Recent Progress in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: From FundamentalScience to Structure Design

T Wang, Y Zhang, J You, F Hu - The Chemical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIB) sparked a considerable surge of research
attention in energy storage systems due to its environment benignity and superior …

Highly reversible, dendrite-free and low-polarization Zn metal anodes enabled by a thin SnO 2 layer for aqueous Zn-ion batteries

Y Zhang, P Chen, M Li, S Li, Y Yue, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) are attractive for next-generation renewable and secure
energy storage systems due to their high safety and low cost. However, dendrite growth and …

Interfacial engineering boosts highly reversible zinc metal for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

D Yao, D Yu, S Yao, Z Lu, G Li, H Xu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zinc metal is emerging as the promising anode for aqueous Zn-ion batteries. However,
corrosion and undesirable Zn dendrite growth limit their practical application in the large …

Detrimental effects of surface imperfections and unpolished edges on the cycling stability of a zinc foil anode

P He, J Huang - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
A zinc foil or sheet is the most common form of anode for aqueous zinc ion batteries since it
is massively manufactured and readily accessible. Short circuits from dendrites grown on …

A liquid metal assisted dendrite-free anode for high-performance Zn-ion batteries

H Jia, Z Wang, M Dirican, S Qiu, CY Chan… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc metal is a promising anode candidate due to its high theoretical capacity and high
abundance, making aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) some of the most promising energy …

Stable Zn anodes with triple gradients

Y Gao, Q Cao, J Pu, X Zhao, G Fu, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries are highly desirable for sustainable energy storage, but the
undesired Zn dendrites growth severely shortens the cycle life. Herein, a triple‐gradient …

Challenges in the material and structural design of zinc anode towards high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries

W Du, EH Ang, Y Yang, Y Zhang, M Ye… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Rechargeable aqueous metal-ion batteries are very promising as alternative energy storage
devices during the post-lithium-ion era because of their green and safe inherent features …

Ultrastable zinc anode by simultaneously manipulating solvation sheath and inducing oriented deposition with PEG stability promoter

Z Cao, X Zhu, S Gao, D Xu, Z Wang, Z Ye, L Wang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries are a low‐cost and safe energy storage system, but suffer from
detrimental side reactions and Zn dendrites due to the strong interactions between Zn2+ and …

Direct 3D printing of stress-released Zn powder anodes toward flexible dendrite-free Zn batteries

L Zeng, J He, C Yang, D Luo, H Yu, H He… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
The notorious dendrite growth and poor deformation endurance of Zn metal anode impede
the on-going rapid development of flexible Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs). Herein, a direct 3D …

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 …