Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
This
review
discusses
challenges
and
innovations
in
multivalent
metal-ion
batteries,
focusing
on
materials,
electrolytes,
separators,
advanced
characterization
as
well
role
of
machine
learning
for
high
performance,
stability,
scalability.
Carbon Energy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
6(10)
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Abstract
The
commercial
utilization
of
Zn
metal
anodes
with
high
plating
capacity
is
significantly
hindered
by
the
uncontrolled
growth
dendrites
and
associated
side
reactions.
Herein,
a
robust
artificial
ion‐sieving
MXene
flake
(MXF)‐coating
layer,
abundant
polar
terminated
groups,
constructed
to
regulate
interfacial
2+
deposition
behavior.
In
particular,
fragmented
MXF
coupled
in
situ
generated
quantum
dots
not
only
has
strong
affinity
homogenize
electric
fields
but
also
generates
numerous
zincophilic
sites
reduce
nucleation
energy,
thus
securing
uniform
dendrite‐free
surface.
Additionally,
porous
coating
layer
groups
allows
downward
diffusion
achieve
bottom‐up
repels
excessive
free
water
anions
prevent
parasitic
effect
firmly
verified
symmetric
cells
areal
10–40
mAh
cm
−2
(1.0
mA
)
depth
discharge
15%–60%.
Therefore,
functional
MXF‐coated
anode
manifests
long‐term
cycling
2700
h
stable
plating/stripping
Zn||Zn
cell.
Such
rational
design
protective
breaks
new
ground
developing
zinc
for
practical
applications.
Small,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 15, 2024
Abstract
Dendrite
growth
and
interfacial
side
reactions
on
Zn
anode
seriously
affect
the
safety
service
life
of
ions
batteries.
Interface
engineering
is
an
effective
way
to
solve
these
problems.
Here,
a
liquid
metal‐ZnO
composite
coating
with
high
ionic
conductivity
creatively
designed,
which
not
only
reduces
2+
diffusion
barrier
but
also
increases
hydrogen
evolution
overpotential,
thereby
eliminating
dendrite
behavior
corrosion
modified
anode.
Moreover,
its
unique
structure
induces
deposition
into
inner
coating,
can
effectively
avoid
volume
expansion
in
deposit
layer
Therefore,
it
cycle
for
3
000
h
at
ultra‐small
polarization
28
mV
1
mA
cm
−2
,
microbattery
assembled
combination
MnO
2
cathode
maintains
cycles
Coulomb
efficiency,
providing
general
idea
development
next
generation
rechargeable
metal
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
Zn
metal
anodes
in
mildly
acidic
electrolytes
usually
suffer
from
a
series
of
problems,
including
parasitic
dendrite
growth
and
severe
side
reactions,
significantly
limiting
the
utilization
efficiency
cycling
life.
A
deep
understanding
stripping/plating
process
is
essential
to
obtain
high-efficiency
long-life
anodes.
Here,
factors
affecting
are
revealed,
suggesting
that
thermodynamic
uniformity
bulk
structures
promotes
an
orderly
stripping
process,
fast
kinetic
diffusion
rate
on
surface
facilitates
uniform
deposition.
Then,
co-optimized
strategy
for
stabilizing
proposed,
which
confirmed
effectively
suppress
reactions.
Thus,
modified
display
record-breaking
lives
1200
200
h
under
ultrahigh
efficiencies
80
93.5%,
respectively.
More
importantly,
using
this
anode
enables
us
realize
Ah-level
pouch
cells
continuous
cycles
harsh
conditions.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 17, 2025
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs),
candidates
for
large‐scale
energy
storage,
face
limitations
due
to
the
poor
reversibility
of
zinc
anodes.
It
reports
on
pyridine
derivatives
with
high
donor
characteristics,
including
2‐chloro‐1‐methylpyridinium
iodide
(CMPI)
and
pyridine‐2‐acetaldoxime
methyl
(PAMI),
as
effective
additives.
At
lower
concentrations,
these
additives
markedly
curtail
dendrites
formation
evolution
hydrogen
anode,
thereby
prolonging
AZIBs
life.
Through
a
combination
theory
experiments,
impact
side‐chain
groups
kinetic
process
depositioni
is
elucidated.
In
contrast
PAM
+
,
CMPI
demonstrates
enhanced
adsorption
self‐assembles
at
anode‐electrolyte
interface,
forming
barrier
free
water
protective
ZnI
layer
via
I
−
ion
integration.
This
dual‐layer
strategy
boosts
plating/stripping
by
100‐fold
achieves
coulombic
efficiency
99.7%
in
zinc–copper
half‐
batteries.
The
findings
advance
understanding
electrolyte
additive
structures
deposition,
providing
molecular
framework
screening
aqueous
metal‐ion
Small Methods,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
Abstract
The
practical
application
of
aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
is
impeded
by
dendrite
formation
and
water‐induced
parasitic
reactions
at
the
anodes.
In
this
article,
a
relatively
hydrophobic
inner
Helmholtz
plane
(IHP)
an
outer
(OHP)
with
abundant
nucleation
sites
are
engineered
through
coating
N,
F,
P
heteroatom
doped
reduced
graphene
oxide/carbon
nanotube
(NFP‐rGO‐CNT)
multifunctional
aerogel
protective
layer.
rGO
certain
hydrophobicity
construct
lean‐water
environment
IHP,
effectively
blocking
adverse
between
water
metallic
Zn,
while
zincophilic
uniformly
distributed
heteroatoms
facilitate
Zn
2+
migration
homogenize
flux
OHP,
thereby
promoting
directional
deposition
along
(002)
crystal
plane.
Consequently,
fabricated
NFP‐rGO‐CNT/Zn//Cu
asymmetric
cell
exhibits
high
Coulombic
efficiency
close
to
100%
for
3200
cycles.
addition,
symmetric
assembled
NFP‐rGO‐CNT/Zn
electrodes
presents
impressive
lifespan
1990
h
5
mA
cm
−2
2
mAh
,
significantly
outperforming
control
group
(about
27
h).
More
remarkably,
NFP‐rGO‐CNT/Zn//V
O
3
pseudo‐pouch
capable
powering
small
fan
rotate
steadily.
This
layer
strategy
offers
novel
perspective
HP
regulation,
enabling
textured
reversible
