RSC – Sustainable Energy Fuels latest articles- Green energy storage: upcycling of lithium-ion batteries for their utilization in a high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor device June 14, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00252H, PaperUmang Singh, Ritika Sharma, Dilbag Singh, Deepak PantGraphical illustration of lithium-ion battery upcycling: transforming spent battery waste into regenerated anode and cathode materials for sustainable energy storage and electric vehicle applications.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of […]Umang Singh
- Biomass-based Energy and Water Systems: Conversion Pathways, Sorption Applications, AI Integration, and Industrial Perspectives June 14, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SE01708D, Review ArticlePrathvi Raj Chauhan, Himanshu Himanshu, A Verma, Raveesh G, S. K. TyagiBiomass, an abundant yet underutilized waste resource, offers immense potential as a sustainable energy source to meet global needs for heating, cooling, and clean water. This review critically examines the...The content of this RSS Feed (c) […]Prathvi Raj Chauhan
- Linker Assisted Composite of MoS 2 and g-C 3 N 5 : Sunlight-driven Efficient Hydrogen Evolution by Photocatalytic Water Splitting June 11, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00067C, PaperAnushree Chaturvedi, Oshnik Maurya, Vishal Ekal, Annu Balhara, Santosh Kumar Gupta, Archana Kalekar, Avishek Saha, Gurudas Prakash ManeA photocatalyst capable of harnessing direct sunlight for producing hydrogen through water splitting is the need of the hour. In this work, this is achieved by depositing hydrothermally prepared MoS2...The content […]Anushree Chaturvedi
- Coordination Engineering of Ru-N-C Based OER Catalysts Guided by the ∆G*OH Descriptor: A Theoretical Study June 10, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00481D, PaperSuli Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Shansheng Yu, Gongquan SunRu-N-C single-atom catalyst is intrinsically limited in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by excessively strong oxygen adsorption, which renders the *O → *OOH step rate-determining. Here, we systematically modulate the...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySuli Wang
- Electrochemical Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate-Derived Ethylene Glycol into Commodity Chemicals June 10, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00477F, Review ArticleWenyuan Yuan, Sailei Kang, Tianci Xu, Zhengxin Wang, Chunyun Ma, Yingxin Ma, Yu Zhang, Rongyue Sun, Bocheng QiuPlastic pollution has emerged as a critical constraint on global ecological sustainability. As the most extensively produced petroleum-based thermoplastic polyester, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suffers from inefficient recycling systems and widespread...The […]Wenyuan Yuan
- Tracking Polarization and Passivation in Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers via Current-Dependent Distribution of Relaxation Times of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy June 7, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00452K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Elisabetta Campedelli, Enrico Squizzato, Marzio Rancan, Christian DuranteAnion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers are promising for sustainable hydrogen production, however, still suffer from limited lifetime, high degradation rates, and remain a complex system to […]Elisabetta Campedelli
- Amino-functionalized oxygen vacancy-rich Pd–NH2/WOx(C) nanocatalysts for efficient formic acid dehydrogenation June 5, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00534A, PaperZiyang Hong, Dan Liu, Qikui Fan, Hao Lv, Zhimao Yang, Chuncai KongOxygen vacancy-rich Pd–NH2/WOx(C) catalysts were synthesized via a glucose-assisted hydrothermal reaction, and they exhibited extraordinarily high catalytic activity for formic acid dehydrogenation without additives at room temperature.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Ziyang Hong
- Elevation of pyrolysis from a random to a product-selective process through the selection of reaction conditions June 4, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00430J, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zahid Hussain, Salman Khan, Salman Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Abdulkarim Alansari, Ajmal Shah, Shohreh Azizi, Malik MaazaThis review redefines waste plastic pyrolysis as a controllable process governed by underlying reaction mechanisms rather than […]Zahid Hussain
- Data-driven exploration of synthesizable strained hydrocarbons as high-energy-density candidates for sustainable aviation fuels June 4, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00364H, PaperSandip Giri, Subhas Ghosal, Anakuthil AnoopA high-throughput machine learning workflow enables the discovery of synthesizable strained hydrocarbons with high energy densities for sustainable aviation fuel applications.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Sandip Giri
- Copper-based molecular complexes: next-Gen electrocatalysts for the green hydrogen evolution reaction June 3, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00377J, Review ArticleSumana Roy, Dilip Sarkar, Jit Satra, Rajesh Kumar DasCopper based molecular catalysts involved in HER.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistrySumana Roy
