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 …

More is better: high-entropy electrolyte design in rechargeable batteries

X Zhao, Z Fu, X Zhang, X Wang, B Li, D Zhou… - Energy & …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The field of rechargeable batteries has witnessed significant advancements driven by the
increasing demand for efficient and sustainable energy technologies. As a key component of …

A temperature self‐adaptive electrolyte for wide‐temperature aqueous zinc‐ion batteries

G Qu, H Wei, S Zhao, Y Yang, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) is often hampered by the dendritic
zinc growth and the parasitic side reactions between the zinc anode and the aqueous …

Guiding Zn Uniform Deposition with Polymer Additives for Long‐lasting and Highly Utilized Zn Metal Anodes

D Feng, Y Jiao, P Wu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The parasitic side reaction on Zn anode is the key issue which hinders the development of
aqueous Zn‐based energy storage systems on power‐grid applications. Here, a polymer …

Weakly solvating aqueous-based electrolyte facilitated by a soft co-solvent for extreme temperature operations of zinc-ion batteries

R Zhang, WK Pang, JP Vongsvivut… - Energy & …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The aqueous zinc-ion battery (AZIB) is a promising option for grid-scale energy storage, but
it faces challenges from parasitic water-related reactions and limited operational …

Steric‐hindrance Effect Tuned Ion Solvation Enabling High Performance Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries

H Dou, X Wu, M Xu, R Feng, Q Ma, D Luo… - Angewandte …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite many additives have been reported for aqueous zinc ion batteries, steric‐hindrance
effect of additives and its correlation with Zn2+ solvation structure have been rarely reported …

Preferred planar crystal growth and uniform solid electrolyte interfaces enabled by anion receptors for stable aqueous Zn batteries

X Wang, Y Ying, X Li, S Chen, G Gao… - Energy & …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the intrinsic safety, abundant resource and low cost of Zn anodes and aqueous
electrolytes, the implementation of rechargeable aqueous Zn batteries is still hampered by …

Rational design of anti-freezing electrolytes for extremely low-temperature aqueous batteries

L Jiang, S Han, YC Hu, Y Yang, Y Lu, YC Lu, J Zhao… - Nature Energy, 2024‏ - nature.com
Designing anti-freezing electrolytes through choosing suitable H2O–solute systems is
crucial for low-temperature aqueous batteries (LTABs). However, the lack of an effective …

Advanced anti‐icing strategies and technologies by macrostructured photothermal storage superhydrophobic surfaces

F Chu, Z Hu, Y Feng, NC Lai, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Water is the source of life and civilization, but water icing causes catastrophic damage to
human life and diverse industrial processes. Currently, superhydrophobic surfaces (inspired …

Hydrogen-bond chemistry in rechargeable batteries

T Sun, Q Nian, X Ren, Z Tao - Joule, 2023‏ - cell.com
Since the hydrogen bond (HB) was proposed and confirmed by chemists in the 1920s, it has
played a very important role in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials …