Emerging chemistries and molecular designs for flow batteries

L Zhang, R Feng, W Wang, G Yu - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Redox flow batteries are a critical technology for large-scale energy storage, offering the
promising characteristics of high scalability, design flexibility and decoupled energy and …

Porous organic polymers with defined morphologies: Synthesis, assembly, and emerging applications

W Song, Y Zhang, CH Tran, HK Choi, DG Yu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous organic polymers (POPs) have well-defined porosities, high surface areas, and
attractive surface chemical functionalities. Because of these properties, POPs and their …

Near-frictionless ion transport within triazine framework membranes

P Zuo, C Ye, Z Jiao, J Luo, J Fang, US Schubert… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The enhancement of separation processes and electrochemical technologies such as water
electrolysers,, fuel cells,, redox flow batteries, and ion-capture electrodialysis depends on …

A patternable and in situ formed polymeric zinc blanket for a reversible zinc anode in a skin‐mountable microbattery

M Zhu, J Hu, Q Lu, H Dong… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their high safety and reversibility, aqueous microbatteries using zinc anodes and
an acid electrolyte have emerged as promising candidates for wearable electronics …

Ion exchange membranes: constructing and tuning ion transport channels

P Zuo, Z Xu, Q Zhu, J Ran, L Ge, X Ge… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) that can selectively transport ions are crucial to a variety of
applications, such as ion extraction/separation, fuel cells, redox flow batteries, and water …

Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research

L Trahey, FR Brushett, NP Balsara… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Energy storage is an integral part of modern society. A contemporary example is the lithium
(Li)-ion battery, which enabled the launch of the personal electronics revolution in 1991 and …

Low-cost hydrocarbon membrane enables commercial-scale flow batteries for long-duration energy storage

Z Yuan, L Liang, Q Dai, T Li, Q Song, H Zhang, G Hou… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Future terawatt-scale deployment of flow batteries will require substantial capital cost
reduction, particularly low-cost electrolytes and hydrocarbon ion exchange membranes …

Layered double hydroxide membrane with high hydroxide conductivity and ion selectivity for energy storage device

J Hu, X Tang, Q Dai, Z Liu, H Zhang, A Zheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Membranes with fast and selective ions transport are highly demanded for energy storage
devices. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), bearing uniform interlayer galleries and …

Ionic covalent organic frameworks for energy devices

X Liang, Y Tian, Y Yuan, Y Kim - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of porous crystalline materials whose facile
preparation, functionality, and modularity have led to their becoming powerful platforms for …

Current challenges and perspectives of polymer electrolyte membranes

X Ge, F Zhang, L Wu, Z Yang, T Xu - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer electrolyte membranes are charged polymers in the membrane shape, which can
separate the anode reaction from the cathode reaction, allowing the fabrication of compact …