Optimization Strategy of Surface and Interface in Electrolyte Structure of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery DOI
Yang Li, Xiaoxu Liu, Man Zhang

et al.

ACS Materials Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(5), P. 1938 - 1960

Published: April 12, 2024

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are increasingly regarded as promising candidates for large-scale energy storage, because of their advantageous features such high safety, low cost, abundant resources, and environmental friendliness. However, challenges persist with zinc anodes, including issues Coulombic efficiency (CE) poor long-term cycle stability due to dendrites, hydrogen evolution, passivation reactions. These mainly attributed the thermodynamic instability anodes in aqueous electrolytes, leading a shorter battery life. The optimization electrolyte structure has emerged straightforward impactful strategy, making substantial advancements addressing associated systematic manner. This account undertakes comprehensive analysis formation process interface between anode. Strategies involve precise regulation Zn nucleation layer, construction situ artificial anode optimization, design solid interphase (SEI) protective layer. By delving into these critical aspects, review aims provide concise synthesis future outlook on strategies batteries, offering valuable insights enhancing overall performance.

Language: Английский

Ionogels: Preparation, Properties and Applications DOI
Chang‐Cun Yan, Weizheng Li, Ziyang Liu

et al.

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 31, 2023

Abstract Ionogels, composed of ionic liquids and supporting networks, possess a plethora exceptional properties, including nonvolatility, remarkable thermal electrochemical stability, elevated mechanical strength, as well outstanding conductivity. Based on these extraordinary characteristics, ionogels have found extensive applications in diverse fields encompassing functional materials, sensors, soft electronics, solid electrolytes, biomedicine. In recent years, witnessed significant advancements emerged highly popular subject matter. Consequently, this review provides comprehensive overview the latest progress made realm ionogels. The preparation methods are initially introduced following concise introduction. Subsequently, properties ionogels, high low temperature resistance, conductivity, stimuli‐response self‐healing recyclability their structure‐property relationships, comprehensively discussed. Moreover, utilization skins, adhesions other domains also elaborated upon extensively. Finally, after succinct summary, challenges prospects regarding future development thoroughly deliberated.

Language: Английский

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Suppressed Water Reactivity by Zincophilic‐Hydrophobic Electrolyte Additive for Superior Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries DOI Open Access
Yahui Wang, Ran Zhao, Mingquan Liu

et al.

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(43)

Published: Oct. 2, 2023

Abstract As one of the most promising anodes aqueous batteries, Zn metal faces uncontrollable side reactions and deleterious dendrite growth, which drastically compromise its cycle life Coulombic efficiency (CE). To tackle these issues, a versatile electrolyte additive is reported that can regulate solvation structure, adsorb on surface, in situ generate novel zincophilic‐microhydrophobic interphase to isolate anode from reactive water molecules. Benefiting triple effects reactivity modulation, exhibits excellent reversibility with an ultra‐high average CE value 99.92% at 5 mA cm −2 ZnSO 4 system, Zn||Zn symmetric cell ethanesulfonamide achieves long lifespan over 6000 h. The merits ESA additives are further displayed Zn//MnO 2 full cells ion hybrid capacitors, exhibiting capacity retention 81.60% C 1000 cycles, 92.25% 50 000 cycles A g −1 , respectively. What's more, exhibit outstanding stability 100% after 120 0.1 C. This strategy shows alternative for development batteries low‐cost ‐based electrolytes.

Language: Английский

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Hetero‐Polyionic Hydrogels Enable Dendrites‐Free Aqueous Zn‐I2 Batteries with Fast Kinetics DOI
Jin‐Lin Yang, Zehua Yu, Jiawen Wu

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(44)

Published: Aug. 23, 2023

Rechargeable aqueous Zn-I2 batteries (ZIB) are regarded as a promising energy storage candidate. However, soluble polyiodide shuttling and rampant Zn dendrite growth hamper its commercial implementation. Herein, hetero-polyionic hydrogel is designed the electrolyte for ZIBs. On cathode side, iodophilic polycationic (PCH) effectively alleviates shuttle effect facilitates redox kinetics of iodine species. Meanwhile, polyanionic (PAH) toward metal anode uniformizes Zn2+ flux prevents surface corrosion by electrostatic repulsion polyiodides. Consequently, symmetric cells with PAH demonstrate remarkable cycling stability over 3000 h at 1 mA cm-2 (1 mAh ) 800 10 (5 ). Moreover, full PAH-PCH deliver low-capacity decay 0.008 ‰ per cycle during 18 000 cycles 8 C. This work sheds light on electrolytes design long-life conversion-type batteries.

Language: Английский

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Hybrid Superlattice‐Triggered Selective Proton Grotthuss Intercalation in δ‐MnO2 for High‐Performance Zinc‐Ion Battery DOI
Anqi Zhang, Ran Zhao, Yahui Wang

et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(51)

Published: Nov. 4, 2023

Abstract A great deal of attention has been paid on layered manganese dioxide (δ−MnO 2 ) as promising cathode candidate for aqueous zinc‐ion battery (ZIB) due to the excellent theoretical capacity, high working voltage and Zn 2+ /H + co‐intercalation mechanism. However, caused by insertion , strong coulomb interaction sluggish diffusion kinetics have resulted in significant structure deformation, insufficient cycle stability limited rate capability. And it is still far from satisfactory accurately modulate H intercalation superior electrochemical kinetics. Herein, terrace‐shape δ−MnO hybrid superlattice polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) pre‐intercalation (PVP−MnO was proposed with state‐of‐the‐art ZIBs performance. Local atomic characterization calculations pioneering confirming superlattice‐triggered synergy electron entropy stimulation selective Grotthuss intercalation. Accordingly, PVP−MnO exhibits prominent specific capacity (317.2 mAh g −1 at 0.125 ), performance (106.1 12.5 remarkable (≈100 % retention after 20,000 cycles 10 ). Therefore, rational design interlayer configuration paves pathways development MnO advanced Zn−MnO batteries.

