Oxygen Defects in β-MnO2 Enabling High-Performance Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc/Manganese Dioxide Battery

• Published in: iScience Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 100797
• Main Authors: Han, Mingming, Huang, Jiwu, Liang, Shuquan, Shan, Lutong, Xie, Xuesong, Yi, Zhenyu, Wang, Yiren, Guo, Shan, Zhou, Jiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 24.01.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Energy Materials; Energy Storage; Nanomaterials; Nanomaterials; Energy Materials; Energy Storage

Rechargeable aqueous Zn/manganese dioxide (Zn/MnO2) batteries are attractive energy storage technology owing to their merits of low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. However, the β-MnO2 cathode is still plagued by the sluggish ion insertion kinetics due to the relatively narrow tunn...