An artificial bridge between the anode and the anolyte enabled by an organic ligand for sustainable zinc-based flow batteries
Liping Zhi, Chenyi Liao, Pengcheng Xu, Fusai Sun, Chenguang Yuan, Fengtao Fan, Guohui Li, Zhizhang Yuan, Xianfeng Li
Abstract
The reliability of zinc-based flow batteries is normally limited by dendritic zinc in anode. In this work, we engineer an artificial bridge between anode and anolyte enabled by organic ligands to realize a highly uniform and dense zinc morphology.
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AnodeZincGalvanic anodeBridge (graph theory)Materials scienceFlow (mathematics)Ligand (biochemistry)Reliability (semiconductor)Metal-organic frameworkChemical engineeringNanotechnologyChemistryEngineeringMetallurgyOrganic chemistryElectrodeCathodic protectionPhysicsMechanicsMedicinePhysical chemistryPower (physics)Internal medicineQuantum mechanicsBiochemistryReceptorAdsorptionAdvanced battery technologies researchElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionConducting polymers and applications