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CNT-based electrodes for flexible aqueous zinc-ion batteries: progress and opportunities

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Enhancing organic cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries via nitro group modification

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Hybrid superlattice cathodes unlocking diffusion-barrier-free proton storage for high-rate Zn–MnO2 batteries

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Organic small-molecule cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: design strategy, application and mechanism

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Crystalline covalent organic polymer as an effective zincophilic protective layer to boost the performance of aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Electroactive Chelating Groups Enable High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Organic Batteries

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Dual‐Redox Conjugated Bipolar Covalent Organic Framework Enables High‐Voltage Symmetric Proton Batteries

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Electroactive Chelating Groups Enable High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Organic Batteries

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Better Understanding the Role of a Water-in-Salt Electrolyte for Designing a Stable, High-Performance Zinc-Organic Battery

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Tailored molecular architectures featuring synergistic multiple functional groups for ultrastable and high-rate aqueous zinc–organic batteries

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Quinone-pyrazine organic cathode with intramolecular hydrogen bonds enabling high-charging and wide-temperature aqueous zinc batteries

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Bipolar Dihydrotetraazapentacene for Aqueous Zinc‐Organic Batteries via Proton/Anion Co‐storage

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Fluoride engineering in zinc-ion batteries: principles, strategies, and perspectives

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Pilot-scale phosphorus recovery from biogas slurry to produce battery-grade FePO4: Chemical enhanced primary treatment coupled adsorption process

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Organic/inorganic cation co-intercalated ammonium vanadate cathode for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Hydrogen ‐Bonding and π–π Stacking Stabilized Two‐Dimensional Organic Supramolecular Cathode for Lean‐Aqueous Zinc‐Organic Batteries

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An Organic Small Molecule Electrode with Intermolecular Intercalation and Synergistic Effects for High‐Rate Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries

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High-performance aqueous Zn-organic batteries enabled by Zn-K hybrid electrolyte

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Titanium-based metal-organic frameworks: Synthesis innovations and multifunctional applications

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Laser-Induced Graphitization on Hydrogel for Gel Electrolyte-Cathode Integrated Zinc–Air Batteries

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High-rate proton storage in aqueous electrolyte based small organic molecules materials

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Regulating Interface Engineering by Helmholtz Plane Reconstructed Achieves Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anodes

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Recent Progress in Using Covalent Organic Frameworks to Stabilize Metal Anodes for Highly‐Efficient Rechargeable Batteries

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Dual‐Redox Conjugated Bipolar Covalent Organic Framework Enables High‐Voltage Symmetric Proton Batteries

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Understanding the Organic Intercalation for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery: From Interlayer Structure to Properties and Future Perspectives

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N-Heteroaromatic Hydrocarbon π-Conjugated Porous Polymers for High-Rate-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries

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Recent progress in covalent organic frameworks for flexible electronic devices

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Post‐Treatment Strategy for High‐Capacity Naphthalenediimide (NDI) Polymer Cathodes in Li‐Ion Batteries

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DMSO-Based Organohydrogel Electrolyte Suppressing Zinc Dendrites for Long-Cycling Zinc-Air Batteries

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Boosting High Energy Density for Aqueous Ni–Zn Batteries by Synergetic Engineering of Bimetal Doping and Se Vacancy in Ni3Se2

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Manganese dioxide as cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: reaction mechanisms, optimization strategies and further prospects

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Aqueous manganese-ion batteries: The past, present, and future

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Elastic Polymer Electrolytes Integrated with In Situ Polymerization-Transferred Electrodes toward Stretchable Batteries

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Research progress on conjugated carbonyl polymer electrodes for organic lithium batteries

Xi Chen, Jiahao Yao, Yong Lu, Yixin Li, Zhenhua Yan, Kai Zhang and Jun Chen

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Carbonyl-Enhanced Small-Molecule Cathodes Enable Ultrahigh-Rate Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

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High intrinsic proton conduction in one three-dimensional indium(III)-organic framework built by amino terephthalic acid

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A high-performance chemically self-charging aqueous zinc battery using a porous organic polymer cathode

Xiaojuan Chen, Yanwei Ma, Yiwen Lu, Huimin Zhang, Baozhu Yang and Qi Liu

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2026, 37, 110666
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Interfacial Phospholipid Self-Assembly Steering Ion Flux Distribution toward Ultrastable Zinc-Ion Batteries

Ningshuang Zhang, Haitao Shen, Xiaohua Li, Mengya Wang, Jingxuan Yan, Miaomiao Lv, Jingwei Wang, Zhiyuan Wang, Hui Li and Shiyou Li

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Design of aqueous zinc-ion batteries with long cycle life and high stability: nanofibrous Ca-doped V10O24·12H2O@C electrode

Lulu Chen, Mingyang Li, Baohe Yuan, Yilong Hu, Tianbao Liu, Ziteng Wang, Ruichao Yang, Mingliang Shi and Yinzhe Zhao

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Regulating Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Organic Cathode Materials to Realize Ultra‐stable, Flexible and Low‐temperature Aqueous Zinc‐organic Batteries

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Engineering surface oxygen functionalities on reduced graphene oxide cathode for high performance flexible zinc-ion hybrid capacitor

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Regulating Proton Activity of Quinone‐Based Electrodes for Aqueous All‐Organic Batteries

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Inner Helmholtz Layer Regulating Additive for Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries

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Revisiting naphthalenediimide (NDI)-based polymer cathodes for Li-ion batteries: The role of molecular weight on the electrochemical and mechanical properties

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High-performance air self-charging aqueous zinc battery achieved via increasing working potential of redox-active organic porous polymer cathode

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Suppression of Zinc Dendrite Growth by Enhanced Polyacrylamide Gel Electrolytes in Zinc‐Ion Battery

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Regulating Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Organic Cathode Materials to Realize Ultra‐stable, Flexible and Low‐temperature Aqueous Zinc‐organic Batteries

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Separator Engineering for Sodium Metal Batteries: Challenges, Rational Design and Recent Modification Strategies

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