Eutectic electrolytes: a new platform for high-safety batteries

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Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 3568
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Challenges and design opportunities for high-energy-density aqueous zinc-ion batteries: from electrochemically active to functional components

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EES Batteries, 2025, 1, 1398
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High-entropy materials for aqueous zinc metal batteries

Xiaomin Han, Ran Zhao, Jingjing Yang, Yahui Wang, Anqi Zhang, Zhifan Hu, Mengge Lv, Chuan Wu and Ying Bai

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 97
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Rational design and construction of aqueous multivalent metal ion battery systems

Hechen Sun, Bingwen Chen, Mingquan Tan, Yingqi Li, Xingyou Lang and Qing Jiang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 17159
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Designing multi-tentacle electrolytes to enable fast and deep cycling of aqueous Zn batteries at low temperatures

Huimin Wang, Mingzi Sun, Yongqiang Yang, Junhua Zhou, Lingtao Fang, Qiyao Huang, Bolong Huang and Zijian Zheng

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 5492
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Side reactions at the Zn anode: what we know and how we deal with them

Gao Weng, Shuang Chen, Yang Xiang, Yufan Xia, Zhen Luo, Xuan Zhang, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Linhua Zhu, Ben Bin Xu, Mi Yan, Hongge Pan and Yinzhu Jiang

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Utilizing the hydrogen evolution reaction: a bio-inspired pH-sensitive electrolyte for ultra-stable zinc-ion batteries at high temperatures

Fan Bu, Qiwen Wu, Jingzhu Chen, Wenbo Zhao, Yong Gao, Jipeng Chen, Ting Zhang, Yu Zhang, Salah A. Makhlouf and Cao Guan

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026
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Eutectic electrolytes enable dendrite-free and ultradurable zinc metal anodes for rechargeable zinc batteries

Raju Vadthya, Sergei Ivanov, Mohammed Radha Al Khazraji, Christabel Adjah-Tetteh, Bin Li and Shuya Wei

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 39183
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Recent advances and perspectives of electrolyte additives for enhanced anode reversibility in aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Activation and Stabilization Strategies of Aluminum Metal Anode Toward High Performance Aqueous Al Metal Batteries

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Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Towards Ultra‐Stable Wide‐Temperature Zinc‐Ion Batteries by Using Ion‐Sieving Organic Framework Membrane

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Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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High-entropy materials: A promising strategy for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries—advances, challenges, and outlook

Kaihuan Liu, Ziheng Guo, Guopei Qiu, Wentao Li, Yi Chen and Aokui Sun

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Bio-inspired hydrated deep eutectic electrolyte enables long-lifespan Zinc anode across a broad temperature range

Min Cheng, Qiong Sun, Tianjiang Sun, Mengyao Shi, Weijia Zhang, Diantao Li, Zhengtai Zha, Haixia Li, Kai Zhang and Zhanliang Tao

Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 77, 104174
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Sustainable and Direct Upcycling of Waste Graphite Anodes via Deep Eutectic Solvents

Xue Liu, Shaoqing Liu, Junhan Pu, Rong Zeng, Tao Wang, Jiashen Meng, Jean‐Jacques Gaumet, Wen Luo and Jianwen Liu

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Dendrite‐Free Zn Anodes via Synergistic Cosolvent‐Mediated Solvation Regulation and Polyhydroxy‐Induced Interface Stabilization

Xinxin Xing, Kai Qi, Wenjing Zhang, Peixun Li, Wenxi Zhang, Ruoxuan lyu, Yang Luo, Xinjian Liu and Zhonghao Rao

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Organic-inorganic hybrid electrolytes boost advanced Zn-organic batteries

Yutian Xiang, Qiang Zhu, Lei Liu, Qiuyan Xu, Li Xu, Haoxiang Yu, Liyuan Zhang, Lei Yan and Jie Shu

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Decoding Hydrogen-Bond Network of Electrolyte for Cryogenic Durable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

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Double Eutectic Electrolytes With Optimized Inner‐Outer Solvation Shell Engineering for Interphase‐Stabilized Zinc‐Metal Batteries

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Strategy for Using Electrolyte Additives to Regulate Zinc-Ion Battery Anode Interfaces via Tautomerism

Xiao Yu, Hanhao Liang, Jiaming Li, Jiaqi Li, Yini Long, Junyi Han, Nan Li and Zhanhong Yang

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Enhancement of Zn/Zn2+ Reversibility Using Molecular Materials in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: A Review

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Small, 2026
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Molecular Engineering of Hydrogel Polymer Electrolytes for Climate‐Resilient Rechargeable Batteries

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2026
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Active Water Optimization in Different Electrolyte Systems for Stable Zinc Anodes

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Electrolyte design strategies, failure mechanisms, and future perspectives for wide-temperature-range aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Wentao Li, Yixin Zhou, Jingjing Du, Lijian Xu, Yi Chen and Aokui Sun

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Solvation/hydrogen-bond network reconstruction in water-mediated deep eutectic electrolytes for enhanced stability of zinc batteries

Peng Zeng, Dongling Wu, Tao Wang and Pengxu Ren

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Designing Better Aqueous Electrolyte for Wide‐Temperature‐Adaptive Zn‐Based Batteries: From the Perspective of Water Structure Order

Yongtao Liu, Jinguo Chen, Meijia Qiu, Peng Sun and Wenjie Mai

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Multiphase aqueous soggy sand electrolyte for zinc metal batteries applications at elevated temperatures

Jingxuan Ren, Jie Zhang, Yufeng Chen, Renming Liu, Chuangwei Liu, Xinli Guo, Dan Luo, Dongdong Wang and Zhongwei Chen

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Electric Field‐Guided Ion Orchestration for Multi‐Chemistry Zinc Metal Batteries

