Progress in aqueous rechargeable batteries

Jilei Liu*（刘继磊） | Chaohe Xu*（徐朝和） | Zhen Chen | Shibing Ni | Zexiang Shen

In this review, we focus on the fundamental basics of aqueous rechargeable batteries, and discuss recent scientific achievements in detail. Furthermore, challenges and research directions toward aqueous rechargeable batteries are also proposed.

Application of deep eutectic solvents in biomass pretreatment and conversion

Yu Chen*（陈钰） | Tiancheng Mu*（牟天成）

The pretreatment of biomass, extraction valuable products from biomass by deep eutectic solvents (DESs), conversion of biomass to value-added chemicals in DESs, and the stability, hygroscopicity, and recyclability of DESs for biomass pretreatment and conversion are reviewed.

High energy batteries based on sulfur cathode

Jian Zhu | Jianli Zou | Hua Cheng | Yingying Gu | Zhouguang Lu*（卢周广）

Metal-sulfur batteries as one of the most promising alternative for lithium ion battery (LIB), have received tremendous attention because of the high theoretical energy density, source abundance, low cost of raw material and environment friendly. However, due to many problems, there is still a long way to go before it reaches the practical stage.

Applications of metal–organic frameworks for green energy and environment: New advances in adsorptive gas separation, storage and removal

Bin Wang | Lin-Hua Xie*（谢林华） | Xiaoqing Wang | Xiao-Min Liu | Jinping Li*（李金平） | Jian-Rong Li*（李建荣）

This review summarizes the recent adcance of MOFs in some important applications, including CO₂ capture, O₂ purification, separation of light hydrocarbons, H₂ storage, CH₄ storage, and the removal of some gaseous air pollutants, such as VOSs, NH₃ and NOx.

Applications of lignin-derived catalysts for green synthesis

Yuting Zhu | Zhijing Li | Jinzhu Chen*（陈金铸）

This review introduced applications of renewable lignin-derived catalysts on green organic syntheses by efficiently promoting the transformations of various organic compounds, carbon dioxide, biomass-based cellulose, saccharide and vegetable oil into valuable chemicals and fuels.

Electrolyte for lithium protection: From liquid to solid

Xiaohong Wu | Kecheng Pan | Mengmin Jia | Yufei Ren | Hongyan He | Lan Zhang*（张兰） | Suojiang Zhang*（张锁江）

From liquid to gel polymer and all solid state electrolytes, numerous outstanding advancements about electrolytes development for lithium metal protection were listed, while issues of electrolytes evolution are still needed to overcome before lithium metal could be practically applied.

Shell biorefinery: A comprehensive introduction

Max J. Hülsey*

Shell biorefinery provides a sustainable access to a multitude of nitrogen-containing chemicals. An introduction into the biorefinery concept and recent developments and challenges for the conversion of shell biomass are highlighted herein.

Advanced chemical strategies for lithium–sulfur batteries: A review

Xiaojing Fan | Wenwei Sun | Fancheng Meng | Aiming Xing | Jiehua Liu*（刘节华）

This review addressed the advanced chemical strategies for improving the performance of Li-S batteries by introducing functional groups, chemical additives, and foreign guest materials in recent years.

Recent advances in two-dimensional nanomaterials-based electrochemical sensors for environmental analysis

Shao Su | Shimou Chen*（陈仕谋） | Chunhai Fan*（樊春海）

Two-dimensional nanomaterials-based electrochemical sensors are powerful tools for environmental pollutants analysis with high sensitivity and selectivity.

Ionic liquid/tetraglyme hybrid Mg[TFSI]₂ electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries

Zheng Ma | Maria Forsyth | Douglas R.MacFarlane | Mega Kar*

The electrochemical reversibility of magnesium is demonstrated from a dry hybrid electrolyte, comprised of an ionic liquid and ether-functional organic solvent. The coordinating nature of ether-functional solvents and the high stability of ionic liquids make these electrolytes attractive for high energy density rechargeable magnesium batteries.