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Anti-catalytic and zincophilic layers integrated zinc anode towards efficient aqueous batteries for ultra-long cycling stability

Chunli Wang1, Yuxing Gao1, Lianshan Sun2( ), Yuan Zhao1, Dongming Yin1, Hairui Wang4, Jingchao Cao3( ), Yong Cheng1( ), Limin Wang1
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd., Changsha 410012, China
Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China
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Cheap and abundant two-dimensional (2D) conductive graphite (KS-6) coating layer with high electronic conductivity (~ 106 S·m−1) could directly form strong bonding with Zn anode due to high zincophilicity, and protect Zn metal from liquid electrolyte to inhibit parasitic hydrogen evolution and guide uniform Zn electrodeposition during cycling. Therefore, such integrated Zn anode exhibits low voltage hysteresis (~ 38 mV) and excellent cycling stability with dendrite-free behaviors (1 mA·cm−2 and 2 mAh·cm−2) over 2,000 h, far outperforming many reported Zn metal anodes in aqueous systems.

Abstract

Aqueous zinc-based battery is usually plagued by serious dendrites and side reactions including Zn corrosion and water decomposition on the anode. To address the drawbacks, constructing coating layers with high conductivity and anti-catalytic effects on hydrogen evolution reaction has been considered as an efficient strategy. Herein, cheap and abundant two-dimensional (2D) conductive graphite (KS-6) coating layer with high electronic conductivity (~ 106 S·m−1) could directly form strong bonding with Zn foil due to high zincophilicity, which correspondingly protects Zn metal from liquid electrolyte to inhibit parasitic hydrogen evolution and guide uniform Zn electrodeposition during cycling. The KS-6 layer owns a profitable charge redistribution effect to endow Zn anode with a lower nucleation energy barrier and a more uniformly distributed electric field compared with bare Zn. Therefore, such integrated Zn anode exhibits low voltage hysteresis (~ 38 mV) and excellent cycling stability with dendrite-free behaviors (1 mA·cm−2 and 2 mAh·cm−2) over 2,000 h, far outperforming many reported Zn metal anodes in aqueous systems. Encouragingly, in light of the superior Zn@KS-6 anode, VNOx powders and Prussian blue analogs Mn2Fe(CN)6 are applied as the cathode materials to assemble full batteries, which show remarkable cycling stabilities and high Coulombic efficiencies (CEs) over 200 cycles with capacity retention of 81.5% for VNOx//Zn@KS-6 battery and over 400 cycles with capacity retention of 94.6% for Mn2Fe(CN)6//Zn@KS-6 battery, respectively.

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aqueous batteryzinc-dendriteanti-catalysiszincophilicitytwo-dimensional (2D) conductive graphite

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 9,
September 2022
Pages 8076-8082
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4458-4
Cite this article:
Wang C, Gao Y, Sun L, et al. Anti-catalytic and zincophilic layers integrated zinc anode towards efficient aqueous batteries for ultra-long cycling stability. Nano Research, 2022, 15(9): 8076-8082. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4458-4
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