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Aqueous zinc batteries: Design principles toward organic cathodes for grid applications

iScience, 2022
Summary: The development of low-cost and sustainable grid energy storage is urgently needed to accommodate the growing proportion of intermittent renewables in the global energy mix.
Eloi Grignon, Alicia M. Battaglia, Tyler B. Schon, Dwight S. Seferos   +3 more
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Photoinduced Interfacial Electronic Modulation in Fe2O3‐BiVO4 Heterostructures for Enhanced Photo‐Assisted Zn‐Air Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Light irradiation activates the Fe2O3‐BiVO4 heterostructure, enabling efficient solar‐electrochemical coupling in zinc‐air batteries. The built‐in electric field drives directional charge separation, guiding photoelectrons toward oxygen reduction sites and accumulating holes for oxygen evolution, thereby reducing polarization and enhancing discharge ...
Yili Liu, Zhenjiang Du, Enming Liu, Hongzhou Dong, Jianguang Feng, Beili Pang, Lifeng Dong, Liyan Yu   +7 more
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Data‐Driven Materials Science for Energy‐Sustainable Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Data‐driven approaches powered by artificial intelligence are transforming materials discovery for energy sustainability. This review examines how auto‐generated high‐quality materials databases and domain‐specific language models accelerate research in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries and magnetic materials. Applications involve extraction of
Jacqueline M. Cole
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Sustainable and Multifunctional Natural Macromolecular Polymers for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We comprehensively review the structure‐function relationships and regulatory mechanism of natural macromolecular polymers in stabilizing zinc anodes at the microscopic and mesoscopic scales. The interactions among polymer structures, optimization strategies, and regulatory mechanisms are discussed systematically summarizing recent related research ...
Yunuo Shi, Bo Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Xiaodong Shao, Peixun Xiong, Lutong Shan, Shengyang Huang, Mengfang Liang, Mengyao Chang, Fangyan Liu, Wenwu Li, Baoyu Xia, Wei Ji, Ho Seok Park   +13 more
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Electrolyte Engineering Challenges and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Aqueous Ammonium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Aqueous ammonium‐ion batteries (AAIBs) face a hydrogen‐bond paradox: the HB network enables fast NH4+ transport but triggers water decomposition. This review dissects this dilemma, evaluates multiple electrolyte engineering strategies, and outlines four future directions for next‐generation AAIB design ABSTRACT Aqueous ammonium‐ion batteries (AAIBs ...
Zi‐Hang Huang, Xiaoyu Liu, Shuai Mao, Lingfeng Zhu, Zhijun Wu, Hongge Pan, Tianyi Ma   +6 more
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Bifunctional Catalysis Drives Efficient and Ethanol‐Producing Aqueous Zn‐CO2 Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A unified bifunctional catalyst breaks the trade‐off between CO2 reduction and O2 evolution, delivering high efficiency, ethanol production, and long‐term stability in Zn‐CO2 batteries while revealing degradation pathways for next‐generation bifunctional electrocatalysts.
Divyani Gupta, Jinshuo Zou, Anoja Kawsihan, Jodie A. Yuwono, Zhaoliang Wu, Jun Yu, Yameng Fan, Sailin Liu, Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo   +9 more
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Design of High‐Energy Anode for All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries–A Model with Borohydride‐Based Electrolytes

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This study proposes a function‐sharing anode design to enable nonmetallic lithium insertion while maintaining intimate interfacial contact with the solid‐state electrolyte. A combination of lithium‐compatible and conformable borohydrides, highly conformable indium metal, less‐graphitized acetylene black, and a layer of highly graphitized massive ...
Keita Kurigami, Akihiro Ishii, Itaru Oikawa, Hitoshi Takamura   +3 more
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Manganese-Based Oxide Cathode Materials for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Materials, Mechanism, Challenges, and Strategies

Chem & Bio Engineering
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have recently attracted worldwide attention due to the natural abundance of Zn, low cost, high safety, and environmental benignity.
Bao Zhang, Peng Dong, Shouyi Yuan, Yannan Zhang, Yingjie Zhang, Yonggang Wang   +5 more
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Interface Engineering of Porous Transport Layer‐Catalyst Layer in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
The PTL–CL interface plays a decisive role in PEMWE performance by governing electron conduction, water supply, oxygen removal, catalyst utilization, and interfacial stability. This review summarizes interface‐related resistance sources, characterization methods, and engineering strategies, highlighting rational PTL–CL interface design for low‐cost ...
Aobo Wan, Zhengkai Tu
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Advanced Manufacturing of Composite‐Based Systems for Energy Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Advanced manufacturing enables the integration of polymers, ceramics, metal oxides, and composites into architected microstructures with tailored transport pathways. By coupling material selection, manufacturing strategy, and structural design, multifunctional energy systems can simultaneously improve electrochemical performance, thermal management ...
Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Libin Yang, M. Taylor Sobczak, Anshul Kulkarni, Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Tiantian Li, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Jason J. Locklin, Yanyu Chen, Xianqiao Wang, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Kenan Song   +13 more
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