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Electric-field-reinforced affinitive electrolytes for highly reversible aqueous zinc metal batteries

  • 1. ROR icon Hubei University
  • 2. ROR icon University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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We propose an affinitive additive strategy featuring high donor number and dipole moment, exemplified by N,N-dimethylurea (DMU), to dynamically modulate Zn2+ solvation and the structure of the electric double layer under operational electric fields.  And this repository contains all computational data underlying the study, including: DFT-optimized molecular structures; initial and equilibrated configurations from MD simulations of bulk electrolyte and Zn/electrolyte interfaces; RDF and MSD analysis files; high-throughput xTB results (AIE, AEA, ion-binding energies); and machine learning scripts for descriptor screening. Data are organized by module with detailed READMEs to ensure full reproducibility.

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Journal reference
M. Yang, B. Zhang, A. Duan, S. Luo, L. Ge, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Feng, X. Huang, Y. Tang, J. Yao, H. Wang, H. Wan, W. Sun. Accepted by Nature Communications, 2026, doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-70366-7