journal article·2026-05-12

Harmonized sodium coordination engineering for high-energy phosphate cathodes

Xinyu Li, Duoduo Zhang, Xiangfeng Fan, Lina Gao, Weixin Chen, Liguang Wang, Ruiguo Cao, Shuhong Jiao, Yang Sun, Hao Guo, Yong-Sheng Hu, Xia Lu, Huilin Pan

Nature Energy· Volume 11· Issue 6
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