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Achieving better aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries with heterostructure electrodes

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Aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries (ARZIBs) have received unprecedented attention owing to the low cost and high-safety merits. However, their further development and application are hindered by the issues of electrodes such as cathode dissolution, zinc anode dendrite, passivation, as well as sluggish reaction kinetics. Designing heterostructure electrodes is a powerful method to improve the electrochemical performance of electrodes by grafting the advantages of functional materials onto the active materials. In this review, various modified heterostructure electrodes with optimized electrochemical performance and wider applications are introduced. Moreover, the synergistic effect between active materials and functional materials are also in-depth analyzed. The specific modification methods are divided into interphase modification (electrode-electrolyte interphase and electrode-current collector interphase) and structure optimization. Finally, the conclusion and future perspective on the optimization mechanism of functional materials, and the cost issue of practical heterostructure electrodes in ARZIBs are also proposed. It is expected that this review can promote the further development of ARZIBs towards practical utility.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2020YFA0715004 and 2016YFA0202603), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51832004 and 51521001), Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory (No. XHT2020-003), and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power (No. 2018B030322001).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Buke Wu, Wen Luo, Ming Li & Liqiang Mai

  2. Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Buke Wu & Lin Zeng

  3. Department of Physics, School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Wen Luo

  4. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Lin Zeng

  5. Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Lin Zeng

  6. Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu hydrogen Valley, Foshan, 528200, China

    Liqiang Mai

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Wu, B., Luo, W., Li, M. et al. Achieving better aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries with heterostructure electrodes. Nano Res. 14, 3174–3187 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3392-1

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