Develo** cathode materials for aqueous zinc ion batteries: challenges and practical prospects

G Li, L Sun, S Zhang, C Zhang, H **… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growth in intermittent renewable sources including solar and wind has sparked increasing
interest in electrical energy storage. Grid‐scale energy storage integrated with renewable …

Designing modern aqueous batteries

Y Liang, Y Yao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
In the pursuit of more reliable and affordable energy storage solutions, interest in batteries
powered by water-based electrolytes is surging. Today's commercial aqueous batteries lack …

Hydrotropic solubilization of zinc acetates for sustainable aqueous battery electrolytes

D Dong, T Wang, Y Sun, J Fan, YC Lu - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Among the more sustainable battery chemistries, the aqueous zinc system is receiving
renewed interest. To accelerate the practical applications of this promising technology, an …

Lean-water hydrogel electrolyte for zinc ion batteries

Y Wang, Q Li, H Hong, S Yang, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) and hydrogel electrolytes were developed as electrolytes
for zinc ion batteries (ZIBs). Hydrogels can retain water molecules and provide high ionic …

Rechargeable batteries for grid scale energy storage

Z Zhu, T Jiang, M Ali, Y Meng, Y **, Y Cui… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable
energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy …

Designing better electrolytes

YS Meng, V Srinivasan, K Xu - Science, 2022 - science.org
Electrolytes and the associated interphases constitute the critical components to support the
emerging battery chemistries that promise tantalizing energy but involve drastic phase and …

Anion-enrichment interface enables high-voltage anode-free lithium metal batteries

M Mao, X Ji, Q Wang, Z Lin, M Li, T Liu, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aggressive chemistry involving Li metal anode (LMA) and high-voltage LiNi0. 8Mn0. 1Co0.
1O2 (NCM811) cathode is deemed as a pragmatic approach to pursue the desperate 400 …

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 …

All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte

C Yang, J **a, C Cui, TP Pollard, J Vatamanu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrification of transportation and rising demand for grid energy storage continue to build
momentum around batteries across the globe. However, the supply chain of Li-ion batteries …

Organic batteries for a greener rechargeable world

J Kim, Y Kim, J Yoo, G Kwon, Y Ko, K Kang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of electric mobility has placed high demands on lithium-ion batteries,
inevitably requiring a substantial consumption of transition-metal resources. The use of this …