Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin.

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PERSPECTIVE

Valorization strategies for electrodegradation of nitrogenous wastes in sewage
Minglei Sun, Zhong-Yong Yuan
The interconversion of N2 and N-containing compounds is central to the natural nitrogen cycle, one of the most important...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100108. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100108

REVIEW

Advances in coating strategies for graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries
Xintong Zhu, Bin Cao, Chong Yan, Cheng Tang, Aibing Chen, Qiang Zhang
As a critical component for achieving sustainable energy systems, secondary lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become the...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100096. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100096

Challenges and prospects of photocatalytic H₂O₂ production
Mahmoud Sayed, Han Li, Chuanbiao Bie
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the 100 most important chemicals used extensively in bleaching, disinfection, and syn...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100117. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100117

Research progress of transient absorption spectroscopy in solar energy conversion and utilization
Fengying Zhang, Yanglin Mei, Yuman Jiang, Shenshen Zheng, Kaibo Zheng, Ying Zhou
With the development of ultrafast laser technology, time-resolved spectroscopy has become an essential tool to study the...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100118. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100118

ARTICLE

Selective electrosorption of Cs(Ⅰ) from high-salinity radioactive wastewater using CNT-interspersed potassium zinc ferrocyanide electrodes
Shuhong Xiang, Lv Yang, Yingsheng Xu, Guoxin Cao, Hongjian Zhou
The management of 137Cs-containing radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear accident (FNA) has garnered signifi...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100097. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100097

Machine learning-guided antireflection coatings architectures and interface modification for synergistically optimizing efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
Ying Liang, Yuheng Deng, Shilv Yu, Jiahao Cheng, Jiawei Song, Jun Yao, Yichen Yang, Wanlei Zhang, Wenjing Zhou, Xin Zhang, Wenjian Shen, Guijie Liang, Bin Li, Yong Peng, Run Hu, Wangnan Li
In recent years, single-junction perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have experienced unprecedented development, approaching t...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100098. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100098

Decoding the interfacial competition between hydrogen evolution and CO₂ reduction via edge-active-site modulation in photothermal catalysis
Jianan Hong, Chenyu Xu, Yan Liu, Changqi Li, Menglin Wang, Yanwei Zhang
Solar-driven photothermal catalytic CO2 conversion with H2O is a promising approach to produce sustainable fuels and che...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100099. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100099

Single-atom Pd boosted Cu catalysts for ethanol dehydrogenation
Lele Feng, Xueying Bai, Jifeng Pang, Hongchen Cao, Xiaoyan Liu, Wenhao Luo, Xiaofeng Yang, Pengfei Wu, Mingyuan Zheng
Ethanol dehydrogenation is a vital elementary step in ethanol upgrading, for which Cu-based alloy catalysts are the most...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100100. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100100

Improving hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis over inorganic/organic S-scheme photocatalyst with LiFePO₄
Jingping Li, Suding Yan, Jiaxi Wu, Qiang Cheng, Kai Wang
With the rapid development of new energy industries, the utilization of waste batteries has attracted the attention of r...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100104. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100104

S-scheme heterojunction g-C₃N₄/Bi₂WO₆ highly efficient degradation of levofloxacin: performance, mechanism and degradation pathway
Menglan Wei, Xiaoxia Ou, Yimeng Wang, Mengyuan Zhang, Fei Teng, Kaixuan Wang
g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 (MCN/BWO) heterojunction photocatalysts were synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method for the degrad...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100105. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100105

Sulfur-doped carbon dots: a novel bifunctional electrolyte additive for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Qianli Ma, Tianbing Song, Tianle He, Xirong Zhang, Huanming Xiong
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained considerable attention as next-generation energy storage devices due to t...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100106. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100106

Enhanced photocatalytic synthesis of H₂O₂ by triplet electron transfer at g-C₃N₄@BN van der Waals heterojunction interface
Qi Wu, Changhua Wang, Yingying Li, Xintong Zhang
The van der Waals heterojunctions demonstrate exceptional advantages due to their outstanding charge separation capabili...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100107. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100107

Rationally assembling different surface functionalized carbon dots for enhanced near-infrared tumor photothermal therapy
Xue Wu, Yupeng Liu, Bingzhe Wang, Lingyun Li, Zhenjian Li, Qingcheng Wang, Quansheng Cheng, Guichuan Xing, Songnan Qu
Carbon dots (CDs) have emerged as promising photothermal agents for near-infrared (NIR)-mediated tumor therapy due to th...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100109. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100109

The role of hydroxyl species in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction over transition metal surfaces
Ruizhi Duan, Xiaomei Wang, Panwang Zhou, Yang Liu, Can Li
Understanding the activity-determining factors governing the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on transition me...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100111. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100111

Bandgap and adsorption engineering of carbon dots/TiO₂ S-scheme heterojunctions for enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ methanation
Wenlong Wang, Wentao Hao, Lang He, Jia Qiao, Ning Li, Chaoqiu Chen, Yong Qin
S-scheme heterojunctions have garnered significant interest in photocatalytic CO2 conversion to valuable products (e.g.,...
Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2025, 41 (9), 100116. DOI: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100116