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Halogen-regulated interfacial chemistry suppressing passivation in alkaline zinc batteries
Kai Wang1, Jinqiang Gao2, Weishun Jian1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China. Wentao_Deng@csu.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 28, 2026
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To address the critical failure issue caused by zinc anode passivation in zinc-silver batteries, we propose a halogen anion coordination strategy to enhance the Zn(OH)42- related solid-liquid conversion capability, thereby synergistically homogenizing the interfacial electric field and inhibiting dendrite growth during long-term cycling.
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