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Recent Progress of Electrospun Nanofibers for Zinc–Air Batteries

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As a potential electrochemical energy storage device, zinc–air batteries (ZABs) received considerable interest in the field of energy conversion and storage due to its high energy density and eco-friendliness. Nevertheless, the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions limit the commercial development of ZABs, so it is of great significance to develop efficient, low-cost and non-noble metal bifunctional catalysts. Electrospun one-dimensional nanofibers with unique properties such as high porosity and large surface area have great advantages on possessing more active sites, shortening the diffusion pathways for ions/electrons, and improving the kinetics via intercalation/de-intercalation processes, which endow them with promising application in the field of energy storage devices, especially ZABs. This review firstly introduces the electrospinning technique. Then, the oxygen reduction/evolution reaction triggered by electrospun nanofibers with self-supported structures are presented, followed by the application of electrospun nanofibers for liquid and flexible solid-state ZABs. Finally, the remaining challenges and research directions of ZABs based on electrospun nanofibers electrocatalysts are briefly discussed.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51871119, 51901100, and 22101132), Jiangsu Provincial Founds for Natural Science Foundation (BK20170793, BK20180015, and BK20210311), and State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University.

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    Shengyuan Yang & Shengjie Peng

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Hao, Y., Hu, F., Chen, Y. et al. Recent Progress of Electrospun Nanofibers for Zinc–Air Batteries. Adv. Fiber Mater. 4, 185–202 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42765-021-00109-4

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