journal article·2025-04Open access

Synergistic Effect Enables Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries to Operate at High Temperatures

Changlei Zhuang, Siwen Zhang, Zhi Gen Yu, Jinzhang Yang, Ying Sun, Hanyu Wen, Haokun Wen, Hui Li, Bosi Yin, Tianyi Ma

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 15

Abstract

Abstract The performance of aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) at high temperatures (HT) is severely compromised by active water corrosion, parasitic reactions, and dendrite growth. Herein, zinc trifluoroacetate is introduced at a low concentration (0.2 m), dissolved in triethyl phosphate (TEP) and H2O. The active water is suppressed due to the reconstructed original hydrogen bond network, which helps inhibit parasitic reactions and severe corrosion. Meanwhile, a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formed on the zinc anode due to the decomposition of the introduced zinc salt. The high‐tolerance SEI physically separates the electrolyte and anode, reducing the corrosion caused by active water. Moreover, TEP, as a prevalent fire‐retardant cosolvent, can preferentially anchor on the zinc sheet, serving as a shielding buffer layer. TEP is not only reconstructing the structure of the electric double layer (EDL), decreasing the content of active water, but also accelerating the prompt formation of SEI further. As proof of this synergistic effect, the assembled symmetric Zn‖Zn cells sustain to 700 h under the condition of 0.5 mA cm−2, and the Zn‖NH4V4O10 (NVO) full cells achieve 1400 cycles at 1 A g−1 at 60 °C. This work offers a promising solution to prompt the commercialization of AZIBs at HT.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Advanced battery technologies research · Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

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Affiliations

Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Material College of Chemistry Liaoning University Shenyang 110036 P. R. China

Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16‐16 Connexis Singapore 138632 Republic of Singapore

Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN) School of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia

ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Intelligent Energy Efficiency in Future Protected Cropping (E2Crop) Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province · Australian Research Council · Australian Renewable Energy Agency

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