Design strategies toward high‐performance Zn metal anode

W Nie, H Cheng, Q Sun, S Liang, X Lu, B Lu… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (AZIBs) are one of the most promising alternatives
for traditional energy‐storage devices because of their low cost, abundant resources …

Trade-off between zincophilicity and zincophobicity: toward stable Zn-based aqueous batteries

H Li, R Zhao, W Zhou, L Wang, W Li, D Zhao, D Chao - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zn-based aqueous batteries (ZABs) hold great promise for large-scale energy storage
applications due to the merits of intrinsic safety and low cost. Nevertheless, the thorny issues …

Engineering an Ultrathin and Hydrophobic Composite Zinc Anode with 24 µm Thickness for High‐Performance Zn Batteries

Q Li, H Wang, H Yu, M Fu, W Liu, Q Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Zn metal anode is subject to uncontrolled dendrites and parasitic reactions, which often
require a big thickness of Zn foil, resulting in excess capacity and extremely low utilization …

Zincophobic electrolyte achieves highly reversible zinc‐ion batteries

N Wang, X Chen, H Wan, B Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc metal batteries show tremendous applications in wide‐scale storages still impeded by
aqueous electrolytes corrosion and interfacial water splitting reaction. Herein, a zincophobic …

A molecular‐sieve electrolyte membrane enables separator‐free zinc batteries with ultralong cycle life

J Zhu, Z Bie, X Cai, Z Jiao, Z Wang, J Tao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The poor stability of the zinc‐metal anode is a main bottleneck for practical application of
aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. Herein, a series of molecular sieves with various channel sizes …

Stabilizing Zn Metal Anodes via Cation/Anion Regulation toward High Energy Density Zn‐Ion Batteries

R Zhao, J Yang, X Han, Y Wang, Q Ni… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) are promising energy storage devices owing to their high
safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, energy density improvement and …

A multifunctional artificial interphase with fluorine‐doped amorphous carbon layer for ultra‐stable Zn anode

H Wang, Y Chen, H Yu, W Liu, G Kuang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Building an artificial interphase layer for tackling uncontrollable Zn dendrites and serious
side reactions is a highly desirable strategy, but it is often hampered by the limited Zn2+ …

Zinc‐bismuth binary alloy enabling high‐performance aqueous zinc ion batteries

Y Du, Y Feng, R Li, Z Peng, X Yao, S Duan, S Liu… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reconfiguration of zinc anodes efficiently mitigates dendrite formation and undesirable side
reactions, thus favoring the long‐term cycling performance of aqueous zinc ion batteries …

Novel concept of separator design: efficient ions transport modulator enabled by dual‐interface engineering toward ultra‐stable Zn metal anodes

Y Liang, D Ma, N Zhao, Y Wang, M Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sluggish transport kinetics and rapid dendrite growth are considered the main obstacles that
impair the performance of Zn metal batteries. This work has developed a unique strategy of …

A Heteroanionic Zinc Ion Conductor for Dendrite‐Free Zn Metal Anodes

S Zhao, Y Zhang, J Li, L Qi, Y Tang, J Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although zinc‐based batteries are promising candidates for eco‐friendly and cost‐effective
energy storage devices, their performance is severely retarded by dendrite formation. As the …