Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Nov. 17, 2023
Based
on
the
attributes
of
nonflammability,
environmental
benignity,
and
cost-effectiveness
aqueous
electrolytes,
as
well
favorable
compatibility
zinc
metal
with
them,
ions
batteries
(AZIBs)
become
leading
energy
storage
candidate
to
meet
requirements
safety
low
cost.
Yet,
acting
a
double-edged
sword,
also
play
negative
role
by
directly
or
indirectly
causing
various
parasitic
reactions
at
anode
side.
These
include
hydrogen
evolution
reaction,
passivation,
dendrites,
resulting
in
poor
Coulombic
efficiency
short
lifespan
AZIBs.
A
comprehensive
review
electrolytes
chemistry,
mechanism
chemistry
reactions,
their
relationship
is
lacking.
Moreover,
understanding
strategies
for
suppressing
from
an
electrochemical
perspective
not
profound
enough.
In
this
review,
firstly,
anodes,
AZIBs
are
deeply
disclosed.
Subsequently,
enhancing
inherent
thermodynamic
stability
lowering
dynamics
Zn/electrolyte
interfaces
reviewed.
Lastly,
perspectives
future
development
direction
presented.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
34(27)
Published: May 8, 2022
The
practical
application
of
the
Zn-metal
anode
for
aqueous
batteries
is
greatly
restricted
by
catastrophic
dendrite
growth,
intricate
hydrogen
evolution,
and
parasitic
surface
passivation.
Herein,
a
polyanionic
hydrogel
film
introduced
as
protective
layer
on
Zn
with
assistance
silane
coupling
agent
(denoted
Zn-SHn).
framework
zincophilic
-SO3-
functional
groups
uniformizes
zinc
ions
flux
transport.
Furthermore,
such
chemically
bonded
possesses
an
anti-catalysis
effect,
which
effectively
suppresses
both
evolution
reaction
formation
dendrites.
As
result,
stable
reversible
stripping/plating
at
various
currents
capacities
achieved.
A
full
cell
pairing
Zn-SHn
NaV3
O8
·1.5
H2
O
cathode
shows
capacity
around
176
mAh
g-1
retention
67%
over
4000
cycles
10
.
This
protection
strategy
paves
new
way
future
Zn-anode
design
safe
construction.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
32(43)
Published: Aug. 15, 2022
Abstract
Building
an
artificial
interphase
layer
for
tackling
uncontrollable
Zn
dendrites
and
serious
side
reactions
is
a
highly
desirable
strategy,
but
it
often
hampered
by
the
limited
2+
transport.
Here,
stable
fluorine‐doped
amorphous
carbon
(CF)
constructed
on
Cu
current
collector
(CF‐Cu)
via
facile
carbonization
treatment
of
fluoropolymer
coating
to
realize
underlying
deposition.
As
evidenced
experimentally
theoretically,
this
inorganic
CF
with
ionic
conductivity
electronic
insulation
successfully
triggers
dendrite‐free
deposition
at
CF‐Cu
interface
preferred
Zn(002)
crystal
plane
stacking
parallel
substrate
surface,
thus
greatly
promoting
inhibition
Zn‐dendrites
blocking
interfacial
reactions.
The
introduced
fluorine
atoms
as
abundant
zincophilic
sites
play
important
role
in
driving
fast
zinc‐ion
transfer
kinetics,
which
can
partly
convert
into
ZnF
2
solid
conductor
further
guide
uniform
Consequently,
electrode
enables
high
reversibility
99%
coulombic
efficiency
long
cycling
stability
1900
cycles
mA
cm
–2
.
integrated
CF‐Cu@Zn
anode
achieves
up
2200
h
low
voltage
polarization.
This
study
provides
inspiration
design
layers
nondendritic
metal
batteries.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Oct. 19, 2022
Due
to
its
high
theoretical
capacity
(820
mAh
g-1),
low
standard
electrode
potential
(-
0.76
V
vs.
SHE),
excellent
stability
in
aqueous
solutions,
cost,
environmental
friendliness
and
intrinsically
safety,
zinc
(Zn)-based
batteries
have
attracted
much
attention
developing
new
energy
storage
devices.
In
Zn
battery
system,
the
performance
is
significantly
affected
by
solid
electrolyte
interface
(SEI),
which
controlled
electrolyte,
attracts
dendrite
growth,
electrochemical
window
range,
metallic
anode
corrosion
passivation,
mutations.
Therefore,
design
of
SEI
decisive
for
overall
systems.
This
paper
summarizes
formation
mechanism,
types
characteristics,
characterization
techniques
associated
with
SEI.
Meanwhile,
we
analyze
influence
on
performance,
put
forward
strategies
Finally,
future
research
system
prospected
seize
nature
SEI,
improve
promote
large-scale
application.
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 1662 - 1675
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Trace
addition
of
a
hydrophilically
tuned
nonionic
amphiphilic
polymer
additive
enables
hydrophobic
confinement
aqueous
electrolyte
that
considerably
prolongs
the
cycle
life
Zn-ion
devices
and
widens
temperature
operation.
ACS Energy Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
8(2), P. 1192 - 1200
Published: Jan. 27, 2023
Aqueous
zinc
ion
batteries
are
promising
secondary
for
next-generation
electrochemical
energy
storage.
In
this
work,
we
report
a
hybrid
electrolyte
system
with
3
M
Zn(OTf)2
as
salt
and
1
urea
+
0.3
LiOAc
solute
additives
highly
reversible
aqueous
batteries.
system,
partial
coordinated
water
molecules
of
Zn2+
replaced,
the
original
hydrogen
bond
network
bulk
also
suffers
from
interruption.
Moreover,
introduction
lithium
acetate
solves
aggravated
self-corrosion
caused
by
on
one
hand
inhibits
growth
dendrites
through
electrostatic
shielding
effect
other.
Benefiting
multifunctional
synergistic
effect,
dendrite-free
Zn
plating/stripping
600
h
at
4.8
mA
cm–2
(20%
depth
discharge)
∼99.7%
Coulombic
efficiency
high
cumulative
plating
capacity
1600
mAh
is
achieved.
