
Geometric Phase Generated Optical Illusion

Fuyong Yue
Xiaofei Zang
Xianzhong Chen
ResearchOpen Access12 Sept 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-7
Local order and vibrational coupling of the C=O Stretching Mode of γ-Caprolactone in liquid binary mixtures

Wenwen Xu
Yanfang Sun
Xuming Zheng
ResearchOpen Access22 Sept 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-11
Automatic delineation of cervical cancer target volumes in small samples based on multi-decoder and semi-supervised learning and clinical application

Haibo Peng
Tao Liu
Tao Ren
ResearchOpen Access06 Nov 2024
Scientific Reports

Volume: 14, P: 1-12
An electron counting algorithm improves imaging of proteins with low-acceleration-voltage cryo-electron microscope

To fulfil the need to make single particle cryoEM more affordable by using lower voltage for biological imaging, a new counting algorithm can be used at lower voltages with existing direct electron detectors to obtain high-resolution reconstructions of small proteins.

Dongjie Zhu
Huigang Shi
Xinzheng Zhang
ResearchOpen Access06 Apr 2022
Communications Biology

Volume: 5, P: 1-12

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