Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X Xiao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

Recent progress and strategic perspectives of inorganic solid electrolytes: fundamentals, modifications, and applications in sodium metal batteries

J Huang, K Wu, G Xu, M Wu, S Dou, C Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid-state electrolytes (SEs) have attracted overwhelming attention as a promising
alternative to traditional organic liquid electrolytes (OLEs) for high-energy-density sodium …

Entropy‐Driven Solvation toward Low‐Temperature Sodium‐Ion Batteries with Temperature‐Adaptive Feature

C Yang, X Liu, Y Lin, L Yin, J Lu, Y You - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salt precipitation at temperatures far above the freezing point of solvents is primarily
responsible for performance decay of rechargeable batteries at low temperature, yet is still …

Wide-temperature-range sodium-metal batteries: from fundamentals and obstacles to optimization

Y Sun, JC Li, H Zhou, S Guo - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium metal with a~ 1166 mA hg− 1 high theoretical specific capacity and a− 2.71 V low
redox potential shows tremendous application prospects in the sodium metal batteries …

Edge-Hosted Mn-N4-C12 Site Tunes Adsorption Energy for Ultralow-Temperature and High-Capacity Solid-State Zn-Air Battery

Q Wang, Y Tan, S Tang, W Liu, Y Zhang, X Xiong… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Robust operation of Zn-air batteries (ZABs) with high capacity and excellent energy
efficiency is desirable for practical harsh applications, whose bottlenecks are mainly …

High energy density Na-metal batteries enabled by a tailored carbonate-based electrolyte

J Chen, Y Peng, Y Yin, M Liu, Z Fang, Y Xie… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-voltage sodium metal batteries (SMBs) offer a viable way toward high energy densities.
However, they synchronously place severe demands on the electrolyte for the notorious …

Na metal anodes for liquid and solid-state Na batteries

P Pirayesh, E Jin, Y Wang, Y Zhao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Because of the high abundance, cost-effectiveness and low redox potential of Na,
rechargeable Na metal batteries (NMBs) are considered an ideal alternative and …

Dendrite‐Free and High‐Rate Potassium Metal Batteries Sustained by an Inorganic‐Rich SEI

X Lian, Z Ju, L Li, Y Yi, J Zhou, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium metal battery is an appealing candidate for future energy storage. However, its
application is plagued by the notorious dendrite proliferation at the anode side, which entails …

Space‐Confined Guest Synthesis to Fabricate Sn‐Monodispersed N‐Doped Mesoporous Host toward Anode‐Free Na Batteries

S Li, H Zhu, Y Liu, Q Wu, S Cheng, J Xie - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Severe issues including volume change and dendrite growth on sodium metal anodes
hinder the pursuit of applicable high‐energy‐density sodium metal batteries. Herein, an in …

Challenges and strategies of formulating low‐temperature electrolytes in lithium‐ion batteries

M Qin, Z Zeng, S Cheng, J Xie - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have monopolized energy storage markets in modern society.
The reliable operation of LIBs at cold condition (< 0° C), nevertheless, is inevitably …