Adding disodium maleate to zinc-ion batteries' electrolyte inhibits dendrites and improves reversibility and cyclability

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-strategy-stabilizes-zinc-ion-batteries.html

"electrocrystallization induces preferred Zn (002) with uniform interfacial charge density and low surface energy favoring uniform Zn2+ deposition and better anticorrosion... worked for >3.2K hrs, even at high power levels... tested harsh conditions 30 mA cm-2 and 30 mAh cm-2, and achieved 120 hr life cycle... Coulomb efficiency 99.81% after 3K cycles... long-term stability capacity retention 92.3% after 10K cycles"

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