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Accepted March 28, 2025
Available online June 25, 2025
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Recent Progress of Materials Design and Engineering of Aqueous Metal-Air Batteries
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-025-00456-7
Abstract
Aqueous metal-air batteries have received great attention as possible candidates for environmentally sustainable energy
storage systems (ESS) based on their high energy density, high safety and low cost. Particularly, a variety of aqueous metalair
batteries have been studied for practical application. However, there are limitations arising from the intrinsic properties
of their components and battery designs. To address these drawbacks, a wide range of materials have been developed as
promising components for next-generation aqueous metal-air batteries. This review focuses on recent progress in materials
design and engineering of aqueous metal-air batteries including Zn–, Al–, Mg– and Fe–air batteries, which highlights the
development of novel materials and fabrication of innovative battery systems based on the metal anode, air cathode, aqueous
electrolyte and electrocatalysts. Furthermore, fl exible and fl ow batteries are intensively introduced as advanced aqueous
metal-air batteries for future electronic devices. On the basis of these viewpoints, this review provides a future direction for
the commercialization of aqueous metal-air batteries.
