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A reversible Zn-metal battery

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Thanks to a stable fluorinated interphase formed on top of a Zn metal anode, a Zn metal battery shows 99.9% Coulombic efficiency and record-high Zn utilization.

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Fig. 1: Schematics of irreversible and reversible Zn metal anode chemistry.

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    Guojin Liang & Chunyi Zhi

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