Rechargeable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries with high energy and power densities

Ning Zhang; Fangyi Cheng; Junxiang Liu; Liubin Wang; Xinghui Long; Xiaosong Liu; Fujun Li; Jun Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00467-x

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Rechargeable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries with high energy and power densities

Ning Zhang,
Fangyi Cheng,
Junxiang Liu,
Liubin Wang,
Xinghui Long,
Xiaosong Liu,
Fujun Li,
Jun Chen

Affiliations

Ning Zhang: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Fangyi Cheng: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Junxiang Liu: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Liubin Wang: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Xinghui Long: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaosong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fujun Li: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Jun Chen: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00467-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The development of rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries are challenging but promising for energy storage applications. With a mild-acidic triflate electrolyte, here the authors show a high-performance Zn-MnO2 battery in which the MnO2 cathode undergoes Zn2+ (de)intercalation.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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