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Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 15, Issue 1, 208(2023)

Recent Advances in Structural Optimization and Surface Modification on Current Collectors for High-Performance Zinc Anode: Principles, Strategies, and Challenges

Yuxin Gong1... Bo Wang1,2,*, Huaizheng Ren1, Deyu Li1,**, Dianlong Wang1, Huakun Liu3 and Shixue Dou3 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001 Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Institute of Energy Material Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
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    Yuxin Gong, Bo Wang, Huaizheng Ren, Deyu Li, Dianlong Wang, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou. Recent Advances in Structural Optimization and Surface Modification on Current Collectors for High-Performance Zinc Anode: Principles, Strategies, and Challenges[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 208

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    Received: Jun. 12, 2023

    Accepted: Jul. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 15, 2023

    The Author Email: Wang Bo (wangbo19880804@163.com), Li Deyu (lideyu@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01177-4

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