Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 3, 2025
Abstract Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) are of interest in next‐generation energy storage applications owing to their safety, environmental friendliness, and cost‐effectiveness. Vanadium‐based oxides promising cathodes for AZIBs due appropriate structure multielectron redox processes. Although hundreds studies devoted understanding the mechanisms developing high‐performance vanadium‐based cathodes, many puzzles controversies still exist, especially regarding two representative by‐products, basic zinc salt (BZS) pyrovanadate (ZVO). BZS ZVO often observed on cathode anode during cycling, directly affecting battery performance. However, by‐products’ controversial unclassified insights unclear have severely limited Zn‐V batteries’ progress. Therefore, this review aims exhaustively elucidate “past present” by‐products following a logical sequence origin, role, inhibition strategy, prospect. Notably, incorporates substantial comments understandings long‐neglected issues related BZS‐related ZVO‐related dissolution mechanisms. This is expected provide scientific guidelines future optimization commercialization batteries.
Language: Английский