Yao Wang, Jinkai Zhang, Xin Zhao, Zetao Ren, Mingkun Tang, Ran Han, Guang Feng, Baohua Li, Dong Zhou and Feiyu Kang

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Towards Ultra‐Stable Wide‐Temperature Zinc‐Ion Batteries by Using Ion‐Sieving Organic Framework Membrane

Jie Xu, Yuting Yang, Qingyu Dai, Zhangyu Zheng, Yongjie Cao, Yuwen Cheng, Bo Peng, Lianbo Ma and Yonggang Wang

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Thermal Phase Transition Electrolyte for High‐Temperature Aqueous Zinc‐Metal Batteries

Ben Niu, Xiaojian Jian, Zongli Hu, Peiyuan Wang and Xin Wang

Advanced Materials, 2026, 38
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Synergistic Effect Enables Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries to Operate at High Temperatures

Changlei Zhuang, Siwen Zhang, Zhi Gen Yu, Jinzhang Yang, Ying Sun, Hanyu Wen, Haokun Wen, Hui Li, Bosi Yin and Tianyi Ma

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Stablizing metal grid electrode by deep eutectic electrolyte for long-term electrochromic smart windows

Xiaolan Li, Zhiwei Chen, Jinyu Zhou, Yuchen Meng, Xueqing Tang, Kejia Zhang, Hongbin Zhao, Zhenyong Wang, Zhenzhong Yong, Laura Maggini, Davide Bonifazi, Zhigang Zhao and Shan Cong

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 529, 172847
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Cell to cell: A biomimetic hydrated deep eutectic electrolyte for wide-temperature zinc-ion capacitors

Wentong Shen, Duo Chen, Bingrui Song, Weitong Chen, Yiming Zhang, Chenglin Miao, Qingsheng Liu, Zhenming Xu and Laifa Shen

Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 82, 104663
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Constructing Non‐Confined Fast Lithium‐Ion Transport Highway in Metal‐Phosphonate‐Organic Framework Through Solvent‐Free Eutectic Dissociation Strategy

Yulong He, Xiaoyu Wu, Menghong Li, Yu Tian, Xiaoyun Xu, Zhiguo Du, Shubin Yang and Bin Li

Small, 2026, 22
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Proline-based ternary eutectic electrolyte for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries: Synergistic modulation of solvation structure and interfacial chemistry

Xuye Zhou, Yuemei Liu, Shaorui Jia, Yang Yuan, He Lin, Lin Li and Junhong Ma

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Robust inter-molecular coupling effect endowed spatial anchoring and defect-repaired layer for dendrite-free Zn metal anode

Zhuo Li, Fuhan Cui, Mingyu Su, Junyi Li, Yiyang Mao, Yuao Wang, Zhendong Guo, Kai Zhu and Dianxue Cao

Nano Energy, 2025, 142, 111193
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Cesium-directed hierarchical carbon aerogel nanofibers with ion-compatible pores for ultrastable and flexible zinc-ion capacitors

Zhenye Yin, Yulong Yang, Qian Zhang, Guangjie Yang, Chunmei Zhang, Zhenlu Liu, Jian Song, Xuan Luo, Haoqi Yang and Shuijian He

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 524, 169274
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Breaking the Water Activity Barrier: Hydrated Eutectic Electrolytes for Long‐Cycling and Wide‐Temperature Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Jiuchao Tang, Zhiqiang Dai, Chengwu Yang, Rungroj Chanajaree, Manunya Okhawilai, Prasit Pattananuwat, Saravanan Rajendran, Xinyu Zhang and Jiaqian Qin

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Aqueous Zinc Electrolytes in Extreme Temperatures: Challenges, Advances, and Future

Yining Chen, Yuming Hu, Congge Lu, Shuang Zhou and Anqiang Pan

Small, 2025, 21
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Micro–Macro Hierarchical Hydrogel Architectures with Dual‐Scale Polyanionic Networks for High Energy Density PBA||Zn Batteries

Gege Wang, Lingbo Yao, Tianshi Zhao, Xiaowei Chi and Yu Liu

Small, 2025, 21
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Optimization strategies for high performance zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors: Advances in materials, interfaces and devices

Bo-Xuan Zhang, Wen-Juan Liu, Yue Tian, Lang Chen, Zhuo-Yun Song, Qi-Min Fang, Shengxue Yan, Jie Shu and Ting-Feng Yi

Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 80, 104449
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In Situ Rapid‐Photocured Hydrated Eutectogels for Uniform Zn Plating and Stable Anode in Flexible Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Pimwipa Tayraukham, Apisara Somteds, Pongpon Pipattanachaiyanan, Chomponoot Suppaso, Wathanyu Kao‐ian, Supinya Nijpanich, Sirinuch Loiha, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Manaswee Suttipong, Jia Guo, Soorathep Kheawhom and Junjuda Unruangsri

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Advanced aqueous eutectic electrolyte: Bridging the development of high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Jing-Yu Wang, Zheng-Han Yang, Jing Li, Peng-Fei Wang, Zong-Lin Liu, Jie Shu and Ting-Feng Yi

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 555, 217665
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Fundamentals, Advances and Perspectives in Designing Eutectic Electrolytes for Zinc-Ion Secondary Batteries

Mengya Wang, Zuojie Xu, Chaowei He, Lucheng Cai, Haonan Zheng, Zixu Sun, Hua Kun Liu, Hangjun Ying and Shixue Dou

ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 9709
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Establishing Ohmic contact with ultra-thin semiconductor layer through magnetron sputtering for dendrite-free Zn metal batteries

Zhuo Li, Tieyan Wang, Mingyu Su, Ziai Wang, Jiaxin Yao, Yan Lin, Tao Hu, Ulla Lassi, Zhendong Guo and Kai Zhu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 690, 137294
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