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Zaiping selects her Editor’s Choice in batteries and energy storage

22 Oct 2025

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Professor Zaiping Guo, City University of Hong Kong

Professor Zaiping Guo’s Editor’s Choice

We are delighted to share with you our latest Editor’s Choice collection that presents a selection of notable research contributions in batteries and energy storage in Chemical Science from the last two years.

The featured articles selected by Chemical Science Associate Editor Zaiping demonstrate 12 cutting-edge studies that explore the next generation of battery materials, architectures, and interfacial strategies.

From lithium-ion, sodium-ion, zinc-ion, and all-solid-state batteries, as well as thermogalvanic cells, these works reveal how innovations in electrode design, electrolyte chemistry, and in situ diagnostics are contributing to more stable, efficient, and high-performance energy storage systems.

Professor Guo considers work at the forefront of energy materials, including materials for energy storage and conversion, rechargeable batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells. Submit your best manuscripts on these topics to Chemical Science for Professor Guo’s consideration.

We hope you enjoy reading this selection of recent articles chosen by Professor Zaiping Guo.

1	Janus interface enables reversible Zn-ion battery by regulating interfacial water structure and crystal-orientation Yuxuan Liang, Meijia Qiu, Peng Sun and Wenjie Mai Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 1488-1497
2	Planar pentacoordinate s-block metals Meng-hui Wang, Amlan J. Kalita, Mesías Orozco-Ic, Gai-ru Yan, Chen Chen, Bing Yan, Gabriela Castillo-Toraya, William Tiznado, Ankur K. Guha, Sudip Pan, Gabriel Merino and Zhong-hua Cui Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8785-8791
3	How uniform particle size of NMC90 boosts lithium ion mobility for faster charging and discharging in a cylindrical lithium ion battery cell Nichakarn Anansuksawat, Thitiphum Sangsanit, Surat Prempluem, Kan Homlamai, Worapol Tejangkura and Montree Sawangphruk Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 2026-2036
4	P-doped spherical hard carbon with high initial coulombic efficiency and enhanced capacity for sodium ion batteries Zheng-Guang Liu, Jiahua Zhao, Hao Yao, Xiang-Xi He, Hang Zhang, Yun Qiao, Xing-Qiao Wu, Li Li and Shu-Lei Chou Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 8478-8487
5	In situ polymerization of 1,3-dioxolane and formation of fluorine/boron-rich interfaces enabled by film-forming additives for long-life lithium metal batteries Ting Li, Kai Chen, Borui Yang, Kun Li, Bin Li, Miao He, Liu Yang, Anjun Hu and Jianping Long Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 12108-12117
6	A covalent organic framework as a dual-active-center cathode for a high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery Hongbao Li, Mengge Cao, Zhenli Fu, Quanwei Ma, Longhai Zhang, Rui Wang, Fei Liang, Tengfei Zhou and Chaofeng Zhang Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 4341-4348
7	In situ Nafion-nanofilm oriented (002) Zn electrodeposition for long-term zinc-ion batteries Da Zhang, Ziyang Song, Ling Miao, Yaokang Lv, Lihua Gan and Mingxian Liu Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 4322-4330
8	Self-assembled monolayers for electrostatic electrocatalysis and enhanced electrode stability in thermogalvanic cells Kristine Laws, Mark A. Buckingham and Leigh Aldous Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 6958-6964
9	*High temperature in situ* gas analysis for identifying degradation mechanisms of lithium-ion batteries Leon Schmidt, Kie Hankins, Lars Bläubaum, Michail Gerasimov and Ulrike Krewer Chem. Sci.**, 2025, 16, 5118-5128
10	Nanostructured amorphous Ni–Co–Fe phosphide as a versatile electrocatalyst towards seawater splitting and aqueous zinc–air batteries Masumeh Moloudi, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Ebrahim Mousali, Nahla B. Mohamed, Xinhui Xia, Yongqi Zhang, Ajayan Vinu, Mewin Vincent, Damian Kowalski, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 9484-9500
11	Catalysis of a LiF-rich SEI by aromatic structure modified porous polyamine for stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries Lijie Dai, Min Cai, Xuanyi Zhou, Weizhong Liang, Zishao Zhao, Zixiang Xia, Fenfen Huang, Jie Jiang, Wenjuan Jiang, Biao Zhang and Zengsheng Ma Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 2453-2464
12	Revealing the dissolution mechanism of organic carbonyl electrodes in lithium–organic batteries Shu Zhang, Weiwei Xie, Zhuo Yang, Shuo Xu, Qi Zhao, Yong Lu, Kai Zhang, Zhenhua Yan and Jun Chen Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 4335-4341

If you are interested in research in similar areas, explore our most popular 2024 energy articles collection in Chemical Science.

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