Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Recent development of ionic liquid-based electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries

X Tang, S Lv, K Jiang, G Zhou, X Liu - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries are promising technologies for large-scale energy storage due to their
high energy densities. However, the safety concerns of traditional lithium-ion batteries …

Tuning the coordination environment in single-atom catalysts to achieve highly efficient oxygen reduction reactions

J Zhang, Y Zhao, C Chen, YC Huang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Designing atomically dispersed metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a
promising approach to achieve efficient energy conversion. Herein, we develop a template …

Develo** high safety Li-metal anodes for future high-energy Li-metal batteries: strategies and perspectives

DH Liu, Z Bai, M Li, A Yu, D Luo, W Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** high-safety Li-metal anodes (LMAs) is extremely important for the application of
high-energy Li-metal batteries (LMBs), especially Li–S and Li–O2 battery systems. However …

Materials design for rechargeable metal-air batteries

HF Wang, Q Xu - Matter, 2019 - cell.com
In consideration of the growing problems regarding environment and energy, the
development of clean and renewable electrochemical energy-storage devices has attracted …

Modulating electronic structure of atomically dispersed nickel sites through boron and nitrogen dual coordination boosts oxygen reduction

F Wang, R Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed 3D transitional metal active sites with nitrogen coordination anchored
on carbon support have emerged as a kind of promising electrocatalyst toward oxygen …

Engineering eg Orbital Occupancy of Pt with Au Alloying Enables Reversible Li−O2 Batteries

Y Zhou, Q Gu, K Yin, Y Li, L Tao, H Tan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing well‐designed catalysts to accelerate OER catalytic activity and alleviate the
charge overpotential is prevailing for achieving sophisticated Li− O2 batteries. Herein, we …

The path toward practical Li-air batteries

Z Liang, W Wang, YC Lu - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Wide adaptation of intermittent renewable energies into the power grid and more affordable
electric vehicles cannot be realized without low-cost, high-energy, and long-life energy …

Internal Electric Field and Interfacial Bonding Engineered Step‐Scheme Junction for a Visible‐Light‐Involved Lithium–Oxygen Battery

Z Zhu, Q Lv, Y Ni, S Gao, J Geng, J Liang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Li–O2 batteries have aroused considerable interest in recent years, however they are
hindered by high kinetic barriers and large overvoltages at cathodes. Herein, a step‐scheme …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in ionic liquid-based electrolytes for nonaqueous and aqueous metal batteries

X Wu, Y Dai, NW Li, XC Chen, L Yu - eScience, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Nonaqueous Li metal batteries (LMBs) and aqueous Zn metal batteries (ZMBs) are
promising next-generation secondary batteries owing to their high energy density. Selecting …