Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries Fundamentals, Materials, and Design

This book comprehensively reviews latest advances in aqueous zinc ion batteries and clarifies the relationships between issues and solutions for the sustainable design of aqueous zinc ion batteries.

Haiyan Wang earned his Ph.D. (2012) degree in Applied Chemistry at Central South University. He once studied at University of St. Andrews as a visiting Ph. D student. Starting in 2016, he worked for 2 years at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a Hong Kong Scholar. Now Prof. Haiyan Wang is the vice dean of Department of Applied Chemistry in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Central South University. His current research interests focus on the new energy materials and advanced batteries. He has published over 110 refereed papers as the first or corresponding author. He has received some scientific awards, including Hong Kong Scholar award, Young Talents in Hunan Province, the First Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award.

Zhang Qi is PhD in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University. His current research focuses on zinc metal anode and sodium ion battery anode materials. He has published on Nature Comm, Angewandte, Adv Sci, Small, JMCA, Chem Comm, Chem Eng J, JPS etc.

Yougen Tang earned his Ph.D. in Material Science at Central South University. From 2000, he is a Professor in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Central South University. He is the director of Institute of Chemical Powder Sources and Materials at Central South University and he is also the head of Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources. He has published over 200 refereed papers. His current research interests are focused on the new energy materials and advanced batteries.

1 INTRODUCTION FOR AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
1.1 History of aqueous zinc ion batteries
1.2 Main challenges for aqueous zinc ion batteries

2 THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
2.1 Electrochemical reaction mechanism of aqueous zinc ion batteries
2.2 Interfacial plating and stripping on zinc anodes

3 CATHODE MATERIALS FOR AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
3.1 Manganese-based materials
3.2 Vanadium-based materials
3.3 Prussian blue analogs
3.4 Other cathode materials

4 ZINC METAL ANODES FOR AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
4.1 Structural design
4.2 Surface modifications

5 ELECTROLYTES FOR AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
5.1 Development of electrolytes for aqueous zinc ion batteries
5.2 Issues and corresponding solutions of aqueous zinc ion batteries

6 SEPARATORS FOR AQUEOUS ZINC ION BATTERIES
7 DEVELOPMENT OF FULL ZINC ION BATTERIES
8 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES