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Ningbo Liu1, Xiaoying Zhao1, Xiaohan Wang1
1College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. lbwang@hbu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Aqueous rechargeable metal batteries (AMBs) have attracted great attention and have been regarded as a next-generation promising energy storage system. However, the high-activity metal anodes usually face side reactions, passivation, and hydrogen evolution reactions, which impede the development of high-performance AMBs. Here, we designed and assembled a Pb metal battery based on a highly reversible Pb metal anode and layered V2O5 cathode, which showed good electrochemical performance. This new-type battery will encourage more investigations for high-performance AMBs and open up an innovation pathway for traditional lead-acid batteries.
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