Designing modern aqueous batteries

Y Liang, Y Yao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Strategies of regulating Zn 2+ solvation structures for dendrite-free and side reaction-suppressed zinc-ion batteries

J Cao, D Zhang, X Zhang, Z Zeng, J Qin… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-safety and low-cost aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are an exceptionally compelling
technology for grid-scale energy storage, whereas the corrosion, hydrogen evolution …

Co-solvent electrolyte engineering for stable anode-free zinc metal batteries

F Ming, Y Zhu, G Huang, AH Emwas… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Develo** cathode materials for aqueous zinc ion batteries: challenges and practical prospects

G Li, L Sun, S Zhang, C Zhang, H **… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growth in intermittent renewable sources including solar and wind has sparked increasing
interest in electrical energy storage. Grid‐scale energy storage integrated with renewable …

Simultaneous regulation on solvation shell and electrode interface for dendrite‐free Zn ion batteries achieved by a low‐cost glucose additive

P Sun, L Ma, W Zhou, M Qiu, Z Wang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dendrite growth and by‐products in Zn metal aqueous batteries have impeded their
development as promising energy storage devices. We utilize a low‐cost additive, glucose …

A non-flammable hydrous organic electrolyte for sustainable zinc batteries

D Han, C Cui, K Zhang, Z Wang, J Gao, Y Guo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries have long been considered a potentially more sustainable
alternative to lithium-ion batteries because of their better environmental compatibility …

A double-functional additive containing nucleophilic groups for high-performance Zn-ion batteries

J Wan, R Wang, Z Liu, L Zhang, F Liang, T Zhou… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted attention for their low cost and
environmental friendliness. Unfortunately, commercialization has been hampered by several …

Regulation methods for the Zn/electrolyte interphase and the effectiveness evaluation in aqueous Zn-ion batteries

L Yuan, J Hao, CC Kao, C Wu, HK Liu… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) have inspired an overwhelming number of literature studies
due to their safety, cost effectiveness, and environmental benignity. Directly employing …

From room temperature to harsh temperature applications: Fundamentals and perspectives on electrolytes in zinc metal batteries

S Liu, R Zhang, J Mao, Y Zhao, Q Cai, Z Guo - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
As one of the most competitive candidates for the next-generation energy storage systems,
the emerging rechargeable zinc metal battery (ZMB) is inevitably influenced by beyond …

Electrolyte additive engineering for aqueous Zn ion batteries

Y Geng, L Pan, Z Peng, Z Sun, H Lin, C Mao… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …