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Research Article | Open Access

Highly stable Zn anodes realized by 3D zincophilic and hydrophobic interphase buffer layer

Yunfei Shen1,§, Pengjie Fu2,§, Jianjie Liu1, Kaisheng Sun1, Huanzhang Wen1, Ping Liu1, Heng Lv1, Tiantian Gu1, Xiaodong Yang2( ), Long Chen1( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
Key Laboratory of Ecophysics and Department of Physics, College of Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China

§ Yunfei Shen and Pengjie Fu contributed equally to this work.

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A novel zinc anode was created by coating 3D TiO2/Cu2Se/C heterostructure, which can stabilize the zinc anodes with dendrite-free Zn plating layer.

Abstract

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising contenders for energy storage systems owing to their low cost and high safety. However, their practical application is hindered by uncontrolled Zn dendrites and other side reactions. Here, the three-dimensional (3D) TiO2/Cu2Se/C heterostructure layer derived from MXene/Cu-MOF is constructed on the Zn anode to control the deposition/dissolution behavior, which has numerous active sites, better electrical conductivity and excellent structural stability. Based on DFT calculation, the built-in electric field (BIEF) formed of TiO2/Cu2Se/C can enhance charge transfer and ionic diffusion to inhibit the dendrites. Furthermore, hydrophobic coating has the ability to impede the corrosion and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of zinc anode. Thus, TiO2/Cu2Se/C@Zn enable the stable and reversible Zn plating/stripping process with the outstanding lifetime of 1100 h at 2 mA·cm–2 and even 650 h at 10 mA·cm–2. The batteries constructed with commercial MnO2 cathodes demonstrate the remarkable capacity (248.7 mAh·g−1 at 0.1 A·g−1) and impressive cycle stability (with 71.3% capacity retention after 300 cycles). As well as extending the life of AZIBs, this study is also motivating for other metal anode based secondary batteries.

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zinc anodeheterostructurebuilt-in electric fieldzincophilichydrophobic

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Nano Research Energy
Volume 3 Issue 3,
September 2024
Article number: e9120115
DOI: 10.26599/NRE.2024.9120115
Cite this article:
Shen Y, Fu P, Liu J, et al. Highly stable Zn anodes realized by 3D zincophilic and hydrophobic interphase buffer layer. Nano Research Energy, 2024, 3: e9120115. https://doi.org/10.26599/NRE.2024.9120115

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Received: 19 December 2023
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Accepted: 27 January 2024
Published: 01 March 2024
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