City University

Breaking Barriers Toward Practicality: Critical Materials and Strategies for High‐Energy‐Density Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

ABSTRACT Driven by the demands of grid‐scale energy storage and the electrification of transport, achieving superior energy density is pivotal to establishing a more sustainable and economically resilient battery ecosystem. However, aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs), despite thei...

Investigating the Impact of Fintech Adoption on SME Financing: A Study from an Emerging Market

This study aims to analyze the impact of fintech adoption on the SME financing of scheduled banks in Bangladesh. Data has been collected from 30 scheduled banks operating in Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. The data were analyzed using the statistical software STATA 14.0. Independen...

Reconfiguration of rural social-spatial network by mobile social platform and its impact on apple farmer livelihoods: a case study of Li County, China

Abstract Digital transformation is profoundly reshaping rural socio-economic landscapes and livelihood trajectories worldwide. However, the spatially differentiated mechanisms through which specific mobile social platforms reconfigure farmers’ social-spatial networks and the cons...