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Stabilizing Zn Anodes with Interfacial Engineering for Aqueous Zinc‐ion Batteries

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Cation and Anion Modulation Strategies toward Ideal Zinc Artificial Interface

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A review of energy storage mechanisms, modification strategies, and commercialization prospects of manganese dioxide cathodes in zinc-ion batteries

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Interfacial Engineering of BiVO4/Bi2Mo2O9 Heterojunction Toward Photogenerated Carriers Anisotropic Transfer

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Construction interlayer structure of hydrated vanadium oxides with tunable P-band center of oxygen towards enhanced aqueous Zn-ion batteries

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Achieving high-capacity aqueous calcium-ion storage in amorphous manganese oxide nanospheres for calcium-ion asymmetric supercapacitors

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In-situ growth of co-intercalated MnO2 on 3D lignin-based carbon nanoflowers endows high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries cathode

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Single-crystalline Mn2V2O7 with high operating voltage and energy density as a cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Highly Reversible Dendrite-Free Zinc Anode Enabled by a Bilayered Inorganic-Metal Interface Layer

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Unraveling the Anionic Redox Chemistry in Aqueous Zinc‐MnO2 Batteries

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Multichannel Pathways for Electron Transport in Batteries Using Carbon Composite Conductive Materials

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Novel approaches to aqueous zinc-ion batteries: Challenges, strategies, and prospects

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Spin Symmetry Breaking‐Induced Hubbard Gap Near‐Closure in N‐Coordinated MnO2 for Enhanced Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Battery Performance

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Spin Symmetry Breaking‐Induced Hubbard Gap Near‐Closure in N‐Coordinated MnO2 for Enhanced Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Battery Performance

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Mo‐Doped Perovskite Cathode Enables High‐Performance Cycling‐Stable Zinc‐Ion Batteries

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Magnetic field-assisted synthesis of Co-doped Mn3O4/MnOOH multiphase manganese oxides for high-performance cathodes in aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries

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Blocking the passivation reaction via localized acidification and cation selective interface towards highly stable zinc anode

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Advancements in Manganese‐Based Cathode for Sustainable Energy Utilization

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Se-Regulated MnS Porous Nanocubes Encapsulated in Carbon Nanofibers as High-Performance Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

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Electron Distribution Regulation of Nanoparticle Assembled Hollow Structured Fe3O4@ZnFe2O4@NC/Mo2TiC2Tx for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

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Manganese-Based Oxide Cathode Materials for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Materials, Mechanism, Challenges, and Strategies

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Spontaneous Interface Layer Engineering of Ag2Mn8O16 Cathode via Anodic Oxidation Strategy toward High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

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Ion-exchange induced Ni doping of α-MnO2 cathode with structural modification for aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Synergistic Cooling Effect of Metal-Doped Red-Orange Pigments: One-Step Synthesis for Enhanced Near-Infrared Reflectance and Selective Infrared Emission

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Triple engineering boosts high-performance accordion-like vanadium oxide for practical aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Self‐Adaptive Hierarchical Hosts with Switchable Repulsive Shielding for Dendrite‐Free Zinc‐Ion Batteries

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Tunable Organic‐Inorganic p‐π‐d Electron Conjugation Triggers d‐π Hybridization in Quinonized MnO2 Superlattice toward Ultrastable and High‐Rate Zn−MnO2 Batteries

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Coal-derived nanoarchitectonics of edge-rich nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanosheets for ultralong-life zinc-ion hybrid capacitors

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Steering the Orbital Hybridization to Boost the Redox Kinetics for Efficient Li–CO2 Batteries

Bingyi Lu, Xinru Wu, Mengtian Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Biao Chen, Yingqi Liu, Rui Mao, Yanze Song, Xian-Xiang Zeng, Jinlong Yang and Guangmin Zhou

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Oxygen Vacancies on NH4V4O10 Accelerate Ion and Charge Transfer in Aqueous Zinc–Ion Batteries

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Degradation of volatile organic pollutants over manganese-based catalysts by defect engineering: A review

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A Novel Ce─Mn Heterojunction‐Based Multi‐Enzymatic Nanozyme with Cancer‐Specific Enzymatic Activity and Photothermal Capacity for Efficient Tumor Combination Therapy

