Research
The science is published, peer-reviewed, and open to scrutiny
ZenQuo's technology comes out of the Laboratory for Battery Research and Innovation at UNSW Sydney. You do not have to take any of this on trust - every claim on this site traces back to one of the papers below.
Selected publications
Eight papers behind a seed-stage company
The 2016 Nature Energy paper is one of the foundational papers of the modern aqueous zinc-ion battery field, and the two Joule papers are its field-defining roadmap reviews. ZenQuo's founder did not just enter this field - he helped define it.
Decoding MnO₂ redox chemistry from mechanistic ambiguity to design principles for aqueous Zn-ion batteries
Resolves a mechanistic dispute that ran unresolved for more than a decade, and sets the design principles now feeding ZenQuo's cathode development.
- Journal
- Nature Communications 17
- Year
- 2026
A π-interactive additive unlocks enhanced zinc anode rechargeability: unveiling the critical role of adsorption layer dynamics
The science behind ZenQuo's second-generation electrolyte patent family.
- Journal
- Energy & Environmental Science 18
- Year
- 2025
Highly Potent and Low-Volume Concentration Additives for Durable Aqueous Zinc Batteries: Machine Learning-Enabled Performance Rationalization
The core additive paper. UNSW published this in January 2024; ZenQuo was incorporated in December of the same year to commercialise it.
- Journal
- Advanced Materials 36
- Year
- 2024
A path forward for the translational development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries
One of the field's two roadmap reviews.
- Journal
- Joule 7
- Year
- 2023
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials 32
- Year
- 2022
Scientific Challenges for the Implementation of Zn-Ion Batteries
The field's other roadmap review.
- Journal
- Joule 4
- Year
- 2020
A high-capacity and long-life aqueous rechargeable zinc battery using a metal oxide intercalation cathode
One of the foundational papers of the modern aqueous zinc-ion battery field.
- Journal
- Nature Energy 1
- Year
- 2016
Research partners
Live, named, government co-funded validation
RACE for 2030 CRC
Project 0530, “Durable battery solutions for the grid” - UNSW lead, with ZenQuo and Uniseed as partners. Running to March 2027.
UNSW Laboratory for Battery Research and Innovation
The School of Chemical Engineering group where the technology originated, and where the underlying science continues.
CSIRO RISE Accelerator
The India–Australia program supporting ZenQuo's first international market entry.
The wider group page is at UNSW LBRI, and the computational side at CODE Lab.
Collaborating, reviewing, or looking for a student project?
The lab runs a bench across aqueous zinc-ion, lithium metal, sodium-ion and solid-state chemistries.