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Interface Engineering via Ti3C2T x MXene Electrolyte Additive toward Dendrite-Free Zinc Deposition

Nano-Micro Letters, 2021
Zinc metal batteries have been considered as a promising candidate for next-generation batteries due to their high safety and low cost. However, their practical applications are severely hampered by the poor cyclability that caused by the undesired ...
Chuang Sun, Cuiping Wu, Xingxing Gu, Chao Wang, Qinghong Wang   +4 more
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A Review of Bifunctional Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries

Nanoenergy Advances, 2023
Zinc–air batteries are promising candidates as stationary power sources because of their high specific energy density, high volumetric energy density, environmental friendliness, and low cost.
Nguyen Huu Huy Phuc, Tran Anh Tu, Luu Cam Loc, Cao Xuan Viet, Pham Thi Thuy Phuong, Nguyen Tri, Le Van Thang   +6 more
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Constructing a Quasi-Liquid Interphase to Enable Highly Stable Zn-Metal Anode

Batteries, 2023
Rechargeable aqueous Zn-metal batteries have attracted widespread attention owing to their safety and low cost beyond Li-metal batteries. However, due to the lack of the solid electrolyte interphase, problems such as dendrites, side reactions and ...
Junzhang Wang, Zhou Xu, Tengteng Qin, Jintian Wang, Rui Tian, Xingzhong Guo, Zongrong Wang, Zhongkuan Luo, Hui Yang   +8 more
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Defect engineering on V2O3 cathode for long-cycling aqueous zinc metal batteries

Nature Communications, 2021
Aqueous Zn metal batteries are a promising system for high-power electrochemical energy storage. Here, the authors investigate a defective V2O3 cathode via neutron and X-ray techniques and test the material in Zn metal cell configuration for 30k cycles.
Kefu Zhu, Shiqiang Wei, Hongwei Shou, Feiran Shen, Shuangming Chen, Pengjun Zhang, Changda Wang, Yuyang Cao, Xin Guo, Mi Luo, Hongjun Zhang, Bangjiao Ye, Xiaojun Wu, Lunhua He, Li Song   +14 more
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Symmetric is nonidentical: Operation history matters for Zn metal anode

Nano Research Energy, 2022
Zn metal electrode is the key to enabling the full vision of next-generation Zn-metal batteries (ZMBs). Thus far, the critical dendrite issue still restricts the Zn anode lifespan, which has even become the Achilles heel to the rejuvenation of ZMBs. This
Zengxia Pei
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Sulfolane-containing aqueous electrolyte solutions for producing efficient ampere-hour-level zinc metal battery pouch cells

Nature Communications, 2023
The negative electrode reversibility limits the lifespan of Zn metal batteries. Here, authors report an aqueous electrolyte with a reverse micelle structure that improves the reversibility of the Zn metal anode enabling the production of an ampere-hour ...
Yu Wang, Tairan Wang, Shuyu Bu, Jiaxiong Zhu, Yanbo Wang, Rong Zhang, Hu Hong, Wenjun Zhang, Jun Fan, Chunyi Zhi   +9 more
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Bilayer separator enabling dendrite-free zinc anode with ultralong lifespan >5000 h

Green Energy & Environment
Aqueous zinc (Zn) batteries with Zn metal anodes are promising clean energy storage devices with intrinsic safety and low cost. However, Zn dendrite growth severely restricts the use of Zn anodes.
Lu Wang, Feifei Wang, Zhe Ding, Yingxin Liu, Ziyi Zhang, Chunpeng Yang, Kian Ping Loh, Quan-Hong Yang   +7 more
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Hydrometallurgical Process and Economic Evaluation for Recovery of Zinc and Manganese from Spent Alkaline Batteries

Metals, 2020
An innovative, efficient, and economically viable process for the recycling of spent alkaline batteries is presented herein. The developed process allows for the selective recovery of Zn and Mn metals present in alkaline batteries. The hydrometallurgical
Lan-Huong Tran, Kulchaya Tanong, Ahlame Dalila Jabir, Guy Mercier, Jean-François Blais   +4 more
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A lean‐zinc anode battery based on metal–organic framework‐derived carbon

Carbon Energy, 2023
Improving zinc metal (Zn0) reversibility and minimizing the N/P ratio are critical to boosting the energy density of Zn0 batteries. However, in reality, an excess Zn source is usually adopted to offset the irreversible zinc loss and guarantee sufficient ...
Chao Li, Liheng Liang, Xuhui Liu, Ning Cao, Qingguo Shao, Peichao Zou, Xiaobei Zang   +6 more
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Interface coordination regulation of zinc ions for advanced zinc-iodine batteries

Next Energy, 2023
Aqueous rechargeable zinc-iodine batteries, as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), deliver the advantages of high theoretical specific capacity, high safety, environmental friendliness, and abundant reserves, making them suitable for large ...
Yadong Tian, Song Chen, Qianwu Chen, Siyu Ding, Kwan San Hui, Jintao Zhang   +5 more
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