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 …

Cellulose-based ionic conductor: An emerging material toward sustainable devices

Y Ye, L Yu, E Lizundia, Y Zhu, C Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic conductors (ICs) find widespread applications across different fields, such as smart
electronic, ionotronic, sensor, biomedical, and energy harvesting/storage devices, and …

Gel polymer electrolytes for rechargeable batteries toward wide-temperature applications

X Zhou, Y Zhou, L Yu, L Qi, KS Oh, P Hu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Rechargeable batteries, typically represented by lithium-ion batteries, have taken a huge
leap in energy density over the last two decades. However, they still face material/chemical …

Tough hydrogel electrolytes for anti‐freezing zinc‐ion batteries

Y Yan, S Duan, B Liu, S Wu, Y Alsaid, B Yao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the soaring demand for energy storage continues to grow, batteries that can cope with
extreme conditions are highly desired. Yet, existing battery materials are limited by weak …

Super stretchable, self‐healing, adhesive ionic conductive hydrogels based on tailor‐made ionic liquid for high‐performance strain sensors

X Yao, S Zhang, L Qian, N Wei, V Nica… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic conductive hydrogels (ICHs) integrate the conductive performance and soft nature of
tissue‐like materials to imitate the features of human skin with mechanical and sensory …

Quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries with an atomically dispersed cobalt electrocatalyst and organohydrogel electrolyte

Q Wang, Q Feng, Y Lei, S Tang, L Xu, Y **ong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries are usually limited to relatively low-rate ability (< 10 mA
cm− 2), which is caused in part by sluggish oxygen electrocatalysis and unstable …

Opportunities of flexible and portable electrochemical devices for energy storage: expanding the spotlight onto semi-solid/solid electrolytes

X Fan, C Zhong, J Liu, J Ding, Y Deng, X Han… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable electronics has stimulated research
and development in building advanced electrochemical energy devices which are …

Rational design of flexible Zn-based batteries for wearable electronic devices

X **ao, Z Zheng, X Zhong, R Gao, Z Piao, M Jiao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The advent of 5G and the Internet of Things has spawned a demand for wearable electronic
devices. However, the lack of a suitable flexible energy storage system has become the …

Engineering dual single‐atom sites on 2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets attaining ultra‐low‐temperature zinc‐air battery

T Cui, YP Wang, T Ye, J Wu, Z Chen, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a novel dual single‐atom catalyst comprising adjacent Fe‐N4 and Mn‐N4 sites on
2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets with porous structure (FeMn‐DSAC) was …

N, O symmetric double coordination of an unsaturated Fe single-atom confined within a graphene framework for extraordinarily boosting oxygen reduction in Zn–air …

Y Li, Y Ding, B Zhang, Y Huang, H Qi, P Das… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The Fe–N coordinated single atom catalysts (SACs) are regarded as one of the most
prominent substitutes for the commercial Pt/C electrocatalyst in the oxygen reduction …