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<journal-id journal-id-type="doi">10.1002/(ISSN)1521-3773</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">ANIE</journal-id>
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<journal-title xml:lang="en">Angewandte Chemie International Edition</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher" xml:lang="en">Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="ppub">1433-7851</issn>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1002/anie.202301192</article-id>
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<subject>Research Articles</subject>
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<subject>Aqueous Zn Batteries</subject>
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<article-title xml:lang="en">Reversible Zn Metal Anodes Enabled by Trace Amounts of Underpotential Deposition Initiators</article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0001" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Dai</surname>
<given-names>Yuhang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-note" rid="anie202301192-note-1001">
<sup>+</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0002" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Chengyi</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0004">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-note" rid="anie202301192-note-1001">
<sup>+</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0003" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Wei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-note" rid="anie202301192-note-1001">
<sup>+</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0004" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Cui</surname>
<given-names>Lianmeng</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0005" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ye</surname>
<given-names>Chumei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0005">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0006" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hong</surname>
<given-names>Xufeng</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0006">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0007" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Jinghao</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0008" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Ruwei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0009" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zong</surname>
<given-names>Wei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0010" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gao</surname>
<given-names>Xuan</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0011" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zhu</surname>
<given-names>Jiexin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0012" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Peie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0013" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>An</surname>
<given-names>Qinyou</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0014" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Brett</surname>
<given-names>Dan J. L.</given-names>
<prefix>Prof.</prefix>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0015" contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Parkin</surname>
<given-names>Ivan P.</given-names>
<prefix>Prof.</prefix>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0016" contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
<name>
<surname>He</surname>
<given-names>Guanjie</given-names>
<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
</name>
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-9645</contrib-id>
<email>g.he@ucl.ac.uk</email>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib id="anie202301192-cr-0017" contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
<name>
<surname>Mai</surname>
<given-names>Liqiang</given-names>
<prefix>Prof.</prefix>
</name>
<email>mlq518@whut.edu.cn</email>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
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<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0001">
<label>
<sup>1</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing</named-content>

<institution>Wuhan University of Technology</institution>

<city>Wuhan</city>
 <postal-code>430070</postal-code>
 <country country="CN">P. R. China</country>

</aff>
<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0002">
<label>
<sup>2</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Christopher Ingold Laboratory</named-content>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Department of Chemistry</named-content>

<institution>University College London</institution>

<city>London</city>
 <postal-code>WC1H 0AJ</postal-code>
 <country country="GB">UK</country>

</aff>
<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0003">
<label>
<sup>3</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Electrochemical Innovation Lab</named-content>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Department of Chemical Engineering</named-content>

<institution>University College London</institution>

<city>London</city>
 <postal-code>WC1E 7JE</postal-code>
 <country country="GB">UK</country>

</aff>
<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0004">
<label>
<sup>4</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Institute of Technological Sciences</named-content>

<institution>Wuhan University</institution>

<city>Wuhan</city>
 <postal-code>430072</postal-code>
 <country country="CN">P. R. China</country>

</aff>
<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0005">
<label>
<sup>5</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy</named-content>

<institution>University of Cambridge</institution>

<city>Cambridge</city>
 <postal-code>CB3 0FS</postal-code>
 <country country="GB">UK</country>

</aff>
<aff id="anie202301192-aff-0006">
<label>
<sup>6</sup>
</label>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Beijing Key Laboratory of Theory and Technology for Advanced Batteries Materials</named-content>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">School of Materials Science and Engineering</named-content>

<institution>Peking University</institution>

<city>Beijing</city>
 <postal-code>100871</postal-code>
 <country country="CN">P. R. China</country>

</aff>
<author-notes>
<fn id="anie202301192-note-1001" xml:lang="en">
<label>+</label>
<p xml:lang="en">These authors contributed equally to this work.</p>
</fn>
</author-notes>
<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic"><day>24</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date><elocation-id>e202301192</elocation-id>
<history>

<date date-type="received">
<day>23</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2023</year>
</date>

</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement content-type="issue-copyright">© 2023 Wiley‐VCH GmbH</copyright-statement>
<copyright-statement content-type="article-copyright">© 2023 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>© 2023 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH</copyright-holder>
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<ali:license_ref>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ali:license_ref>
<license-p>This is an open access article under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution</ext-link> License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="main">
<title>Abstract</title>
<p xml:lang="en">Routine electrolyte additives are not effective enough for uniform zinc (Zn) deposition, because they are hard to proactively guide atomic‐level Zn deposition. Here, based on underpotential deposition (UPD), we propose an “escort effect” of electrolyte additives for uniform Zn deposition at the atomic level. With nickel ion (Ni<sup>2+</sup>) additives, we found that metallic Ni deposits preferentially and triggers the UPD of Zn on Ni. This facilitates firm nucleation and uniform growth of Zn while suppressing side reactions. Besides, Ni dissolves back into the electrolyte after Zn stripping with no influence on interfacial charge transfer resistance. Consequently, the optimized cell operates for over 900 h at 1 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> (more than 4 times longer than the blank one). Moreover, the universality of “escort effect” is identified by using Cr<sup>3+</sup> and Co<sup>2+</sup> additives. This work would inspire a wide range of atomic‐level principles by controlling interfacial electrochemistry for various metal batteries.</p>
</abstract>
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<kwd id="anie202301192-kwd-0001">Aqueous Battery</kwd>
<kwd id="anie202301192-kwd-0002">Electrolyte Additive</kwd>
<kwd id="anie202301192-kwd-0003">Interfacial Electrochemistry</kwd>
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<institution>Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council</institution>
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