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  "abstract": "Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) enable safe and sustainable grid-scale energy storage but are limited by dendrite growth, parasitic reactions, and poor temperature tolerance. Herein, we report a multifunctional silk fibroin/polyacrylamide hydrogel electrolyte (SF/PAM-HGE) enabling stable zinc electrochemistry from −60 to 60 °C. SF β-sheet-mediated network reconstruction enhances the mechanical properties of the hydrogel electrolyte, whereas SF's abundant polar groups disrupt water hydrogen bonds, granting the hydrogel wide-temperature adaptability. In addition, the ligand environment tailored by SF's zincophilic polar groups regulates the Zn2+ solvation structure, facilitates directional Zn2+ transport, and cooperates with preferential interfacial adsorption for guided uniform deposition, thereby suppressing dendrite growth and side reactions. Consequently, the SF/PAM-HGE endows symmetrical Zn cells with stable Zn plating/stripping across a broad temperature range. The Zn‖PANI cells achieve 18 000 cycles with nearly 100% capacity retention at −40 °C and operate stably from −60 to 60 °C. Furthermore, four-electron Zn‖I2 batteries deliver 391.6 mAh g−1 and cycle over 8000 times. Pouch cells also exhibit robust cycling with a high areal capacity of 3.96 mAh cm−2. This work provides a molecular-network design strategy for hydrogel electrolytes toward reliable all-climate AZIBs.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Confucius Energy Storage Lab, School of Energy and Environment, Z Energy Storage Center, Southeast University Nanjing 210096 China",
    "College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petro-Chemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Hunan Normal University Changsha 410081 China",
    "State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing 211816 China",
    "Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA"
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      "name": "Chaolin You"
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      "name": "Wenjie Zhang"
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      "name": "Weijia Fan"
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      "name": "Tao Wang",
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      "name": "Xiongwei Wu",
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      "name": "Xiangfeng Duan",
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  "published": "2026-09-14",
  "publisher": "Royal Society of Chemistry",
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  "title": "A silk fibroin hybrid hydrogel electrolyte enables highly robust aqueous zinc-ion batteries to operate from −60 to 60 °C",
  "title_text": "A silk fibroin hybrid hydrogel electrolyte enables highly robust aqueous zinc-ion batteries to operate from −60 to 60 °C",
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