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Trace Amounts of Multifunctional Electrolyte Additives Enhance Cyclic Stability of High‐Rate Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

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Multi-interface optimization induced by aniline electrolyte additive toward long-life aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Optimization Strategy of Surface and Interface in Electrolyte Structure of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery

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Stabilizing zinc anode with multifunctional glycine copper additive

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Highly reversible Zn anode by guiding uniform Zn deposition through LiF protective layer

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Beyond the Artifact: In Situ Quantification of True HER Kinetics During Zn Electrodeposition in Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries

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Natural honey helps stabilize zinc anode for dendrite-free aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Zn dendrite suppression and solid electrolyte interface control using N-allylthiourea as an electrolyte additive for aqueous Zn-ion batteries

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For Zinc Metal Batteries, How Many Electrons go to Hydrogen Evolution? An Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry Study

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Chelation Protection for Zinc Anode of Aqueous Batteries

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In situ construction of organic anion-enriched interface achieves ultra-long life aqueous zinc-ion battery

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Saturation absorbed sodium benzenesulfonate as crystallization modulating additive for dendrite-free Zn anode

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Electrolyte additives toward practical aqueous zinc-ion batteries: recent advances and future challenges

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Interfacial modulation of bifunctional electrolyte additive engineering for dendrite-free and robust lithium metal anode

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Maltodextrin as a Commercial‐Grade Electrolyte Additive Against Dendrite Formation and Side Reactions for Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

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2-Piperazinone Enhancing the Performance of Zinc-Ion Battery by Optimizing Solvation Sheath of Zn Ions and Suppressing Zn Dendrites

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A sterically-hindered organic molecule to modulate hydrogen bonding and the electrical double layer for highly reversible zinc anodes

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Strategy to Simultaneously Manipulate Direct Zn Nucleation and Hydrogen Evolution via Surface Modifier Hydrolysis for High-Performance Zn-Ion Batteries

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Regulating ordered zinc deposition with trace salicylic acid derivatives for long-lived zinc metal anodes

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