Nitrogen doping boosted aqueous Zn–CO2 batteries producing methane and electricity simultaneously

Rani Misbah; Di Li; Hameed Sidra; Muhammad Ehtasham Ul Haq; Tengda Lu; Sheng Chen; Qiang Li; Jingjing Duan

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Nitrogen doping boosted aqueous Zn–CO₂ batteries producing methane and electricity simultaneously

Rani Misbah,†^a Di Li,†^a Hameed Sidra,^a Muhammad Ehtasham Ul Haq,^b Tengda Lu,^a Sheng Chen,

^b Qiang Li^a and Jingjing Duan

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^a MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
E-mail: jingjing.duan@njust.edu.cn

^b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Abstract

Aqueous Zn–CO₂ batteries (AZCB) using nitrogen-doped Cu-based metal–organic frameworks, could deliver a peak power density of 6.1 mW cm⁻², a current density of 15.0 mA cm⁻² and stability over 720 cycles.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01317A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 Mar 2026
Accepted: 23 Apr 2026
First published: 23 Apr 2026

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R. Misbah, D. Li, H. Sidra, M. E. U. Haq, T. Lu, S. Chen, Q. Li and J. Duan, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01317A

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