Does water‐in‐salt electrolyte subdue issues of Zn batteries?

Z Khan, D Kumar, X Crispin - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Zn‐metal batteries (ZnBs) are safe and sustainable because of their operability in aqueous
electrolytes, abundance of Zn, and recyclability. However, the thermodynamic instability of …

Advanced aqueous proton batteries: working mechanism, key materials, challenges and prospects

JL Yang, JM Cao, XX Zhao, KY Zhang, SH Zheng… - EnergyChem, 2022 - Elsevier
With the advantages of high safety and environmental friendliness, aqueous batteries have
shown beneficial application scenarios in the field of large-scale energy storage. Compared …

Aqueous electrolytes with hydrophobic organic cosolvents for stabilizing zinc metal anodes

L Miao, R Wang, S Di, Z Qian, L Zhang, W Xin, M Liu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries are promising for large-energy storage because
of their low cost, high safety, and environmental compatibility, but their implementation is …

Three-functional ether-based co-solvents for suppressing water-induced parasitic reactions in aqueous Zn-ion batteries

L Miao, R Wang, W Xin, L Zhang, Y Geng, H Peng… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the high safety and low cost of aqueous Zn batteries, water-induced parasitic
reactions severely restrict their stability. Herein, a three-functional ether-based co-solvent …

A Sustainable NH4+ Ion Battery by Electrolyte Engineering

Z Tian, J Yin, T Guo, Z Zhao, Y Zhu, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous ammonium ion battery is a promising sustainable energy storage system.
However, the side reactions originating from electrolytes (the water decomposition and host …

Aqueous non-metallic ion batteries: Materials, mechanisms and design strategies

J Xu, Y Liu, C Xu, J Li, Z Yang, H Yan, H Yu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aqueous non-metallic ion batteries (ANIBs) undoubtedly represent one of the best
candidates for energy storage owing to their high safety, low manufacturing cost, and fast …

Toward reversible wide-temperature Zn storage by regulating the electrolyte solvation structure via trimethyl phosphate

B Qiu, L Xie, G Zhang, K Cheng, Z Lin, W Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide-scale application of zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is largely restricted by dendrite
formation, hydrogen evolution corrosion and capacity fading, caused by the coordinated H 2 …

Construction of bio‐inspired film with engineered hydrophobicity to boost interfacial reaction kinetics of aqueous zinc–ion batteries

Q Gou, H Luo, Y Zheng, Q Zhang, C Li, J Wang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc–ion batteries typically suffer from sluggish interfacial reaction kinetics and
drastic cathode dissolution owing to the desolvation process of hydrated Zn2+ and continual …

Proton batteries shape the next energy storage

C Huang, W Zhang, W Zheng - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Merited by its fast proton diffusion kinetics, proton batteries are qualified as one of the most
next-generation energy storage devices. The recent emergence and explosive development …

Anhydrous Fast Proton Transport Boosted by the Hydrogen Bond Network in a Dense Oxide‐Ion Array of α‐MoO3

Z Ma, XM Shi, S Nishimura, S Ko, M Okubo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing high‐power battery chemistry is an urgent task to buffer fluctuating renewable
energies and achieve a sustainable and flexible power supply. Owing to the small size of the …