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Tailored glycol-functionalized mixed-conductive polythiophene coatings enable stable zinc anodes

Hui Zhang, Tianyu Qiu, Jin‐Lin Yang, Yifei Ma, Chenfeng Ding, Luis K. Ono, Jinfeng Zeng, Wanli Liu, Shunan Zhao, Qing Jiang,

Energy & Environmental Science · 2025 · 12 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

The mixed-conductive polythiophene coating (pgBTTT), featuring tailored glycol side chains, enables stable zinc anodes by lowering nucleation energy barriers, guiding spatially homogeneous zinc deposition, and suppressing dendritic zinc growth.

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