Zn<sup>2+</sup>-blocking effects of a proton-rich polyaniline layer enable Ah-level Zn–MnO<sub>2</sub> batteries

Qi Li, Meng Xu, Shiqiang Wei, Anuj Kumar, Kovan Khasraw Abdalla, Yueyang Wang, Linfeng Yu, Mengyao Liu, Xiangrong Jin, Jiazhan Li,

Energy & Environmental Science · 2025 · 31 citations · 48 references

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Abstract

Herein, we introduced a PANI layer to provide a proton-rich micro-environment for an organic modified MnO 2 cathode featuring Mn–N bonds, enabling selective H + insertion rather than Zn 2+ and reversible MnO 2 /Mn 2+ redox for advanced Zn–MnO 2 batteries.

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