• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 270 (2024)
Xing Fan1,†, Lina Chen2,†, Yongjing Wang1, Xieyu Xu1..., Xingxing Jiao3, Peng Zhou4, Yangyang Liu1,5,*, Zhongxiao Song1,** and Jiang Zhou6,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Research Institute of Frontier Science, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Hunan Provincial Key Defense Laboratory of High Temperature Wear-Resisting Materials and Preparation Technology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, People’s Republic of China
  • 5School of Instrument Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of China
  • 6School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Packaging and Advanced Functional Materials, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01475-5 Cite this Article
    Xing Fan, Lina Chen, Yongjing Wang, Xieyu Xu, Xingxing Jiao, Peng Zhou, Yangyang Liu, Zhongxiao Song, Jiang Zhou. Selection of Negative Charged Acidic Polar Additives to Regulate Electric Double Layer for Stable Zinc Ion Battery[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 270 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xing Fan, Lina Chen, Yongjing Wang, Xieyu Xu, Xingxing Jiao, Peng Zhou, Yangyang Liu, Zhongxiao Song, Jiang Zhou. Selection of Negative Charged Acidic Polar Additives to Regulate Electric Double Layer for Stable Zinc Ion Battery[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 270
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