Zincophilic and hydrophobic bifunctional PFA-COOH-CNT artificial SEI film for highly stable Zn anode
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), Yanglong Hou3,4 ()Graphical Abstract
Abstract
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are regarded as one of the most promising rivals in the upcoming high-energy secondary battery market because of their safety and non-toxicity. However, the zinc dendrites growth and hydrogen evolution corrosion of the Zn anode have seriously restricted the application of AZIBs. Herein, to overcome these constraints, a three-dimensional (3D) porous PFA-COOH-CNT artificial solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film with high hydrophobic and zincophilic properties was constructed on Zn anode surface by in-situ polymerization of furfuryl alcohol (FA) and carboxyl carbon nanotubes (COOH-CNT). A series of in-situ, ex-situ characterizations as well as the density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the formed PFA-COOH-CNT SEI film with an abundant oxygen-containing group can provide abundant zincophilic sites and induce homogeneous deposition of Zn2+, as well as the hydrophobic alkyl and carbon skeleton in PFA-COOH-CNT SEI film can isolate the direct contact of H2O with Zn anode, and inhibit the occurrence of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Accordingly, the Zn anode with PFA-COOH-CNT layer can attain an ultra-long cycle life of 2200 h at 1 mA·cm−2, 1 mAh·cm−2. Simultaneously, the assembled PFA-COOH-CNT@Zn||V2O5 full cell can also achieve a high reversible capacity of up to 150.2 mAh·g−1 at 1 A·g−1 after 400 cycles, with a high average coulombic efficiency (CE) of 98.8 %. The designed PFA-COOH-CNT artificial SEI film provides a broad prospect for highly stable zinc anode, and can also be extended to other energy storage systems based on metal anodes.
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