Chem & Bio Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
1(2), P. 113 - 132
Published: March 7, 2024
Aqueous
zinc-ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
have
recently
attracted
worldwide
attention
due
to
the
natural
abundance
of
Zn,
low
cost,
high
safety,
and
environmental
benignity.
Up
present,
several
kinds
cathode
materials
been
employed
for
aqueous
batteries,
including
manganese-based,
vanadium-based,
organic
electrode
materials,
Prussian
Blues,
their
analogues,
etc.
Among
all
manganese
(Mn)-based
oxide
possess
advantages
theoretical
specific
capacity,
reserves,
making
them
most
promising
commercialization.
However,
critical
issues,
intrinsically
poor
conductivity,
sluggish
diffusion
kinetics
Zn2+,
Jahn–Teller
effect,
Mn
dissolution,
hinder
practical
applications.
This
Review
provides
an
overview
development
history,
research
status,
scientific
challenges
manganese-based
batteries.
In
addition,
failure
mechanisms
are
also
discussed.
To
address
issues
facing
various
strategies,
pre-intercalation,
defect
engineering,
interface
modification,
morphology
regulation,
electrolyte
optimization,
composite
construction,
activation
dissolution/deposition
mechanism,
summarized.
Finally,
based
on
analysis
above,
we
provide
future
guidelines
designing
Mn-based
Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(41)
Published: Sept. 1, 2023
Abstract
As
one
of
the
most
appealing
energy
storage
technologies,
aqueous
zinc‐iodine
batteries
still
suffer
severe
problems
such
as
low
density,
slow
iodine
conversion
kinetics,
and
polyiodide
shuttle.
This
review
summarizes
recent
development
Zn─I
2
with
a
focus
on
electrochemistry
underlying
working
mechanism.
Starting
from
fundamentals
batteries,
zinc
anode,
well
scientific
existing
in
are
introduced.
The
concrete
strategies
dealing
cathode,
electrolyte,
separator
challenges
confronting
elaborated
well.
To
deepen
understanding
important
findings
mechanism
different
summarized
detail.
Finally,
some
guidelines
directions
for
also
provided.
is
expected
to
battery
promote
their
practical
applications
future.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(10), P. 4877 - 4925
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
systematically
summarizes
various
redox
mechanisms
in
Zn-based
batteries
and
design
strategies
to
improve
their
electrochemical
performance,
which
provides
a
reference
for
future
development
of
high-performance
batteries.
Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(7)
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Abstract
Rechargeable
aqueous
Zn/δ‐MnO
2
batteries
are
extensively
investigated
owing
to
the
low
cost,
safety
and
eco‐friendliness.
However,
charge
storage
mechanism
of
δ‐MnO
electrode
is
still
in
debate.
In
this
paper,
it
revealed
that
Zn
2+
intercalation
an
ion
exchange
process
rather
than
commonly‐conceived
electrochemical
for
first
time.
Before
discharge/charge
process,
irreversibly
intercalates
into
structure
.
The
ion‐exchange
mediated
irreversible
has
no
contribution
capacity
during
cycles.
This
study
further
reveals
H
+
intercalation/extraction,
electrodissolution
electrodissolution‐electrodeposition
vernadite
dominate
electrode.
These
findings
shed
new
light
on
fundamental
understanding
reaction
batteries.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(17)
Published: March 6, 2024
Abstract
Metal–organic
frameworks
(MOFs)
show
wide
application
as
the
cathode
of
aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
in
future
owning
to
their
high
porosity,
diverse
structures,
abundant
species,
and
controllable
morphology.
However,
low
energy
density
poor
cycling
stability
hinder
feasibility
practical
application.
Herein,
an
innovative
strategy
organic/inorganic
double
electroactive
sites
is
proposed
demonstrated
obtain
extra
capacity
enhance
a
manganese‐based
metal–organic
framework
(Mn‐MOF‐74).
Simultaneously,
its
storage
mechanism
systematically
investigated.
Moreover,
profiting
from
coordination
effect,
Mn‐MOF‐74
features
with
stable
structure
ZnSO
4
electrolyte.
Therefore,
Zn/Mn‐MOF‐74
exhibit
superior
stability.
This
work
aids
development
MOFs
AZIBs.
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(10), P. 3629 - 3640
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Bi
12.53
Mn
0.47
O
19.85
(BiO),
acting
as
a
metal
ion
reservoir,
can
supply
3+
to
R-MnO
2
in
situ
form
4
10
(BMO)
during
cycling,
resulting
dynamic
transformation
from
the
BiO/MnO
heterostructure
BMO/MnO
heterostructure.
