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Artificial Hydrophilic Organic and Dendrite-Suppressed Inorganic Hybrid Solid Electrolyte Interface Layer for Highly Stable Zinc Anodes

Yang, Weijie
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Yu, Ruohan
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Zhu, Shaohua
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February 21, 2024
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained significant attentions for their inherent safety and cost-effectiveness. However, challenges, such as dendrite growth and anodic corrosion at the Zn anode, hinder their commercial viability. In this paper, an organic-inorganic coating layer (Nafion-TiO2) was introduced to protect the Zn anode and electrolyte interface. Briefly, Nafion effectively shields against the corrosion from water molecules through the hydrophobic wall of -CF3 and guided zinc deposition from the -SO3 functional group, while TiO2 particles with a higher Young's modulus (151 GPa vs 120 GPa from Zn metal) suppress the zinc dendrite formation. As a result, with the protection of Nafion-TiO2, the symmetrical Zn||Zn battery shows an improved cycle life of 1,750 h at 0.5 mA cm(-2), and the full cell based on Zn||MnO2 shows a long cycle life over 1,500 cycles at 1 A g(-1). Our research offers a novel approach for protecting zinc metal anodes, potentially applicable to other metal anodes such as those in lithium and sodium batteries.

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DOI
10.1021/acsami.3c18641
Web of Science ID

WOS:001168273500001

Author(s)
Yang, Weijie
Yu, Ruohan
Zhu, Shaohua
Wang, Guan
Zhang, Bomian
Li, Jinghao
Xue, Shiyan
Qi, Siyuan
Zhang, Lei
Zhao, Kangning  
Date Issued

2024-02-21

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume

16

Issue

8

Start page

10218

End page

10226

Subjects

Technology

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Zincion Battery

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Zn Anode

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Nafion-Tio ( 2 )

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Solid Electrolyte Interface

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Dendritegrowth

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REVIEWED

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LAS  
FunderGrant Number

National Natural Science Foundation of China

2021JJLH0069

Hainan Provincial Joint Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City

SCKJ-JYRC-2023-55

Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City

22109123

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March 18, 2024
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