"Stable Zinc Metal Anode for High-performance Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries" by Xiaohui Zeng
Owing to the high capacity of metallic Zn anode and intrinsically safe aqueous electrolyte, aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) have become advanced energy storage alternatives beyond the lithium-ion batteries by providing cost benefit, high safety, and competitive energy density. There has been a new wave of research interest across AZIBs, however, the state-of-the-art AZIBs are still far from satisfactory. One important reason is that Zn anode still suffers from low Coulombic efficiency (CE) and inferior cycling stability, due to its notorious dendrite formation and side reactions (e.g. corrosi...