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High iodine loading and high‐temperature adaptability of the iodine cathode are prerequisites to achieving high energy density at full battery level and promoting the practical application for the zinc‐iodine (Zn‐I2) battery. However, it would aggravate the polyiodide shuttle effect when employing high iodine loading and working temperature. Here, a sustainable cationic cellulose nanofiber (cCNF) was employed to confine the active iodine species through strong physiochemical adsorption to enlarge the iodine loading and stabilize it even at high temperatures. The cCNF could accommodate dual‐functionality by enlarging the iodine loading and suppressing the polyiodide shuttle effect, owing to the unique framework structure with abundant surface positive charges. As a result, the iodine cathode based on the cCNF could deliver high iodine mass loading of 14.1 mg cm−2 with a specific capacity of 182.7 mAh g−1, high areal capacity of 2.6 mAh cm−2, and stable cycling over 3000 cycles at 2 A g−1, thus enabling a high energy density of 34.8 Wh kg−1 and the maximum power density of 521.2 W kg−1 at a full Zn‐I2 battery level. In addition, even at a high temperature of 60 °C, the Zn‐I2 battery could still deliver a stable cycling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid development of the petroleum industry has led to increasing demands for high-performance oilfield working fluids, such as drilling fluids, fracturing fluids, and fluids for enhanced oil recovery. Liquid foam is widely utilized as the oilfield working fluids due to its advantages, including low density, high mobility, superior cutting suspending ability, excellent fluid diversion capacity, and outstanding sweep efficiency. However, the short lifespan of foam limits its broad application in the oilfield. Considering the advantages of environmental protection, renewability, high specific surface area, tailorable surface chemistry, and excellent rheological properties of cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs), Pickering foams stabilized by CNMs offer improved eco-friendliness and foam stability. In this review, the classification and preparation methods of CNMs are briefly introduced. Subsequently, the preparation methods, properties, and application prospects of CNM-stabilized Pickering foams as oilfield working fluids are summarized. Finally, the challenges and prospects of CNM-stabilized Pickering foam are outlined, aiming to pave the way for the development of petroleum industry in an eco-friendlier manner., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

The aqueous zinc-ion battery is promising as grid scale energy storage device, but hindered by the instable electrode/electrolyte interface. Herein, we report the lean-water ionic liquid electrolyte for aqueous zinc metal batteries. The lean-water ionic liquid electrolyte creates the hydrophobic tri-layer interface assembled by first two layers of hydrophobic OTF - and EMIM + and third layer of loosely attached water, beyond the classical Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory based electrochemical double layer. By taking advantage of the hydrophobic tri-layer interface, the lean-water ionic liquid electrolyte enables a wide electrochemical working window (2.93 V) with relatively high zinc ion conductivity (17.3 mS/cm). Furthermore, the anion crowding interface facilitates the OTF - decomposition chemistry to create the mechanically graded solid electrolyte interface layer to simultaneously suppress the dendrite formation and maintain the mechanical stability. In this way, the lean-water based ionic liquid electrolyte realizes the ultralong cyclability of over 10000 cycles at 20 A/g and at practical condition of N/P ratio of 1.5, the cumulated areal capacity reach 1.8 Ah/cm 2 , which outperforms the state-of-the-art zinc metal battery performance. Our work highlights the importance of the stable electrode/electrolyte interface stability, which would be practical for building high energy grid scale zinc-ion battery., (© 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)

High iodine loading and high-temperature adaptability of the iodine cathode are prerequisites to achieving high energy density at full battery level and promoting the practical application for the zinc-iodine (Zn-I 2 ) battery. However, it would aggravate the polyiodide shuttle effect when employing high iodine loading and working temperature. Here, a sustainable cationic cellulose nanofiber (cCNF) was employed to confine the active iodine species through strong physiochemical adsorption to enlarge the iodine loading and stabilize it even at high temperatures. The cCNF could accommodate dual-functionality by enlarging the iodine loading and suppressing the polyiodide shuttle effect, owing to the unique framework structure with abundant surface positive charges. As a result, the iodine cathode based on the cCNF could deliver high iodine mass loading of 14.1 mg cm -2 with a specific capacity of 182.7 mAh g -1 , high areal capacity of 2.6 mAh cm -2 , and stable cycling over 3000 cycles at 2 A g -1 , thus enabling a high energy density of 34.8 Wh kg -1 and the maximum power density of 521.2 W kg -1 at a full Zn-I 2 battery level. In addition, even at a high temperature of 60 °C, the Zn-I 2 battery could still deliver a stable cycling., (© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)