A silk fibroin hybrid hydrogel electrolyte enables highly robust aqueous zinc-ion batteries to operate from -60 to 60 °C.

Chaolin You, Wenjie Zhang, Weijia Fan, Yi Peng, Tao Wang, Xiongwei Wu, Lijun Fu, Yuping Wu, Xiangfeng Duan

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Chaolin YouConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.

Wenjie ZhangConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.

Weijia FanConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.

Yi PengConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7205-1200

Tao WangConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-7081

Xiongwei WuCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petro-Chemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China wxw@hunau.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-791X

Lijun FuState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing 211816 China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9830-3007

Yuping WuConfucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China wangtao2021@seu.edu.cn wuyp@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0833-1205

Xiangfeng DuanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-6288

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Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) enable safe and sustainable grid-scale energy storage but are limited by dendrite growth, parasitic reactions, and poor temperature tolerance. Herein, we report a multifunctional silk fibroin/polyacrylamide hydrogel electrolyte (SF/PAM-HGE) enabling stable zinc electrochemistry from -60 to 60 °C. SF β-sheet-mediated network reconstruction enhances the mechanical properties of the hydrogel electrolyte, whereas SF's abundant polar groups disrupt water hydrogen bonds, granting the hydrogel wide-temperature adaptability. In addition, the ligand environment tailored by SF's zincophilic polar groups regulates the Zn

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PMID42751336

DOI10.1039/d6sc06138a

PMCPMC13579520

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