How about vanadium‐based compounds as cathode materials for aqueous zinc ion batteries?

T Lv, Y Peng, G Zhang, S Jiang, Z Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) stand out among many monovalent/multivalent metal‐
ion batteries as promising new energy storage devices because of their good safety, low …

Comprehensive review of electrolyte modification strategies for stabilizing Zn metal anodes

Y Liang, M Qiu, P Sun, W Mai - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In response to the need of sustainable development, there is an increasing demand for
electrical energy storage, leading to a stimulated pursuit of advanced batteries. Aqueous …

Toward practical aqueous zinc-ion batteries for electrochemical energy storage

C Li, S Jin, LA Archer, LF Nazar - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Chang Li is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at University of Waterloo, under
the supervision of Professor Linda F. Nazar. He received his bachelor's degree from the …

Solvent control of water O− H bonds for highly reversible zinc ion batteries

Y Wang, Z Wang, WK Pang, W Lie, JA Yuwono… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries have attracted increasing research interest; however, the
development of these batteries has been hindered by several challenges, including dendrite …

A hydrated deep eutectic electrolyte with finely-tuned solvation chemistry for high-performance zinc-ion batteries

R Chen, C Zhang, J Li, Z Du, F Guo, W Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite their cost-effectiveness and intrinsic safety, aqueous zinc-ion batteries have faced
challenges with poor reversibility originating from various active water-induced side …

Enabling selective zinc-ion intercalation by a eutectic electrolyte for practical anodeless zinc batteries

C Li, R Kingsbury, AS Thind, A Shyamsunder… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Two major challenges hinder the advance of aqueous zinc metal batteries for sustainable
stationary storage:(1) achieving predominant Zn-ion (de) intercalation at the oxide cathode …

Regulating the Inner Helmholtz Plane with a High Donor Additive for Efficient Anode Reversibility in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries

J Luo, L Xu, Y Zhou, T Yan, Y Shao, D Yang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of aqueous Zn ion batteries (AZIBs) is highly dependent on inner
Helmholtz plane (IHP) chemistry. Notorious parasitic reactions containing hydrogen …

Highly reversible Zn anode with a practical areal capacity enabled by a sustainable electrolyte and superacid interfacial chemistry

C Li, A Shyamsunder, AG Hoane, DM Long, CY Kwok… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Aqueous zinc-metal batteries are plagued by poor Zn reversibility owing to zinc dendrite and
layered double hydroxide (LDH) formation. Here, we introduce a novel additive—N, N …

Bio‐inspired polyanionic electrolytes for highly stable zinc‐ion batteries

H Dong, X Hu, R Liu, M Ouyang, H He… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs), the non‐uniform Zn plating/stripping results in a high
polarization and low Coulombic efficiency (CE), hindering the large‐scale application of …

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 …