- Highly active Pd-doped ZnCo2Se4 spinel nanoelectrocatalysts for synergistic hydrogen evolution and methanol/urea oxidation–assisted water splitting validated by DFT June 3, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00383D, PaperMai Almohaimeed, Refah Saad Alkhaldi, Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Munirah Abdullah Almessiere, Mohamed Jaffer Sadiq Mohamed, Abdulhadi Baykal, Serkan CaliskanHighly active palladium-doped spinel zinc cobalt selenide (PZCS)-coated nickel foam (ZnPdxCo2−xSe4 (x ≤ 0.08)@NF) nanoelectrocatalysts were prepared via a two-step hydrothermal method.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, […]Mai Almohaimeed
- Hydrogen applications in airport operations: A review using the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as an illustrative airport system June 3, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00434B, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Veronika Semchukova, Kevin Topolski, Zainul AbdinAirports combine aircraft propulsion, ground operations, stationary power, and fuel logistics in ways that make emissions reduction technically and operationally complex. This review evaluates hydrogen across four […]Veronika Semchukova
- Plasma-coupled electrochemical ammonia synthesis using a solid acid electrochemical cell June 1, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00290K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Dylan Bardgett, James Ho, Dayne F. Swearer, Sossina M. HailePlasma activation of N2 promotes nitrogen binding to a molybdenum cathode and enables electrochemical reduction toproduction of NH3 in a solid acid electrochemical cell.To […]Dylan Bardgett
- Cr3C2/Cr2O3 dual-phase surface engineering of graphite felt for enhanced conductivity and catalytic activity in vanadium redox flow batteries June 1, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00259E, PaperHao Tung Lin, Shu-Mei He, Liang-Hong Liu, Li-Tao TengConductive Cr3C2 and hydrophilic Cr2O3 form a dual-phase surface on graphite felt, reducing charge-transfer resistance and enabling efficient, stable vanadium redox flow batteries at high current density.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of […]Hao Tung Lin
- Niobium Decorated 2D Biphenylene as High Capacity Hydrogen Storage Material: Combined DFT and AIMD Simulations June 1, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00563B, PaperH Meera, Musharaf Ali, Nandini Garg, Brahmananda ChakrabortyHydrogen has cemented its place as an alternative clean energy source, especially in the transportation sector. Here, a recently synthesized 2D carbon allotrope, Biphenylene (BPh) decorated with Niobium (Nb) has...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryH Meera
- In situ Ge/Zn2GeO4 heterojunctions coupled with a rigid–flexible TiO2/NC dual coating for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes May 31, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00279J, PaperKun Peng, Qiushi Huang, Xintong Xu, Rujia ZouWe successfully synthesized a Ge/Zn2GeO4@TiO2@NC composite anode to enhance electrochemical performance by addressing volume expansion, low conductivity, and sluggish kinetics in lithium-ion batteries.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this […]Kun Peng
- Life cycle assessment of perovskite solar cell manufacturing: effects of scale and process control May 26, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00062B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nathan Dodd, Alan Dunbar, David Bird, Lenny Koh, Rachael RothmanSemiconductors underpin many modern technologies, from data processing and displays to power generation, and their performance relies on precise thin-film deposition processes.To cite this […]Nathan Dodd
- Integrated Recycling of Polylactide using Biomass into Renewable Fuels: A Combined Experimental and Computational Design Approach May 24, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00361C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Moreno Ascani, Lisa Burkart, Philipp Ackermann, Tabea Becker, Marian Panofen, Alexander Mitsos, Sonja Herres-PawlisAcross the globe, the consumption of plastics and fuels rises steadily. Conventionally, both products are fossil-based and have a negative […]Moreno Ascani
- SAFprop: A Dual Spectroscopic Approach for Predicting Properties of Sustainable Aviation Fuels † May 24, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00025H, PaperMohammed Almomtan, Janardhanraj Subburaj, Emad Al Ibrahim, Mohamed Sy, El Mehdi Kharkhache, Danyaal Alam, Aamir FarooqThis study introduces a novel method for predicting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) properties by combining liquid-phase attenuated total reflectance -Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy with confocal Raman spectroscopy. While both...The content of this […]Mohammed Almomtan
- Structural heterogeneity of castor tissue lignins and their targeted conversion into sustainable aviation fuel precursors May 21, 2026Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SE00390G, PaperXu-Wei Wang, Yu-Xin Zhang, Xu Fu, Qing-Hua Wang, Qiang Wang, Jun-Li Ren, Ling-Ping Xiao, Run-Cang SunUpgrading castor agricultural lignin into sustainable aviation fuels through a targeted two-step catalytic strategy.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS […]Xu-Wei Wang
- Green energy storage: upcycling of lithium-ion batteries for their utilization in a high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor device June 14, 2026
