Emerging strategies for steering orientational deposition toward high-performance Zn metal anodes

Y Zou, X Yang, L Shen, Y Su, Z Chen, X Gao… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have witnessed the renaissance of aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs).
Nevertheless, the current development of high-performance AZIBs is confronted by the rapid …

Recent Progress on Zn Anodes for Advanced Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

C Nie, G Wang, D Wang, M Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted much attention due to their
excellent safety, cost‐effectiveness, and eco‐friendliness thereby being considered as one …

Metal–organic frameworks functionalized separators for robust aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Y Song, P Ruan, C Mao, Y Chang, L Wang, L Dai… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are one of the promising energy storage systems, which
consist of electrode materials, electrolyte, and separator. The first two have been …

Highly reversible zinc metal anode in a dilute aqueous electrolyte enabled by a pH buffer additive

W Zhang, Y Dai, R Chen, Z Xu, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries have drawn increasing attention due to the intrinsic safety, cost‐
effectiveness and high energy density. However, parasitic reactions and non‐uniform …

Inducing the preferential growth of Zn (002) plane for long cycle aqueous Zn‐Ion batteries

H Zhang, Y Zhong, J Li, Y Liao, J Zeng… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Uncontrolled growth of Zn dendrites is the main reason for the short‐circuit failure of
aqueous Zn‐ion batteries. Using electrolyte additives to manipulate the crystal growth is one …

Reversible Zn metal anodes enabled by trace amounts of underpotential deposition initiators

Y Dai, C Zhang, W Zhang, L Cui, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Routine electrolyte additives are not effective enough for uniform zinc (Zn) deposition,
because they are hard to proactively guide atomic‐level Zn deposition. Here, based on …

Modulating cation migration and deposition with xylitol additive and oriented reconstruction of hydrogen bonds for stable zinc anodes

H Wang, W Ye, B Yin, K Wang, MS Riaz… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highly reversible plating/stripping in aqueous electrolytes is one of the critical processes
determining the performance of Zn‐ion batteries, but it is severely impeded by the parasitic …

Realizing textured zinc metal anodes through regulating electrodeposition current for aqueous zinc batteries

W Yuan, X Nie, G Ma, M Liu, Y Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Crystallography modulation of zinc (Zn) metal anode is promising to promote Zn reversibility
in aqueous electrolytes, but efficiently constructing Zn with specific crystallographic texture …

Opportunities of flexible and portable electrochemical devices for energy storage: expanding the spotlight onto semi-solid/solid electrolytes

X Fan, C Zhong, J Liu, J Ding, Y Deng, X Han… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable electronics has stimulated research
and development in building advanced electrochemical energy devices which are …

Nonepitaxial Electrodeposition of (002)‐Textured Zn Anode on Textureless Substrates for Dendrite‐Free and Hydrogen Evolution‐Suppressed Zn Batteries

J Zhang, W Huang, L Li, C Chang, K Yang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nontoxic and safe aqueous Zn batteries are largely restricted by the detrimental dendrite
growth and hydrogen evolution of Zn metal anode. The (002)‐textured Zn electrodeposition …