Developing cathode materials for aqueous zinc ion batteries: challenges and practical prospects

G Li, L Sun, S Zhang, C Zhang, H Jin… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growth in intermittent renewable sources including solar and wind has sparked increasing
interest in electrical energy storage. Grid‐scale energy storage integrated with renewable …

Recent Progress on Zn Anodes for Advanced Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

C Nie, G Wang, D Wang, M Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted much attention due to their
excellent safety, cost‐effectiveness, and eco‐friendliness thereby being considered as one …

Functionalized separator strategies toward advanced aqueous zinc‐ion batteries

Y Zong, H He, Y Wang, M Wu, X Ren… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) enjoy a good reputation for being safe, affordable to
produce, and ecologically friendly due to the use of water‐based electrolytes. The main …

Stabling zinc metal anode with polydopamine regulation through dual effects of fast desolvation and ion confinement

T Wang, P Wang, L Pan, Z He, L Dai… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal zinc is recognized as a promising anode candidate for aqueous zinc‐ion batteries
(AZIBs), however, dendrites and byproducts formation severe deteriorate its reversibility and …

Secondary amines functionalized organocatalytic iodine redox for high‐performance aqueous dual‐ion batteries

R Yang, W Yao, L Zhou, F Zhang, Y Zheng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous dual‐ion batteries (ADIBs) based on the cooperative redox of cations and iodine
anions at the anode and cathode respectively, are attracting increasing interest because of …

Functional ultrathin separators proactively stabilizing zinc anodes for zinc‐based energy storage

Y Li, X Peng, X Li, H Duan, S Xie, L Dong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin separators are indispensable to high‐energy‐density zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs), but
their easy failure caused by zinc dendrites poses a great challenge. Herein, 23 µm‐thick …

Triple‐function electrolyte regulation toward advanced aqueous Zn‐ion batteries

J Hao, L Yuan, Y Zhu, M Jaroniec… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The poor Zn reversibility has been criticized for limiting applications of aqueous Zn‐ion
batteries (ZIBs); however, its behavior in aqueous media is not fully uncovered yet. Here, this …

Aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries: from electrochemistry to energy storage mechanism

H Chen, X Li, K Fang, H Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most appealing energy storage technologies, aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries
still suffer severe problems such as low energy density, slow iodine conversion kinetics, and …

Zincophilic electrode interphase with appended proton reservoir ability stabilizes Zn metal anodes

Z Xing, Y Sun, X Xie, Y Tang, G Xu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rampant dendrites and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) resulting from the turbulent
interfacial evolution at the anode/electrolyte are the main culprits of short lifespan and low …

Selection criteria for electrical double layer structure regulators enabling stable Zn metal anodes

C Huang, X Zhao, Y Hao, Y Yang, Y Qian… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Regulating the electrical double layer (EDL) structure via electrolyte additives is a promising
strategy to improve the cycling stability of Zn anodes, but there are no general strategies that …