Language: Английский

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Tetraphenylporphyrin‐based Chelating Ligand Additive as a Molecular Sieving Interfacial Barrier toward Durable Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries DOI
Xin Zhao, Xiaojing Yao, Cong Huang

et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(46)

Published: Sept. 29, 2023

The sustained water consumption and uncontrollable dendrite growth strongly hamper the practical applications of rechargeable zinc (Zn) metal batteries (ZMBs). Herein, for first time, we demonstrate that trace amount chelate ligand additive can serve as a "molecular sieve-like" interfacial barrier achieve highly efficient Zn plating/stripping. As verified by theoretical modeling experimental investigations, benzenesulfonic acid groups on molecular not only facilitates its solubility selective adsorption anode, but also effectively accelerates de-solvation kinetics Zn2+ . Meanwhile, central porphyrin ring expels free molecules from via chemical binding against hydrogen evolution, reversibly releases captured to endow dendrite-free deposition. By virtue this non-consumable additive, high average plating/stripping efficiency 99.7 % over 2100 cycles together with extended lifespan suppressed decomposition in Zn||MnO2 full battery were achieved, thus opening new avenue developing durable ZMBs.

Language: Английский

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Taurine-mediated dynamic bridging strategy for highly stable Zn metal anode DOI
Guosheng Duan, Yang Wang, Bin Luo

et al.

Energy storage materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 61, P. 102882 - 102882

Published: July 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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Polymer Coating with Balanced Coordination Strength and Ion Conductivity for Dendrite‐Free Zinc Anode DOI

Xiaomin Cai,

Wenzhi Tian,

Zekai Zhang

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 36(3)

Published: Oct. 11, 2023

Abstract Decorating Zn anodes with functionalized polymers is considered as an effective strategy to inhibit dendrite growth. However, this normally brings extra interfacial resistance rendering slow reaction kinetics of 2+ . Herein, a poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (P2VP) coating modulated coordination strength and ion conductivity for dendrite‐free anode reported. The P2VP favors high electrolyte wettability rapid migration speed (Zn transfer number, t = 0.58). Electrostatic potential calculation shows that mildly coordinates (adsorption energy −0.94 eV), which promotes preferential deposition along the (002) crystal plane. Notably, use partially (26%) quaternized (q‐P2VP) further reduces 126 Ω, leading ( 0.78) considerably low nucleation overpotential (18 mV). As result synergistic effect mild partial electrolysis, q‐P2VP‐decorated retains at level (≈46 mV) over 1000 h current density 10 mA cm −2 assembled (NH 4 ) 2 V 6 O 16 ·1.5H || glass fiber q‐P2VP‐Zn full cell reveals lower average capacity decay rate only 0.018% per cycle within 500 cycles 1 A g −1

Language: Английский

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Electrolyte Engineering via Competitive Solvation Structures for Developing Longevous Zinc Ion Batteries DOI Open Access
Xuemei Zhang, Zhiwen Deng,

Changhaoyue Xu

et al.

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(48)

Published: Nov. 7, 2023

Abstract Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) are troubled by the severe Zn dendrite growth and side reactions, manifesting as low coulombic efficiency poor cyclic stability. Electrolyte engineering is regarded an efficient method to improve metal reversibility. Herein, a distinctive electrolyte regulation strategy demonstrated for long‐lasting ZIBs through construction of competitive solvation structures. In composite aqueous system, insoluble LiNO 3 in dimethyl carbonate (DMC) introduced outwit active water dissociation from 2+ coordination environment, organic/anion‐enriched structure enables formation stable interface effectively restrain adverse reactions. Distinctly, anode exhibits inhibited with high reversibility plating/stripping processes over 1600 h exceptional cumulative capacity 16 Ah cm −2 , ultra‐long lifespan high‐temperature (50 °C), discharge depth (65%). Furthermore, || V 2 O 5 full battery can operate stably 1000 cycles at 1 A g −1 . This work points direction solve major challenges collaborative regulated environment interfacial chemistry.

Language: Английский

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Metal–iodine batteries: achievements, challenges, and future DOI Creative Commons

Leiqian Zhang,

Hele Guo, Wei Zong

et al.

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(11), P. 4872 - 4925

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

This review details past attempts, breakthroughs, and computational/characterization methods in developing metal–iodine batteries along with their key innovations, deficiencies, possible solutions.

Language: Английский

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Selectively etching-off the highly reactive (002) Zn facet enables highly efficient aqueous zinc-metal batteries DOI

Dongming Xu,

Benqiang Chen,

Xueting Ren

et al.

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 642 - 654

Published: Nov. 24, 2023

By selectively etching-off the chemically unstable (002) Zn facet, vertically aligned pillars of etched greatly suppress formation dendritic and water induced byproducts, thus enabling AZMBs with high coulombic efficiencies long lifespans.

Language: Английский

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