Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Negatively charged nanoporous membrane for a dendrite-free alkaline zinc-based flow battery with long cycle life

  • Zhizhang Yuan,
  • Xiaoqi Liu,
  • Wenbin Xu,
  • Yinqi Duan,
  • Huamin Zhang,
  • Xianfeng Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06209-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Dendrite accumulation is a hindrance for alkaline zinc-based flow batteries. Here the authors design a negatively charged nanoporous membrane that mitigates zinc dendrite growth by repulsion of zincate anions, leading to a zinc-based flow battery with high power density and cycling stability.