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 …

A review on zinc electrodes in alkaline electrolyte: Current challenges and optimization strategies

D Qiu, B Li, C Zhao, J Dang, G Chen, H Qiu… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a safe, abundant and low-cost anode material, zinc (Zn) possesses the fast reaction
kinetics and high energy density in alkaline environments. As a result, alkaline Zn batteries …

Rechargeable zinc–air batteries with an ultralarge discharge capacity per cycle and an ultralong cycle life

X Zhong, Y Shao, B Chen, C Li, J Sheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A conventional two‐electrode rechargeable zinc–air battery (RZAB) has two major
problems: 1) opposing requirements for the oxygen reduction (ORR) and oxygen evolution …

Electrolyte Tuned Robust Interface toward Fast‐Charging Zn–Air Battery with Atomic Mo Site Catalyst

Q Wang, S Tang, Z Wang, J Wu, Y Bai… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stable operation of sustainable Zn–air batteries (ZABs) has attracted considerable attention,
but it remains a huge challenge to achieve temperature‐adaptive and fast‐charging ZABs …

Advancements in achieving high reversibility of zinc anode for alkaline zinc‐based batteries

W **e, K Zhu, H Yang, W Yang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable alkaline zinc‐based batteries (ZBBs) have attracted extensive research
attention due to their advantages of low cost, high specific energy, and high safety. Although …

Sphere‐Confined Reversible Zn Deposition for Stable Alkaline Aqueous Batteries

Y Wang, Y Gao, J He, J Yang, G Fu, Q Cao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The practical applications of alkaline zinc‐based batteries are challenged by poor
rechargeability with an insufficient zinc utilization ratio. Herein, a sphere‐confined reversible …

Advanced metal anodes and their interface design toward safe metal batteries: A comprehensive review

Y Luo, X Yang, C Wang, A Fraser, H Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal batteries have attracted significant interest due to their higher energy density
compared to state-of-the-art metal-ion batteries. However, the combination of a metal anode …

Light‐assisted metal–air batteries: progress, challenges, and perspectives

J Li, K Zhang, B Wang, H Peng - … Chemie International Edition, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–air batteries are considered one of the most promising next‐generation energy
storage devices owing to their ultrahigh theoretical specific energy. However, sluggish …

Recent progress of dendrite‐free stable zinc anodes for advanced zinc‐based rechargeable batteries: fundamentals, challenges, and perspectives

X Wang, C Sun, ZS Wu - SusMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc‐based batteries are a very promising class of next‐generation electrochemical energy
storage systems, with high safety, eco‐friendliness, abundant resources, and the absence of …

Promoting Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reactions Using Advanced Heterostructures for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Applications

D Qiu, H Wang, T Ma, J Huang, Z Meng, D Fan… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In order to facilitate electrochemical oxygen reactions in electrically rechargeable zinc–air
batteries (ZABs), there is a need to develop innovative approaches for efficient oxygen …