Zincophilic property and high electrical conductivity are both very important parameters to design novel Zn anode for aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs). However, single material is difficult to exhibit zincophilic property and high electrical conductivity at the same time. Herein, originating from theoretical calculation, a zincophilic particle regulation strategy is proposed to address these limitations and carbon coated Na3V2(PO4)3 is taken as an example to be a protective layer on zinc metal (NVPC@Zn). Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) is a common cathode material for Zn-ion batteries, which is zincophilic....
