Recent advances of organic cathode materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Abstract The green sustainability has expanded the demand of energy storage systems in society, especially rechargeable battery systems. Compared with other batteries systems, aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained widespread attention for their inherent safety and low cost. However, traditional cathode materials based on transition metal elements have also failed to meet the needs of the green development. Organic compounds have become a research hotspot for zinc-ion batteries cathode materials due to their resource renewability, environmental friendliness and structural diversity. This paper reviews the latest research progress of organic cathode materials with different zinc storage mechanisms, including conducting polymers, carbonyl compounds, imine compounds, nitrogen oxide radical compounds, COFs/MOFs materials and triphenylamine derivatives, and provides further prospects for the future development of organic cathode materials.

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	LIU Jiyuan
	MA Xu
	WANG Yunfeng
	GOU Lin
	XU Qiang

Keywords： aqueous electrolyte zinc-ion battery cathode material organic compound research progress

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LIU Jiyuan, MA Xu, WANG Yunfeng, GOU Lin, XU Qiang.Recent advances of organic cathode materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2023,V40(5): 105-116

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