PBOC said the 7-day reverse repo operation on Sept 9, 2026 amounted to zero, citing demand from primary dealers in open market operations.

市場消息：日本料於9月17日改組內閣。

Researchers at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a solvation de‑shielding electrolyte design for low‑temperature lithium‑ion capacitors (LICs). The formulation uses gamma‑valerolactone (GVL) as primary solvent (medium polarity, low melting point, moderate Li+ coordination), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) as functional lithium salt, and ethyl acetate (EA) as a weakly coordinating cosolvent to weaken solvent encapsulation of Li+ and encourage anion participation in local solvation structure, creating a weakly bound, anion‑participating solvation environment. Full‑carbon LICs with this electrolyte maintained strong energy output at −40°C, delivering electrode‑mass‑based energy density of 106.8 Wh/kg—about 8.9 times that of conventional carbonate‑based electrolytes. The study reports the approach overcomes slow interfacial reaction kinetics at low temperature caused by strong solvation shielding.