Emerging strategies for steering orientational deposition toward high-performance Zn metal anodes

Y Zou, X Yang, L Shen, Y Su, Z Chen, X Gao… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have witnessed the renaissance of aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs).
Nevertheless, the current development of high-performance AZIBs is confronted by the rapid …

Insights on artificial interphases of Zn and electrolyte: protection mechanisms, constructing techniques, applicability, and prospective

J Yang, R Zhao, Y Wang, Z Hu, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) with metallic Zn anodes have emerged as promising
candidates for large‐scale energy storage systems due to their inherent safety and …

Prioritizing hetero‐metallic interfaces via thermodynamics inertia and kinetics zincophilia metrics for tough zn‐based aqueous batteries

R Zhao, X Dong, P Liang, H Li, T Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Poor thermodynamic stability and sluggish electrochemical kinetics of metallic Zn anode in
aqueous solution greatly hamper its practical application. To solve such problems, to date …

Stabling zinc metal anode with polydopamine regulation through dual effects of fast desolvation and ion confinement

T Wang, P Wang, L Pan, Z He, L Dai… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal zinc is recognized as a promising anode candidate for aqueous zinc‐ion batteries
(AZIBs), however, dendrites and byproducts formation severe deteriorate its reversibility and …

Atomically dispersed zincophilic sites in N, P-codoped carbon macroporous fibers enable efficient Zn metal anodes

Y Zeng, Z Pei, D Luan, XWD Lou - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zn dendrite growth and undesired parasitic reactions severely restrict the practical use of
deep-cycling Zn metal anodes (ZMAs). Herein, we demonstrate an elaborate design of …

A solid-to-solid metallic conversion electrochemistry toward 91% zinc utilization for sustainable aqueous batteries

Z Hou, T Zhang, X Liu, Z Xu, J Liu, W Zhou, Y Qian… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) of metal ion (Mn+) during the repeated solid-to-
liquid (StoL) plating and liquid-to-solid (LtoS) strip** processes intensifies fatal dendrite …

Zinc anode for mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries: challenges, strategies, and perspectives

J Yang, B Yin, Y Sun, H Pan, W Sun, B Jia, S Zhang… - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
The rapid advance of mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is driving the development of
the energy storage system market. But the thorny issues of Zn anodes, mainly including …

Regulation methods for the Zn/electrolyte interphase and the effectiveness evaluation in aqueous Zn-ion batteries

L Yuan, J Hao, CC Kao, C Wu, HK Liu… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) have inspired an overwhelming number of literature studies
due to their safety, cost effectiveness, and environmental benignity. Directly employing …

An ion‐sieving janus separator toward planar electrodeposition for deeply rechargeable Zn‐metal anodes

X Zhang, J Li, K Qi, Y Yang, D Liu, T Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The irregular and random electrodeposition of zinc has emerged as a non‐negligible barrier
for deeply rechargeable aqueous zinc (Zn)‐ion batteries (AZIBs), yet traditional texture …

Stabilizing zinc anodes by regulating the electrical double layer with saccharin anions

C Huang, X Zhao, S Liu, Y Hao, Q Tang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zn anodes suffer from poor Coulombic efficiency (CE) and serious dendrite formation due to
the unstable anode/electrolyte interface (AEI). The electrical double layer (EDL) structure …