Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X **ao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

Rechargeable batteries for grid scale energy storage

Z Zhu, T Jiang, M Ali, Y Meng, Y **, Y Cui… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable
energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy …

Boosting oxygen electrocatalytic activity of Fe–N–C catalysts by phosphorus incorporation

Y Zhou, R Lu, X Tao, Z Qiu, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials hosting single-atom iron (Fe–N–C) are major non-
precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The nitrogen-coordinated …

In situ modulating coordination fields of single-atom cobalt catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction

M Liu, J Zhang, H Su, Y Jiang, W Zhou, C Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts, especially those with metal− N4 moieties, hold great promise for
facilitating the oxygen reduction reaction. However, the symmetrical distribution of electrons …

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 …

Two-electron redox chemistry via single-atom catalyst for reversible zinc–air batteries

W Zhang, J Zhang, N Wang, K Zhu, C Yang, Y Ai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered to be one of the most sustainable
alternative systems in a post-lithium-ion future owing to their lowest possible dependency on …

Engineering covalent organic frameworks toward advanced zinc‐based batteries

Q Zhang, P Zhi, J Zhang, S Duan, X Yao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc‐based batteries (ZBBs) have demonstrated considerable potential among secondary
batteries, attributing to their advantages including good safety, environmental friendliness …

Lotus effect inspired hydrophobic strategy for stable Zn metal anodes

L Han, Y Guo, F Ning, X Liu, J Yi, Q Luo… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) have long suffered from the unstable Zn metal anode, which faces
numerous challenges concerning dendrite growth, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution …

Synergy of dual-atom catalysts deviated from the scaling relationship for oxygen evolution reaction

C Fang, J Zhou, L Zhang, W Wan, Y Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dual-atom catalysts, particularly those with heteronuclear active sites, have the potential to
outperform the well-established single-atom catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction, but the …

Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review

F Afonso, M Sohst, CMA Diogo, SS Rodrigues… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate change is exacerbated and existing resources are depleted, the need for
sustainable industries becomes ever so important. Aviation is not an exception. Despite the …