Designing modern aqueous batteries

Y Liang, Y Yao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
In the pursuit of more reliable and affordable energy storage solutions, interest in batteries
powered by water-based electrolytes is surging. Today's commercial aqueous batteries lack …

Rechargeable batteries for grid scale energy storage

Z Zhu, T Jiang, M Ali, Y Meng, Y Jin, Y Cui… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable
energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy …

Electrolytes in organic batteries

M Li, RP Hicks, Z Chen, C Luo, J Guo, C Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic batteries using redox-active polymers and small organic compounds have become
promising candidates for next-generation energy storage devices due to the abundance …

Insights into the solvation chemistry in liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries

P Xiao, X Yun, Y Chen, X Guo, P Gao, G Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-based rechargeable batteries have dominated the energy storage field and attracted
considerable research interest due to their excellent electrochemical performance. As …

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 …

Opportunities of flexible and portable electrochemical devices for energy storage: expanding the spotlight onto semi-solid/solid electrolytes

X Fan, C Zhong, J Liu, J Ding, Y Deng, X Han… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable electronics has stimulated research
and development in building advanced electrochemical energy devices which are …

High-voltage liquid electrolytes for Li batteries: progress and perspectives

X Fan, C Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the advent of the Li ion batteries (LIBs), the energy density has been tripled, mainly
attributed to the increase of the electrode capacities. Now, the capacity of transition metal …

Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems

Q Shen, M Jiang, R Wang, K Song, MH Vong, W Jung… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Soft materials tend to be highly permeable to gases, making it difficult to create stretchable
hermetic seals. With the integration of spacers, we demonstrate the use of liquid metals …

Oxygen loss in layered oxide cathodes for Li-ion batteries: mechanisms, effects, and mitigation

H Zhang, H Liu, LFJ Piper, MS Whittingham… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Layered lithium transition metal oxides derived from LiMO2 (M= Co, Ni, Mn, etc.) have been
widely adopted as the cathodes of Li-ion batteries for portable electronics, electric vehicles …

A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

W Sun, F Wang, B Zhang, M Zhang, V Küpers, X Ji… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Rechargeable alkaline zinc-air batteries promise high energy density and safety but suffer
from the sluggish 4 electron (e−)/oxygen (O2) chemistry that requires participation of water …