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ArticleNature2026

Pulse heating and slip enhance charging of phase-change thermal batteries.

Zi-Rui Li, Nan Hu, Zhen-Bo Wang, Guo-Tao Fu, Yang-Yan Lai, Yue-Fei Wu, Jia-Jie Jiang, Xiao-Rong Wang, Shuang-Shuang Ni, Yu-Min Ye and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Your battery may not be a battery.Nature nanotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Zi-Rui LiState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7108-0999
Nan HuDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. nh0529@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-3904
Zhen-Bo WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Guo-Tao FuState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yang-Yan LaiState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yue-Fei WuState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jia-Jie JiangState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Rong WangInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Systems, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Shuang-Shuang NiInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Systems, School of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yu-Min YeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China. yeyumin@nbu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-045X
Zi-Tao YuState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xiang GaoState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1732-2132
Howard A StoneDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-0639
Li-Wu FanState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. liwufan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-5058

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase-change thermal batteries for renewable energy storage and waste heat recovery demand high energy density and fast charging

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PMID41501201

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