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Temperature-dependence of Zn deposition/stripping behavior in aqueous Zn-based flow batteries
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Triple-state gel: an immoral marriage between hydrogel and aerogel
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Rational Constructions of High‐Performance Flexible Aqueous Gel‐State Zinc Ionic Batteries
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A Double-Network Hydrogel Electrolyte for a Flexible Zn-MnO2 Battery with a Wide Operating Temperature Range
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Enhancing water retention in hydrogels under extreme conditions: Strategies, applications and challenges
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Wide‐Temperature Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries Dominated by Electrolyte Strategy
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Resolving the Anti‐freezing/Self‐healing Trade‐off in Zn‐Ion Batteries with a Zn2+‐Anchored Dynamic Quaternary Hydrogen‐Bond Network for Extreme‐Temperature Operation
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Hydrogel Electrolytes for Temperature Robust Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries
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Advancements in polyacrylamide gel electrolytes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: High conductivity, anti-freezing, and self-healing
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Flexible zinc-ion capacitors with redox-active hydrogel electrolytes for all-climate energy storage
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Subzero Temperature Operation of Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries by Tailoring Electrolyte Solvation Structure
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Competitive Li+ coordination in gel electrolyte enhances Zn2+ kinetics and interfacial stability for low-temperature Zn-ion batteries
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Co‐Regulation of Interface and Bulk for Enhanced Localized High‐Concentration Electrolytes in Stable and Practical Zinc Metal Batteries
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Double-network hybrid hydrogel electrolyte suppresses zinc dendrites and vanadium dissolution for durable zinc-metal batteries
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Contact electrochemistry of metal electrodes in flexible zinc batteries: Interface, performance and application
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Chain–Chain Synergistic Hydrogel Electrolytes Regulate Zinc Ions Desolvation for Stabilized Anodes and High Operating Voltage in Flexible Zinc Ions Hybrid Capacitors
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Underlying Principles and Practical Design Strategies of Hydrogel Electrolytes for Long‐Term Stable Zinc Batteries
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Constructing H2O-locking structure of the double hydrogen bond network for reversible zinc metal anode
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