journal article·2023-03-10Open access

Zn-Ion Transporting, In Situ Formed Robust Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stable Zinc Metal Anodes over a Wide Temperature Range

Peixun Xiong, Yingbo Kang, Nan Yao, Xiang Chen, Haiyan Mao, Woo-Sung Jang, David M. Halat, Zhong-Heng Fu, Min-Hyoung Jung, Hu Young Jeong, Young-Min Kim, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Qiang Zhang, Ho Seok Park

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 8· Issue 3

Abstract

Hydrogen evolution, corrosion, and dendrite formation in the Zn anodes limit their practical applications in aqueous Zn metal batteries. Herein, we propose an interfacial chemistry regulation strategy that uses hybrid electrolytes of water and a polar aprotic N, N -dimethylformamide to modify the Zn 2+ -solvation structure and in situ form a robust and Zn 2+ -conducting Zn 5 (CO 3 ) 2 (OH) 6 solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the Zn surface to achieve stable and dendrite-free Zn plating/stripping over a wide temperature range. As confirmed by 67 Zn nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry, electrochemical characterizations, and molecular dynamics simulation, the electrochemically and thermally stable Zn 5 (OH) 6 (CO 3 ) 2 -contained SEI achieved a high ionic conductivity of 0.04 to 1.27 mS cm –1 from −30 to 70 °C and a thermally activated fast Zn 2+ migration through the [010] plane. Consequently, extremely stable Zn-ion hybrid capacitors in hybrid electrolytes are demonstrated with high capacity retentions and Coulombic efficiencies over 14,000, 10,000, and 600 cycles at 25, −20, and 70 °C, respectively.
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Affiliations

School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea

Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States

Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea

Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), College of Engineering & Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea

SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea

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