ArticleNature communications2026
Regulating zinc nucleation and growth with low-surface-tension electrolytes for practical aqueous zinc metal batteries.
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- Synergistic Considerations of Deposition-Stripping Mechanisms for Designing Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anodes.Small methods · 2026Review
- Targeted Modulation of Zn Deposition Behavior toward High-Performance Stable Zn Anodes.Nano-micro letters · 2026Review
- Decoupling Parasitic Reactions From Bravais Law-Guided Electroredox Toward Highly Reversible (101)-Textured Zn Anodes for Ah-Scale Batteries.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Molecular Regulation of ZnNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Regulating zinc nucleation and growth with low-surface-tension electrolytes for practical aqueous zinc metal batteries.Nature communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
Rechargeable zinc metal batteries are promising for large-scale energy storage due to their low cost and high safety, but their development is seriously hindered by the dendritic growth and side reactions of zinc metal anodes. To address this challenge, we report here that rational design of low-surface-tension electrolytes can enable dense nucleation and fine-grained growth of zinc. This low-surface-tension strategy leads to high stability of the solid-electrolyte interface, dendrite-free morphology and suppressed side reactions. Therefore, zinc metal anodes achieve a high average Coulombic efficiency of 99.72% over a lifespan of 8400 hours at 1 mA cm
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