Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries: Fundamentals, Materials, and Design

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. Dr. Yixin Li earned her BS degree (2016) and Ph.D. (2021) degree from College of Chemistry at Nankai University. She is currently a lecturer of Department of Applied Chemistry in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Central South University. Her current research interests focus on the new energy materials and aqueous batteries. 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 2 Theoretical fundamentals of aqueous zinc-ion batteries 3 Cathode materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries 4 Anode materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries 5 Electrolytes for Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries 6 Separators for aqueous zinc-ion batteries 7 Development of full zinc-ion batteries 8 Advanced Characterization tools and theoretical research methods 9 Conclusion and Future Perspectives