Scientists have developed a new hydrogel electrolyte that can significantly enhance the performance of sodium-zinc hybrid ion ...

Unfortunately they do have downsides, especially with performance in cold temperatures and a risk of fires, which has researchers looking for alternatives like aqueous batteries which mitigate ...

More information: Zhichun Yu et al, Rapid photothermal heating of aqueous batteries for low-temperature conditions, Energy ...

As a promising candidate for large-scale energy storage, aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) have faced a stubborn hurdle in the ...

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new method that will enable aqueous zinc-ion batteries to endure several hundred thousand charge and discharge cycles in ...