Recent progress and strategies toward high performance zinc-organic batteries

Energy sustainable development has stimulated the pursuit of an eco-friendly energy storage system.Carbon peak and neutrality targets oriented energy storage development will guide the way of further studies on batteries system.However,conventional batteries system(lead-acid batteries,lithium-ion batteries)based on ungreen transition metal oxide,flammable electrolytes or hazardous metals cannot keep pace with the development of society sooner or later.Thus,vast explorations on the advanced rechargeable battery systems were conducted.Compared with other battery systems,zinc ion battery systems with inherent safety,low cost were widely investigated.Especially,the zinc organic batteries based on the eco-efficiency organic cathodes were promising alternative advanced batteries for future energy storage systems.Therefore,various organics and different electrochemistry mechanisms were explored in the zinc batteries system.Herein,a timely review on elaborate analysis about functional groups,fundamentals,progress accompanied by the discussion on the four core issues:voltage,capacity,rate performance,cycle life was presented.Specifically,aiming at these issues,three levels of solution strategies:materials design concepts,morphology structure optimization and electrolyte environment were summarized and proposed for the development and innovation of zinc organic batteries.