journal article·2022-08

Surface Transformation Enables a Dendrite‐Free Zinc‐Metal Anode in Nonaqueous Electrolyte

Fanyang Huang, Xinpeng Li, Yuchen Zhang, Yulin Jie, Xulin Mu, Chaoran Yang, Wanxia Li, Yawei Chen, Yang Liu, Shuai Wang, Binghui Ge, Ruiguo Cao, Xiaodi Ren, Pengfei Yan, Qi Li, Dongsheng Xu, Shuhong Jiao

Advanced Materials· Volume 34· Issue 34
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Abstract

Abstract Significant challenges remain in developing rechargeable zinc batteries mainly because of reversibility problems on zinc‐metal anodes. The dendritic growth and hydrogen evolution on zinc electrodes are major obstacles to overcome in developing practical and safe zinc batteries. Here, a dendrite‐free and hydrogen‐free Zn‐metal anode with high Coulombic efficiency up to 99.6% over 300 cycles is realized in a newly designed nonaqueous electrolyte, which comprises an inexpensive zinc salt, zinc acetate, and a green low‐cost solvent, dimethyl sulfoxide. Surface transformation on Cu substrate plays a critical role in facilitating the dendrite‐free deposition process, which lowers the diffusion energy barrier of the Zn atoms, leading to a uniform and compact thin film for zinc plating. Furthermore, in situ electrochemical atomic force microscopy reveals the plating process via a layer‐by‐layer growth mechanism and the stripping process through an edge‐dissolution mechanism. In addition, Zn||Mo6S8 full cells exhibit excellent electrochemical performance in terms of cycling stability and rate capability. This work presents a new opportunity to develop nonaqueous rechargeable zinc batteries.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced battery technologies research · Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

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Affiliations

Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 P. R. China

Department Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids Institute of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing Beijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 P. R. China

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Physical Chemistry College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China

Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology Anhui University Hefei 230601 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · National Key Research and Development Program of China

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