Photoelectron transfer between heterojuctions is an important process for photocatalysis, and identification of the electron transfer process provides valuable information for catalyst design. Herein, Ti3C2, one of the widely used two‐dimensional materials, is used to produce a heterojunction of TiO2 and Ti3C2 by an in situ growth method and the photogenerated electrons transfer between the two components for photocatalytic water splitting to hydrogen is investigated. Theoretical simulation and experimental tests proclaim that electrons transfer from Ti3C2 to TiO2 forms an internal electric field, which implies that there exists the driving force of electronic movement from TiO2 to Ti3C2. In situ irradiation X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy shows the binding energies of TiC (in Ti3C2) and TiO (in TiO2) move toward negative and positive positions, respectively, verifying the photogenerated electrons produced from TiO2 and transferring to Ti3C2 driven by the internal electric field. In addition, the amount of TiO2 nanoparticles also affects the hydrogen evolution rate. Several parallel experiments are designed to uncover the fact that less or excess amount of TiO2 nanoparticles leads to a tinier shift of binding energy, which hints the quantity of heterojunction is a considerable factor in photocatalytic performance. This work develops a new method to directly monitor the photoelectron transfer process between heterojuctions.

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Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been regarded as a promising next‐generation energy storage technology for their ultrahigh theoretical energy density compared with those of the traditional lithium‐ion batteries. However, the practical applications of Li–S batteries are still blocked by notorious problems such as the shuttle effect and the uncontrollable growth of lithium dendrites. Recently, the rapid development of electrospinning technology provides reliable methods in preparing flexible nanofibers materials and is widely applied to Li–S batteries serving as hosts, interlayers, and separators, which are considered as a promising strategy to achieve high energy density flexible Li–S batteries. In this review, a fundamental introduction of electrospinning technology and multifarious electrospinning‐based nanofibers used in flexible Li–S batteries are presented. More importantly, crucial parameters of specific capacity, electrolyte/sulfur (E/S) ratio, sulfur loading, and cathode tap density are emphasized based on the proposed mathematic model, in which the electrospinning‐based nanofibers are used as important components in Li–S batteries to achieve high gravimetric (WG) and volume (WV) energy density of 500 Wh kg−1 and 700 Wh L−1, respectively. These systematic summaries not only provide the principles in nanofiber‐based electrode design but also propose enlightening directions for the commercialized Li–S batteries with high WG and WV.

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The lithium-sulfur batteries practical exploitation is hindered by a multitude of obstacles, mainly including the sluggish redox kinetics and soluble lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttling through the long-cycles. Here, we construct...

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