Ajou University announced on April 16 that the research team has developed a technology to redesign the surface of zinc metal, significantly improving the performance of aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
Batteries applying this technology demonstrated stable operation for over 500 hours under high-power conditions and retained more than 70% of their performance after over 1,500 charge–discharge cycles.

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