Catalysis for Efficient Zinc–Iodine Batteries
ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc–iodine batteries (ZIBs) stand out as promising energy storage systems due to their high energy density, long cycle life, and intrinsic safety. Their further development is mainly hampered by the polyiodide shuttle effect and the sluggish iodine redox kinetics occurring primarily at the cathode. An effective strategy to address these issues is to introduce catalytically active materials, which can regulate the local electronic structure, promote multielectron iodine conversion, and strongly immobilize iodine species. This mini‐review describes recent advances in catalytic systems including graphitic carbon‐based hosts, transition metal‐based materials, organic frameworks and molecules together with a detailed mechanistic analysis of their activity. Prospects for the future development of high‐performance and sustainable ZIBs are also provided.
Authors
- Chaofan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-7012)
- Hezhou Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-1970)
- Johan Hofkens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-0567)
- Jean‐François Gohy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-1883)
- Kläus Müllen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6630-8786)
- Hele Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-8718)
- Yujie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-7559)
- Xiaobo Xu
- Jiaming Gong
- Wenbo Zhao
- Leiqian Zhang
- Yazhou Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-2291)
- Feili Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-0737)
- Linting Weng
Institutions
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (CZ)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- UCLouvain (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.75400
- Primary Topic
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China