Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms

L Tang, H Peng, J Kang, H Chen, M Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Batteries play a pivotal role in various electrochemical energy storage systems, functioning
as essential components to enhance energy utilization efficiency and expedite the …

Aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries: from electrochemistry to energy storage mechanism

H Chen, X Li, K Fang, H Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most appealing energy storage technologies, aqueous zinc‐iodine batteries
still suffer severe problems such as low energy density, slow iodine conversion kinetics, and …

A 3d‐4d‐5d high entropy alloy as a bifunctional oxygen catalyst for robust aqueous zinc–air batteries

R He, L Yang, Y Zhang, D Jiang, S Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High entropy alloys (HEAs) are highly suitable candidate catalysts for oxygen evolution and
reduction reactions (OER/ORR) as they offer numerous parameters for optimizing the …

Highly Reversible Zn–Air Batteries Enabled by Tuned Valence Electron and Steric Hindrance on Atomic Fe–N4–C Sites

H Zheng, D Deng, X Zheng, Y Chen, Y Bai, M Liu… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst is the Achilles' heel of achieving robust reversible Zn–
air batteries (ZABs). Herein, durable bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis in alkaline media is …

The Heterointerface between Fe1/NC and Selenides Boosts Reversible Oxygen Electrocatalysis

H Zheng, S Wang, S Liu, J Wu, J Guan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rational design and construction of efficient and inexpensive bifunctional oxygen
electrocatalysts are highly desirable for the development of rechargeable Zn–air batteries …

Electronic modulation induced by decorating single-atomic Fe-Co pairs with Fe-Co alloy clusters toward enhanced ORR/OER activity

P Li, F Qiang, X Tan, Z Li, J Shi, S Liu, M Huang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modulating the electronic properties of single-atomic metal sites with metal clusters is a
promising strategy for boosting their intrinsic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen …

Progress on bifunctional carbon‐based electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries based on voltage difference performance

Y Song, W Li, K Zhang, C Han… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) hold potential as clean, cost‐effective, and sustainable energy
storage system for the next generation. However, the application of ZABs remains …

Potential dominates structural recombination of single atom Mn sites for promoting oxygen reduction reaction

M Tong, F Sun, G **ng, C Tian… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single atom sites (SAS) often undergo structural recombination in oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR), while the effect of valence state and reconstruction on active centers needs to be …

Pyridinic-N exclusively enriched CNT-encapsulated NiFe interfacial alloy nanoparticles on knitted carbon fiber cloth as bifunctional oxygen catalysts for biaxially …

MB Poudel, S Vijayapradeep, K Sekar… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
are the core reactions in reversible zinc–air batteries but are kinetically challenging because …

Flexibility Tuning of Dual‐Metal S─Fe─Co─N5 Catalysts with O‐Axial Ligand Structure for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

H Su, S Song, N Li, Y Gao, P Li, L Ge… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic performance of metal–nitrogen–carbon (M─ N─ C) single‐atom
catalysts remains a significant challenge due to their rigid active center. Controllable tuning …