Negatively charged nanoporous membrane for a dendrite-free alkaline zinc-based flow battery with long cycle life

Dendrite accumulation is a hindrance for alkaline zinc-based flow batteries. Here the authors design a negatively charged nanoporous membrane that mitigates zinc dendrite growth by repulsion of zincate anions, leading to a zinc-based flow battery with high power density and cycling stability.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhizhang Yuan, Xiaoqi Liu, Wenbin Xu, Yinqi Duan, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06209-x