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Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 002(2024)

Trend of Developing Aqueous Liquid and Gel Electrolytes for Sustainable, Safe, and High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries

Donghwan Ji1 and Jaeyun Kim1,2,3,4、*
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  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 3Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
  • 4Institute of Quantum Biophysics (IQB), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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    Received: Jun. 12, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 28, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Kim Jaeyun (kimjaeyun@skku.edu)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01220-4

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