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Dual‐ion batteries (DIBs) have been attracting great attention for the storage of stationary energy due to their low cost, environmental friendliness, and high working voltage. However, most reports on DIBs involve low‐mass‐loading electrodes (<2.5 mg), while the use of high mass‐loading electrodes (>10 mg cm−2), which are critical for practical application, is overlooked. Herein, an integrated free‐standing functional carbon positive electrode (named MSCG) with a “point‐line‐plane” hierarchical architecture at the practical level of ultrahigh mass‐loading (>50 mg cm−2) is developed for high‐energy‐density DIBs. The rationally designed microstructure and the advanced assembly method that is adopted produce a well‐interconnected ion/electron transport channel in the MSCG electrode, which confers rapid ion/electron kinetic properties while maintaining good mechanical properties. Consequently, the DIBs with ultrahigh‐mass‐loading MSCG electrodes exhibits a high discharge capacity of 100.5 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C (loading mass of 50 mg cm−2) and a long‐term cycling performance with a capacity retention of 87.7% at 1 C after 500 cycles (loading mass of 23 mg cm−2). Moreover, the DIB with the ultrahigh‐mass‐loading positive electrode achieves a high energy density of 379 Wh kg−1 based on the mass of electrode materials, the highest value recorded to date for any DIBs.

A novel nano-pore stainless steel film(NPSSF) with high surface area, good conductivity and low value is fabricated as the substrate by electrochemical method, and Cu/CuO/Cu2O heterojunction photocatalyst is successfully deposited on NPSSF. The Cu/CuO/Cu2O/ NPSSF shows marked photocatalytic activity in PEC of hydrogen production by water splitting and photocurrent response features under visible light irradiation. In addition, Pt nanoparticles modified on the heterojunction surface increases the carrier density, promotes electron/hole separation and demonstrates the lowest flat band potential for 0.38 V(SCE). The current density of the Cu/CuO/Cu2O heterojunction photocatalyst modified by Pt on the NPSSF is about two times that on ITO at the potential of −0.4 V(SCE). The narrowband gaps of Pt/Cu/CuO/Cu2O/NPSSF heterojunction are calculated and ensure its wide absorption band in the visible region. It is discussed that the photoelectrocatalytic mechanism of this newly developed photocatalyst by water splitting. The recovery photocatalyst of Pt/Cu/CuO/Cu2O/NPSSF could solve the expensive separation processes and recovery difficulties of powders and nanoparticles photocatalysts.