Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Coated Zn Electrode for Long Life Cycle Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-Ion Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents and Materials
2.2. Coating and Preparation of EGaIn Liquid-Metal Nanoparticles (LMNPs)
2.3. Materials Characterization
2.4. Preparation of Cathode Material and Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kidanu, W.G.; Yang, H.; Park, S.; Hur, J.; Kim, I.T. Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Coated Zn Electrode for Long Life Cycle Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-Ion Batteries. Batteries 2022, 8, 208. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8110208
Kidanu WG, Yang H, Park S, Hur J, Kim IT. Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Coated Zn Electrode for Long Life Cycle Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-Ion Batteries. Batteries. 2022; 8(11):208. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8110208
Chicago/Turabian StyleKidanu, Weldejewergis Gebrewahid, Hyewon Yang, Saemin Park, Jaehyun Hur, and Il Tae Kim. 2022. "Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal Coated Zn Electrode for Long Life Cycle Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-Ion Batteries" Batteries 8, no. 11: 208. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8110208