Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable
energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy …

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 …

The diverse and tunable surface and bulk chemistry of MXenes affords valuable and
distinctive properties, which can be useful across many components of energy storage …

Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries have drawn increasing attention due to the intrinsic safety, cost‐
effectiveness and high energy density. However, parasitic reactions and non‐uniform …

Anode-free metal batteries can in principle offer higher energy density, but this requires
them to have extraordinary Coulombic efficiency (> 99.7%). Although Zn-based metal …

Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

Among the more sustainable battery chemistries, the aqueous zinc system is receiving
renewed interest. To accelerate the practical applications of this promising technology, an …

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) and hydrogel electrolytes were developed as electrolytes
for zinc ion batteries (ZIBs). Hydrogels can retain water molecules and provide high ionic …

Abstract Aqueous Zn ion batteries (AZIBs) are one of the most promising new-generation
electrochemical energy storage devices with high specific capacity, good security, and …

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted attention for their low cost and
environmental friendliness. Unfortunately, commercialization has been hampered by several …