Retraction notice to Recent developments in metal/metalloid nanomaterials for battery applications; a comparative review [FUEL][340][2023][127399](S0016236123000121)(10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127399)

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). In investigating concerns brought up regarding the article, about the reliability of text and figures from the article, as well as the appropriateness of some citations, the Editor reached out to the authors for an explanation. Post-publication, the Editor also discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper. In summary, the author's name Saadat Majeed was added to the revised paper without explanation and without the exceptional approval by the journal Editor, which is contrary to the journal policy on changes to authorship. The authors failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to the above points. Post-publication, the Editor also discovered suspicious email addresses used by authors during the submission process were associated with multiple researcher accounts. The Editor has determined that neither the content nor the authorship of the paper can be relied upon, and the article needs to be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction of the article and dispute the grounds for it.