In a recent issue of ACS Central Science, Dincă and co-workers report a strikingly practical result for a field that often struggles to bridge molecular design with device-level constraints: a single-crystalline, semiconductive, layered organic cathode that delivers high capacity as a positive electrode in all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). (1) The headline is not simply “another organic cathode,” but rather a rare convergence of features: crystallinity, intrinsic electronic transport, and electrode-level optimization, all directly targeting long-standing bottlenecks at solid–solid interfaces.
Lin, X., & Vlad, A. (2026). When Organic Meets Solid: A Crystal-Clear Path to Better Batteries. ACS Central Science, 12(6), 915-918. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.6c00932 (Original work published 2026)