Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries and Hybrid Energy Storage
This community develops rechargeable battery systems using zinc metal anodes and aqueous electrolytes, focusing on improving stability, reversibility, and energy density for stationary energy storage applications.
The research centers on engineering zinc anodes to prevent dendrite formation and enhance reversibility, alongside the development of cathode materials such as vanadium oxides, manganese compounds, and iodine-based systems. Significant effort is directed toward electrolyte formulation, including water-in-salt systems and organic additives, to mitigate side reactions and improve ion transport. The work also encompasses hybrid supercapacitors and porous carbon structures that bridge the gap between battery and capacitor performance, with a consistent emphasis on high-performance, stable, and highly reversible electrochemical behavior.
The largest share of the community's output is found in zinc research, accounting for 11.3% of all zinc research, and 9,860 papers here. Vanadium and iodine also contribute significantly, representing 5.4% and 2.1% of their respective element research.
The community comprises 13,903 papers, with the most frequent publication venues being Chemical Engineering Journal, Advanced Functional Materials, and Small.
Recent work continues to focus on electrolyte design, such as decoupled dual-salt systems and water-in-salt stability, as well as novel cathode materials like sulfur-doped vanadium oxide and manganese sulfide. Newer studies also explore advanced separator materials, including cellulose nanofibers and covalent organic frameworks, to enhance interfacial regulation and long-term stability in aqueous zinc-ion and zinc-iodine cells.
Papers behind this description
- Ten concerns of Zn metal anode for rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries — Joule, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.004
- Zn-based batteries for sustainable energy storage: strategies and mechanisms — Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d3cs00295k
- Developing Cathode Materials for Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries: Challenges and Practical Prospects — Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202301291
- Advanced electrolytes for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries — Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d4cs00584h
- Recent Progress on Zn Anodes for Advanced Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries — Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 — doi:10.1002/aenm.202300606
- Novel approaches to aqueous zinc-ion batteries: Challenges, strategies, and prospects — eScience, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.esci.2025.100410
- Unlocking Dynamic Solvation Chemistry and Hydrogen Evolution Mechanism in Aqueous Zinc Batteries — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 — doi:10.1021/jacs.4c02558
- A biocompatible electrolyte enables highly reversible Zn anode for zinc ion battery — Nature Communications, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42333-z
- Zinc-ion batteries for stationary energy storage — Joule, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.joule.2023.06.007
- High‐Energy‐Density Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Recent Progress, Design Strategies, Challenges, and Perspectives — Advanced Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adma.202501361
- Inhibition of Vanadium Cathodes Dissolution in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries — Advanced Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adma.202310645
- 3D hierarchical graphene matrices enable stable Zn anodes for aqueous Zn batteries — Nature Communications, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39947-8
- Decoupled dual-salt electrolyte for practical aqueous zinc batteries — Nature Sustainability, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01646-1
- Dynamic Zn 2+ ‐Coordinating Oxygen Sites and Electric Field Modulation in Boron‐Integrated Cellulose Nanofiber Separators for Stable Zinc‐Ion Batteries — Advanced Energy Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/aenm.202503368
- Amine‐Functionalized MIL‐125 Separator and MOF‐Derived Carbon Host for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Iodine Batteries — Advanced Energy Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/aenm.202504201
- Recrystallization template method to construct B/N co-doped hierarchically porous carbon for supercapacitor and zinc ion hybrid capacitor — Journal of Energy Storage, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.est.2025.119336
- Sulfur‐Doped Vanadium Oxide for High‐Performance and Stable Cathode Material of Zinc‐Ion Batteries — Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202524100
- Boron-enriched edge-nitrogen doped porous carbon nanosheets as cathode for zinc-ion hybrid capacitors — Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jtice.2025.106511