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 …

Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable
energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy …

The growing demand for electric vehicles, communication devices, and grid-scale energy
storage systems urgently calls for the development of rechargeable batteries. Although …

In the past few decades, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have dominated the market of
rechargeable batteries and are extensively applied in the field of electronic devices (eg …

Among the more sustainable battery chemistries, the aqueous zinc system is receiving
renewed interest. To accelerate the practical applications of this promising technology, an …

Growth in intermittent renewable sources including solar and wind has sparked increasing
interest in electrical energy storage. Grid‐scale energy storage integrated with renewable …

Chang Li is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at University of Waterloo, under
the supervision of Professor Linda F. Nazar. He received his bachelor's degree from the …

Aqueous zinc batteries are ideal candidates for grid-scale energy storage because of their
safety and low-cost aspects. However, the production of large-format aqueous Zn batteries is …

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 …

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 …