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Tunneling Proton Grotthuss Transfer Channels by Hydrophilic‐Zincophobic Heterointerface Shielding for High‐Performance Zn‐MnO2 Batteries

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Hybrid Superlattice‐Triggered Selective Proton Grotthuss Intercalation in δ‐MnO2 for High‐Performance Zinc‐Ion Battery

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Towards Superior Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: The Insights of Artificial Protective Interfaces

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Sciento-qualitative study of zinc-iodine energy storage systems

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MnO2 nanoflowers in situ anchored on hollow carbon spheres with accelerated reaction kinetics for high-performance zinc-ion batteries

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Construction of stable Zn metal anode by inorganic functional protective layer toward long-life aqueous Zn-ion battery

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Synthesis and Utilization of MXene/MOF Hybrid Composite Materials

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Boosting Zinc‐Ion Storage Capability in Longitudinally Aligned MXene Arrays with Microchannel Architecture

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Fast Reaction Kinetics and Commendable Low‐Temperature Adaptability of Zinc Batteries Enabled by Aprotic Water‐Acetamide Symbiotic Solvation Sheath

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High‐Energy‐Density Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Recent Progress, Design Strategies, Challenges, and Perspectives

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Recent advances and perspectives in MXene-based cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries Using MnSO4 Electrolyte Additive and α-MnO2 Cathode

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Unraveling the Anionic Redox Chemistry in Aqueous Zinc‐MnO2 Batteries

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Molecule-Adsorption-Induced Interface Micro-environment Regulating for Highly Stable Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries

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Synergistically boosting the electrochemical performance of NH4V4O10/reduced graphene oxide/cellulose ternary composite for aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Challenges and rational design approaches of high-energy-density rechargeable zinc-sulfur batteries

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Boron doping induced manganese oxide local metallicity for optimising intrinsic conductivity and supercapacitor performance

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Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1010, 177528
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Enhancing Zn2+/H+ Joint Charge Storage in MnO2: Concurrently Tailoring Mn’s Local Electron Density and O’s p-Band Center

Haijian Huang, Hao Feng, Ziyu He, Yanan Huang, Jiawei Xu, Chengzhi Hu, Zhangxian Chen, Zeheng Yang and Weixin Zhang

ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 25601
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Advanced Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries Enabled by Three-Dimensional Amorphous Vanadium Pentoxide@Graphene Microspheres

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2D-2D nanosheets for efficient zinc-ion batteries: Synthesis of interface-enriched MoS2 on VN hybrid nanosheets

Chenglin Li, Xincheng Yao, Li Luo, Feng Wang, Meilian Tu, Shu Jiang, Zhixiao Zhu, Zeba Khanam, Ting Ouyang and M.-Sadeeq Balogun

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Fully Exploited Trimethylsulfoxonium Iodide for Simultaneous Resolution of Manganese‐based Oxide Cathode and Zn Anode Challenges in Zinc–Manganese Batteries

Faqing Yang, Mengjun Li, Gege He, Gaozhi Guo, Jiadong Lin, Yulu Luo, Chaorui Sun, Huijie Yan, Haojie Cui and Chenchen Ji

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Efficient Modulation d/p‐Band Center Proximity in Birnessite‐Type MnO2 by Cation/Anion Co‐Doping for Enhanced Dual‐Ion Storage

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Potential‐Window Engineering Tames Jahn–Teller Distortion in MnO2 for Ultra‐Stable Aqueous Energy Storage

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Structural disorder Triggered by small organic molecules Boosting δ-MnO2 cathode for Ultra‐Stable aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Microstructure Strain of ZnMn2O4 Spinel by Regulation of Tetrahedral Sites for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Battery

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Toward the Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries with Improved Overall Performance: Electrolyte with Surface Adsorptive Additive

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Construction of high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries by guest pre-intercalation MnO2-based cathodes

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Decrypting gene-spliced like and fast kinetic energy storage modes of Na/Mg dual doped manganese oxides cathode for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Research progress and perspectives on rechargeable batteries

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Na+ Preintercalated MoO3 Microrods for Aqueous Zinc/Sodium Batteries with Enhanced Performance

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