Technologies for extending zinc-air battery's cyclelife: A review

Applied Energy

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 315-324

  Pei, Pucheng ^a   Wang, Keliang ^a   Ma, Ze ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air electrode; Cyclelife; Influence factors; Solutions; Zinc electrode; Zinc air batteries

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY STORAGE; HEARING AIDS; SOLUTIONS; ZINC;

AIR ELECTRODES; CYCLE LIVES; INFLUENCE FACTORS; ZINC ELECTRODES; ZINC-AIR BATTERY;

AIR NAVIGATION;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRODE; INHIBITOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; ZINC;

EID: 84901028745     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.095     Document Type: Review

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