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 …

Electrolytes in organic batteries

M Li, RP Hicks, Z Chen, C Luo, J Guo, C Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic batteries using redox-active polymers and small organic compounds have become
promising candidates for next-generation energy storage devices due to the abundance …

A dual‐functional organic electrolyte additive with regulating suitable overpotential for building highly reversible aqueous zinc ion batteries

Z Liu, R Wang, Q Ma, J Wan, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) with high safety, low cost, and eco‐friendliness
advantages show great potential in large‐scale energy storage systems. However, their …

Interfacial molecule engineering for reversible Zn electrochemistry

TC Li, C Lin, M Luo, P Wang, DS Li, S Li… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The unstable Zn interface caused by undesired dendrites and parasitic side reactions
greatly impedes the deployment of aqueous Zn metal batteries. Herein, an efficient …

Solvent control of water O− H bonds for highly reversible zinc ion batteries

Y Wang, Z Wang, WK Pang, W Lie, JA Yuwono… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries have attracted increasing research interest; however, the
development of these batteries has been hindered by several challenges, including dendrite …

An aqueous electrolyte regulator for highly stable zinc anode under− 35 to 65° C

R Wang, Q Ma, L Zhang, Z Liu, J Wan… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reversibility and long‐term cycling stability of aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) in a
wide temperature range have rarely been explored. Herein, diethylene glycol monoethyl …

Nonepitaxial Electrodeposition of (002)‐Textured Zn Anode on Textureless Substrates for Dendrite‐Free and Hydrogen Evolution‐Suppressed Zn Batteries

J Zhang, W Huang, L Li, C Chang, K Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nontoxic and safe aqueous Zn batteries are largely restricted by the detrimental dendrite
growth and hydrogen evolution of Zn metal anode. The (002)‐textured Zn electrodeposition …

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 …

Regulating interfacial reaction through electrolyte chemistry enables gradient interphase for low-temperature zinc metal batteries

W Wang, S Chen, X Liao, R Huang, F Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In situ formation of a stable interphase layer on zinc surface is an effective solution to
suppress dendrite growth. However, the fast transport of bivalent Zn-ions within the solid …

Sulfolane-containing aqueous electrolyte solutions for producing efficient ampere-hour-level zinc metal battery pouch cells

Y Wang, T Wang, S Bu, J Zhu, Y Wang, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aqueous zinc metal batteries are appealing candidates for grid energy storage. However,
the inadequate electrochemical reversibility of the zinc metal negative electrode inhibits the …