journal article·2026-01

High efficiency aqueous Zn-iodine batteries with six-electron redox enabled by halogen-additive-free electrolyte engineering

Gang Liu, Yili Guo, Tao Feng, Wentao Xu, Yanhong Yang, Jun Fan, Yan Huang, Zishuai Zhang

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