Understanding the structure-activity relationship of additives for durable Zn metal batteries: a case study of aromatic molecules

• Main Authors: Cai, Da-Qian, Cheng, Haiyang, Yang, Jin-Lin, Liu, Huan, Xiao, Tao, Liu, Xin, Chen, Minghua, Fan, Hong Jin
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Physics; Additive concentrations; Zinc compounds
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181979
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Detrimental dendrite growth and parasitic side reactions greatly hinder the practical application of aqueous metal batteries. Despite many reports on exploring electrolyte additives to mitigate the above issues, the structure-activity relationship of the additives in terms of their adsorption config...