journal article·2025-04

Iodine-free carbon cathodes for aqueous zinc–iodine batteries with supercapacitor-level rate performance

Xiangyu Kong, Xinyang Zhang, Jie Zhang, Dewei Wang

Carbon Letters· Volume 35· Issue 2
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