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Enhanced redox with hetero-halogens

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Aqueous batteries have drawbacks related to their low energy densities. Now, highly concentrated hetero-halogen electrolytes can be used to enable fast multielectron transfer, leading to cost-effective, reversible and high-energy-density aqueous batteries.

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Fig. 1: The fast and slow reaction pathways of the I−/IO3− redox process.

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Singh, V., Byon, H.R. Enhanced redox with hetero-halogens. Nat Energy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01514-w

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