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 …

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 …

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 …

Keto-anthraquinone covalent organic framework for H2O2 photosynthesis with oxygen and alkaline water

X Zhang, S Cheng, C Chen, X Wen, J Miao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis suffers from insufficient catalytic activity due to the high
energy barrier of hydrogen extraction from H2O. Herein, we report that mechanochemically …

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 …

Engineering Electronic Structure of Nitrogen‐Carbon Sites by sp3‐Hybridized Carbon and Incorporating Chlorine to Boost Oxygen Reduction Activity

X Feng, G Chen, Z Cui, R Qin, W Jiao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of efficient and easy‐to‐prepare low‐cost oxygen reaction
electrocatalysts is essential for widespread application of rechargeable Zn‐air batteries …

Highly Reversible Zinc‐Air Batteries at− 40° C Enabled by Anion‐Mediated Biomimetic Fat

D Deng, J Wu, Q Feng, X Zhao, M Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The wide application of portable electrical equipment, aerial vehicles, smart robotics, etc.
has boosted the development of advanced batteries with safety, high energy density, and …

Edge-Hosted Mn-N4-C12 Site Tunes Adsorption Energy for Ultralow-Temperature and High-Capacity Solid-State Zn-Air Battery

Q Wang, Y Tan, S Tang, W Liu, Y Zhang, X **ong… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Robust operation of Zn-air batteries (ZABs) with high capacity and excellent energy
efficiency is desirable for practical harsh applications, whose bottlenecks are mainly …

Asymmetric Anion Zinc Salt Derived Solid Electrolyte Interphase Enabled Long‐Lifespan Aqueous Zinc Bromine Batteries

S Chen, S Li, L Ma, Y Ying, Z Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic additives with high‐reduction potentials are generally applied in aqueous
electrolytes to stabilize the Zn anode, while compromise safety and environmental …