title: Achieving High Aqueous Energy Storage via Hydrogen-Generation Passivation.
abstract: A new design strategy for polyimides/carbon nanotube networks is reported, aiming to passivate the hydrogen-evolution mechanism on the molecular structures of electrodes, thus substantially boosting their aqueous energy-storage capabilities. The intrinsic sluggish hydrogen-evolution activity of polyimides is further passivated via Li(+) association during battery charging, leading to a much wider voltage window and exceptional energy-storage capability.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
authors.forename: Yuhang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoqi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
authors.forename: Yueyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. xggong@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xingao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. gfzheng@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Gengfeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
keywords: aqueous batteries; passivated HER activity; polyimides; power density; voltage window