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 …

Zinc anode for mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries: challenges, strategies, and perspectives

J Yang, B Yin, Y Sun, H Pan, W Sun, B Jia, S Zhang… - Nano-micro letters, 2022 - Springer
The rapid advance of mild aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) is driving the development of
the energy storage system market. But the thorny issues of Zn anodes, mainly including …

3D hierarchical graphene matrices enable stable Zn anodes for aqueous Zn batteries

Y Mu, Z Li, B Wu, H Huang, F Wu, Y Chu, L Zou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metallic zinc anodes of aqueous zinc ion batteries suffer from severe dendrite and side
reaction issues, resulting in poor cycling stability, especially at high rates and capacities …

Lanthanum nitrate as aqueous electrolyte additive for favourable zinc metal electrodeposition

R Zhao, H Wang, H Du, Y Yang, Z Gao, L Qie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aqueous zinc batteries are appealing devices for cost-effective and environmentally
sustainable energy storage. However, the zinc metal deposition at the anode strongly …

Gradient design of imprinted anode for stable Zn-ion batteries

Q Cao, Y Gao, J Pu, X Zhao, Y Wang, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving long-term stable zinc anodes at high currents/capacities remains a great
challenge for practical rechargeable zinc-ion batteries. Herein, we report an imprinted …

Triple‐function electrolyte regulation toward advanced aqueous Zn‐ion batteries

J Hao, L Yuan, Y Zhu, M Jaroniec… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The poor Zn reversibility has been criticized for limiting applications of aqueous Zn‐ion
batteries (ZIBs); however, its behavior in aqueous media is not fully uncovered yet. Here, this …

Multifunctional SEI-like structure coating stabilizing Zn anodes at a large current and capacity

A Chen, C Zhao, J Gao, Z Guo, X Lu, J Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development and application of aqueous zinc-ion batteries still face some obstacles,
such as dendrite growth and side reactions triggered by active water. Here, we constructed a …

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 …

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 …

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 …