Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(18)
Published: March 22, 2023
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
may
have
applications
in
macroscale
energy
storage
on
account
of
their
advantages
high‐safety,
cost‐effectiveness,
and
ecofriendliness.
As
a
promising
application,
flexible
quasi‐solid‐state
AZIBs
(FQAZIBs)
can
withstand
mechanical
deformation,
act
as
favorable
power
supply
devices
for
wearable
electronics.
FQAZIBs
are
one
the
most
exciting
rapidly
ongoing
topics
among
aqueous
batteries,
it
is
critical
yet
timely
to
summarize
latest
development
this
field,
providing
much‐needed
guidance
fabrication
FQAZIBs.
In
review,
recent
progress
rational
design
strategies
from
mechanisms,
principles,
systematically
presented.
First,
mechanisms
illuminated
detail.
Subsequently,
philosophies
also
elucidated.
Moreover,
practical
electronics
reviewed
detail
according
various
functions
such
compressibility,
stretchability,
electrochromic
ability,
anti‐freezing
self‐healing
self‐charging
properties,
photodetecting
function,
shape
memory,
biodegradability,
actuated
function.
Finally,
some
prospects
research
area
demonstrated
guidelines
exploitation
applications.
ACS Energy Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
8(4), P. 2042 - 2050
Published: April 4, 2023
The
commercial
implementation
of
aqueous
Zn-ion
batteries
is
being
impeded
by
the
rampant
dendrite
growth
and
exacerbated
side
reactions
on
Zn
metal
anodes.
Herein,
a
60
nm
artificial
protective
layer
with
spatial
dielectric–metallic
gradient
composition
(denoted
as
GZH)
developed
via
HfO2
cosputtering.
In
this
design,
top
high
permittivity
low
electronic
conductivity
effectively
suppresses
hydrogen
evolution.
intermediate
Zn-rich
oxide
region
promotes
dendrite-free
deposition
reinforces
contact
between
sputtered
layer.
This
design
allows
stable
battery
operation
at
currents.
Symmetric
cells
Zn-GZH
exhibit
voltage
separation
over
500
h
10
mA
cm–2
cutoff
capacity
5
mAh
cm–2.
When
paired
vanadate
cathode,
full-cell
delivers
retention
around
75%
after
2000
cycles.
concept
may
apply
to
other
batteries.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(11)
Published: Jan. 10, 2023
Realizing
durative
flattened
and
dendrite-free
zinc
(Zn)
metal
configuration
is
the
key
to
resolving
premature
battery
failure
caused
by
internal
short
circuit,
which
highly
determined
crystal
growth
in
electrocrystallization
process.
Herein,
we
report
that
regulating
molecular
structure
of
inner
Helmholtz
plane
(HIP)
can
effectively
convert
deposition
into
activation
control
weakening
solvated
ion
adsorption
at
interface.
The
moderated
electrochemical
reaction
kinetics
lower
than
adatom
self-diffusion
rate
steers
conformal
stratiform
Zn
dominant
(0001)
texture,
achieving
crystallographic
optimization.
Through
situ
mediation
electrolyte
engineering,
orientational
plating
stripping
behaviors
edge-sites
tailored
solvation
immensely
improve
utilization
efficiency
total
charge
passed
metal,
even
under
extreme
conditions,
including
high
areal
capacity
(3
mAh
cm-2
)
wide
temperature
range
(-40-60
°C).
Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(18)
Published: March 22, 2023
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(AZIBs)
may
have
applications
in
macroscale
energy
storage
on
account
of
their
advantages
high‐safety,
cost‐effectiveness,
and
ecofriendliness.
As
a
promising
application,
flexible
quasi‐solid‐state
AZIBs
(FQAZIBs)
can
withstand
mechanical
deformation,
act
as
favorable
power
supply
devices
for
wearable
electronics.
FQAZIBs
are
one
the
most
exciting
rapidly
ongoing
topics
among
aqueous
batteries,
it
is
critical
yet
timely
to
summarize
latest
development
this
field,
providing
much‐needed
guidance
fabrication
FQAZIBs.
In
review,
recent
progress
rational
design
strategies
from
mechanisms,
principles,
systematically
presented.
First,
mechanisms
illuminated
detail.
Subsequently,
philosophies
also
elucidated.
Moreover,
practical
electronics
reviewed
detail
according
various
functions
such
compressibility,
stretchability,
electrochromic
ability,
anti‐freezing
self‐healing
self‐charging
properties,
photodetecting
function,
shape
memory,
biodegradability,
actuated
function.
Finally,
some
prospects
research
area
demonstrated
guidelines
exploitation
applications.
