Research progress and prospects on electrolyte additives for aqueous Zn-I2 battery
- Corresponding author: Zifang ZHAO, zfzhao@hist.edu.cn Weifeng HUANG, wfhuang@hist.edu.cn Mingming HAN, hanmingming@zjnu.edu.cn
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Zifang ZHAO, Jingteng FENG, Jiaxin LI, Cong YANG, Linhan XING, Weifeng HUANG, Mingming HAN. Research progress and prospects on electrolyte additives for aqueous Zn-I2 battery[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
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