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Rational Design of Cellulose‐Based Gel Electrolytes for Next‐Generation Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Mechanisms, Advances, and Perspectives

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Regulating the Spin‐State of Cobalt in Three‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for High‐Performance Sodium‐Iodine Rechargeable Batteries

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A transformed Prussian blue analog as host of I2 for long-life aqueous zinc-iodine battery

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Nano/Micro Metal‐Organic Framework‐Derived Porous Carbon with Rich Nitrogen Sites as Efficient Iodine Hosts for Aqueous Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Precipitating Zinc‐Polyethylenimine Complex for Long‐Lasting Aqueous Zn‐I Batteries

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Fe2+/H+ co-insertion chemistry of Na3V2(PO4)3 for long-lifespan aqueous Fe-ion batteries

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Three-Pronged Approach Enhances Porous Carbon Spheres for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Batteries

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Dual-functional Fe3O4-decorated porous carbon nanosheets for kinetics-enhanced aqueous zinc–iodine batteries

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Zincke‐Derived Viologen Covalent Organic Framework as a High‐Performance Cathode for Aqueous Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Aqueous Zinc‐Based Batteries: Active Materials, Device Design, and Future Perspectives

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A Diffusion‐Retarded Strategy for Practical Zn–I2 Batteries Under Harsh Conditions

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A novel kind of activating agents for preparation of high specific surface area porous carbon towards zinc‑iodine batteries

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Comparative Upcycling of Three Common Plastic Types into Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Zinc–Iodine Batteries

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Regulating the Spin‐State of Cobalt in Three‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for High‐Performance Sodium‐Iodine Rechargeable Batteries

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A Safe and Reusable Swagelok-Type Aqueous Zn–I2 Battery for Electrochemical Education: Bridging Theory and Practice in Secondary Battery Learning

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Wood-derived carbon as self-supporting cathode and current collector for static zinc-iodine batteries

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Recent advances and modifications of ZIF-67 and its derivatives in air positive electrodes of zinc-air batteries

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Confinement of Polyiodides by Dual‐Functional Tetrazine Cathodes in Zn–I2 Batteries

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Polymeric Iodine Transport Layer Enabled High Areal Capacity Dual Plating Zinc‐Iodine Battery

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Building a High-Performance Zn–I2 Battery with a Green and Affordable Cationic Cellulose Binder

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Advancements in metal‐iodine batteries: progress and perspectives

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Converting a low-cost industrial polymer into organic cathodes for high mass-loading aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Polymeric Iodine Transport Layer Enabled High Areal Capacity Dual Plating Zinc‐Iodine Battery

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Opportunities and challenges of conversion type cathodes in zinc sulfur and zinc iodine batteries

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Confining Iodine into Metal‐Organic Framework Derived Metal‐Nitrogen‐Carbon for Long‐Life Aqueous Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Future Long Cycling Life Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries in Grid‐Scale Energy Storage

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Vanadium-Based Prussian blue analogue for high energy aqueous Zinc-Iodine batteries

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Advances in aqueous dual-ion batteries: Anion storage mechanisms, challenges and electrolyte design

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Scalable Roll‐to‐Roll Dry Processing of 10 mAh cm−2 Iodine Cathodes for Establishing Ah‐Level Aqueous Zn–I2 Pouch Cell Evaluation Protocol: Bridging Laboratory Research and Industrial Application

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Sulfonated Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers Induced Zincophilic‐Hydrophobic Interface to Regulate Ion Transport for Long‐Lifespan Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Suppressing the Shuttle Effect of Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Batteries: Progress and Prospects

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A Diffusion‐Retarded Strategy for Practical Zn–I2 Batteries Under Harsh Conditions

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Beyond conventional stabilization: Carbon materials for next-generation aqueous zinc-ion batteries

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Unveiling the potential: iodide-infused nickel-enhanced MXene composite for high-performance sodium ion hybrid capacitors

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Operando pH measurements revealing the promoted Zn2+ intercalation kinetics of pre-intercalated V2O5 cathode in aqueous zinc metal batteries

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Dual‐Functional Layer Engineering Unlocking Dendrite‐Free and High‐Performance Zinc Metal Anodes

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Elucidating Synergistic Mechanism of Zinc Single‐Atom Sites and Lewis Acid–Base Pairs to Boost Zinc–Iodine Batteries Performance

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Synergistic Construction of In Situ Self‐Polymerized Interface and Localized pH Buffer Zone for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Batteries

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Different performance of metal-N-C catalyst in dual-electron and multi-electron zinc-iodide battery systems

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Three Dimensional CNTs Interweaved Layered MnTe Nanoparticles as a New Cathode For Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery

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Double-fiber interlocked I2@AC freestanding electrode: Ultrahigh mass-loading design for long-cycle zinc-iodine batteries

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Boosting kinetics of reversible redox of iodine via confinement effect of biomass-derived porous carbon

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UIO‐66/Holey Graphene as a Surface Protective Layer for the Stabilization of Zn‐Metal Anode for High Performance Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries

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Iodide-/Polyiodide-Constrained Migration in a Layered Single-Ion Conductor for Quasi-Solid-State Sodium–Iodine Batteries: Intermediate-Assisted Charge Transfer and Multielectron Conversion

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Breaking the Dependence on High Chloridion Concentration: A Four‐Electron Zn‐I2 Batteries with Inorganic Colloid Electrolyte

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Dual-Functional Triphenyltriindole “Knitting Polymers” for Efficient Iodine Capture and Zn–I2 Batteries

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A Review on the Design of Cathode Catalyst Materials for Zinc-Iodine Batteries

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Bidirectional interfacial regulation for high performance zinc-iodine batteries

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Enhancing the Cycle Life of Zinc–Iodine Batteries in Ionic Liquid‐Based Electrolytes

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