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To date, tremendous efforts of the battery community are devoted to batteries that employ Li + , Na + , and K + as charge carriers and nonaqueous electrolytes. However, aqueous batteries hold great promise for stationary energy storage due to their inherent low cost and high safety. Among metal batteries that use aqueous electrolytes, zinc metal batteries are the focus of attention. In this study, iron as an anode candidate in aqueous batteries is investigated because iron is undoubtedly the most earth-abundant and cost-effective metal anode. Reversible iron plating/stripping in a FeSO 4 electrolyte is demonstrated on the anode side and reversible topotactic (de)insertion of Fe 2+ in a Prussian blue analogue cathode is showcased. Furthermore, it is revealed that LiFePO 4 can pair up with the iron metal anode in a hybrid cell, delivering stable performance as well.

Narrow band gap conjugated polymer photocatalysts containing dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-S,S-dioxide show an attractive photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 16.32 mmol h−1 g−1 under visible light irradiation.

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In this work, we present an alternative route to supply excessive selenium (Se) for the deposition of Sb2Se3 thin films by the co-evaporation of Se and Sb2Se3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that additional Se modified the growth process and surface morphology of Sb2Se3 thin films. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirmed that this co-evaporation process enhanced the beneficiary preferred orientations, and capacitance–voltage (C–V) measurement showed that the carrier concentration of the Sb2Se3 absorber increased with the additional evaporation of Se. Accordingly, the efficiency of the devices employing co-evaporated Sb2Se3 absorber layers increased significantly from 2.1 to 3.47% with a open-circuit voltage (V OC) of 364 mV, a short-circuit current density (J SC) of 23.14 mA/cm2, and a fill factor (FF) of 41.26%.