Electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to multi-carbon fuels and chemical feedstocks is an appealing approach to mitigate excessive CO₂ emissions. However, the reported catalysts always show either a low Faradaic efficiency of the C₂₊ product or poor long-term stability. Herein, we report a facile and scalable anodic corrosion method to synthesize oxygen-rich ultrathin CuO nanoplate arrays, which form Cu/Cu₂O heterogeneous interfaces through self-evolution during electrocatalysis. The catalyst exhibits a high C₂H₄ Faradaic efficiency of 84.5%, stable electrolysis for ~55 h in a flow cell using a neutral KCl electrolyte, and a full-cell ethylene energy efficiency of 27.6% at 200 mA cm⁻² in a membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer. Mechanism analyses reveal that the stable nanostructures, stable Cu/Cu₂O interfaces, and enhanced adsorption of the *OCCOH intermediate preserve selective and prolonged C₂H₄ production. The robust and scalable produced catalyst coupled with mild electrolytic conditions facilitates the practical application of electrochemical CO₂ reduction.

The discovery of ferromagnetic two-dimensional van der Waals materials has opened up opportunities to explore intriguing physics and to develop innovative spintronic devices. However, controllable synthesis of these 2D ferromagnets and enhancing their stability under ambient conditions remain challenging. Here, we report chemical vapor deposition growth of air-stable 2D metallic 1T-CrTe₂ ultrathin crystals with controlled thickness. Their long-range ferromagnetic ordering is confirmed by a robust anomalous Hall effect, which has seldom been observed in other layered 2D materials grown by chemical vapor deposition. With reducing the thickness of 1T-CrTe₂ from tens of nanometers to several nanometers, the easy axis changes from in-plane to out-of-plane. Monotonic increase of Curie temperature with the thickness decreasing from ~130.0 to ~7.6 nm is observed. Theoretical calculations indicate that the weakening of the Coulomb screening in the two-dimensional limit plays a crucial role in the change of magnetic properties.

Selective atomic layer deposition of LiF on h-BN as an interfacial layer enables stable cycling of Li metal anodes.

A light weight, economic, and high–energy density Zn/MnO ₂ fiber battery was integrated with a textile body area network.