2020 Roadmap on Zinc Metal Batteries

Chenxuan Xu; Yu Zhang; Naiqing Zhang; Xiaoyu Liu; Jin Yi; Xiaoqing Liu; Xihong Lu; Qiang Ru; Hao Lu; Xinwen Peng; X S Zhao; Jianmin Ma

doi:10.1002/asia.202000946

2020 Roadmap on Zinc Metal Batteries

Chem Asian J. 2020 Nov 16;15(22):3696-3708. doi: 10.1002/asia.202000946. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Authors

Chenxuan Xu¹, Yu Zhang², Naiqing Zhang², Xiaoyu Liu³, Jin Yi³, Xiaoqing Liu⁴, Xihong Lu⁴, Qiang Ru⁵, Hao Lu^{6

7}, Xinwen Peng⁶, X S Zhao⁷, Jianmin Ma^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, Hunan, P. R. China.
² State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 92 Xidazhi Street, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China.
³ Institute for Sustainable Energy & Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
⁴ MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry; School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.
⁵ Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Efficient Green Energy and Environmental Protection Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, P. R. China.
⁷ School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
⁸ Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, P. R. China.

PMID: 32851776
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000946

Abstract

Metallic zinc (Zn) is considered to be a safe and low-cost anode for rechargeable batteries. Thus, several zinc metal batteries (ZMBs) have been well developed, i. e., zinc silver batteries, Zn-MnO₂ batteries, nickel-zinc batteries, zinc-air batteries and other kinds of zinc ion batteries. ZMBs are strongly correlated with electrochemistry, electrodes, electrolytes and battery structures. To support the development of this field, we herein invite some famous research experts to write this roadmap for giving some guidance in future research. The roadmap will include their research status, challenge, opportunities, and the technology advance in their fields. We expect this roadmap will produce active influence in developing green, low-cost, safe ZMBs for our bright life in future.

Keywords: Aqueous Zinc-ion batteries; Nickel-zinc batteries; Zinc silver batteries; Zinc-air batteries; Zn−MnO2 batteries.

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