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  • High-Performance Zwitterionic Hydrogel Polymer Electrolytes for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Superior Ionic Conductivity and Stability

  • Puji Lestari Handayani# , Ye Ji Lee# , and U Hyeok Choi†

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • 고성능 양쪽성 이온 하이드로겔 고분자 전해질 기반 수계 아연 이온 배터리: 뛰어난 이온 전도도와 안정성을 갖춘 전해질

  • 한다야니푸지레스타리# · 이예지# · 최우혁†

  • 인하대학교 고분자공학과 및 고분자환경융합공학전공

  • Reproduction, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of any part of this publication is permitted only by written permission from the Polymer Society of Korea.

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This Article

  • 2024; 48(6): 639-648

    Published online Nov 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.6.639
  • Received on Jun 4, 2024
  • Revised on Jun 13, 2024
  • Accepted on Aug 16, 2024

Correspondence to

  • U Hyeok Choi

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • E-mail: uhyeok@inha.ac.kr