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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Using transition metals efficiently in aqueous batteries requires transferring
    multiple electrons per metal, which leads to difficult-to-manage conversion reactions.
    It is now shown how vanadium can be changed from one-electron insertion to four-electron
    conversion.
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author:
- first_name: Stefan Alexander
  full_name: Freunberger, Stefan Alexander
  id: A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425
  last_name: Freunberger
  orcid: 0000-0003-2902-5319
citation:
  ama: Freunberger SA. Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes. <i>Nature Materials</i>.
    2026;25(9):1482-1483. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3">10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3</a>
  apa: Freunberger, S. A. (2026). Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes. <i>Nature
    Materials</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3</a>
  chicago: Freunberger, Stefan Alexander. “Triggering Conversion in Vanadium Electrodes.”
    <i>Nature Materials</i>. Springer Nature, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3</a>.
  ieee: S. A. Freunberger, “Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes,” <i>Nature
    Materials</i>, vol. 25, no. 9. Springer Nature, pp. 1482–1483, 2026.
  ista: Freunberger SA. 2026. Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes. Nature
    Materials. 25(9), 1482–1483.
  mla: Freunberger, Stefan Alexander. “Triggering Conversion in Vanadium Electrodes.”
    <i>Nature Materials</i>, vol. 25, no. 9, Springer Nature, 2026, pp. 1482–83, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3">10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3</a>.
  short: S.A. Freunberger, Nature Materials 25 (2026) 1482–1483.
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date_created: 2026-08-26T18:48:33Z
date_published: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-09-09T07:17:13Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: StFr
doi: 10.1038/s41563-026-02714-3
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  pmid:
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intvolume: '        25'
issue: '9'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '09'
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page: 1482-1483
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publication: Nature Materials
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1476-4660
  issn:
  - 1476-1122
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
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status: public
supplementarymaterial: not applicable
title: Triggering conversion in vanadium electrodes
type: journal_article
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volume: 25
year: '2026'
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