Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 34, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200131
Keywords
colloid-polymers; deep cycling; interfacial turbulence; zinc ion flux; Zn metal batteries
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- National Natural Science Foundations of China [52071226, 51872193]
- Natural Science Foundations of Jiangsu Province [BK20201171, BK20181168, BE2020003-3]
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In this study, a colloid-polymer electrolyte (CPE) with special colloidal phase and suppressed H-2 evolution reaction (HER) is designed to diminish interfacial turbulence and boost deep Zn electrochemistry in aqueous Zn metal batteries (ZMBs). The CPE allows for homogeneous deposition of Zn2+ ions on the electrode, enabling stable operation of Zn//Cu cells and Zn//Na5V12O32 full-cell even at high capacity and current density.
The fluidity of aqueous electrolytes and undesired H-2 evolution reaction (HER) can cause severe interfacial turbulence in aqueous Zn metal batteries (ZMBs) at deep cycling with high capacities and current densities, which would further perturb ion flux and aggravate Zn dendrite growth. In this study, a colloid-polymer electrolyte (CPE) with special colloidal phase and suppressed HER is designed to diminish interfacial turbulence and boost deep Zn electrochemistry. Density functional theory calculations confirm that the quantitative migratory barriers of Zn2+ along the transport pathway in CPE demonstrate much smaller fluctuations compared with normal aqueous electrolyte, indicating that CPE can effectively diminish interfacial disturbance. Benefitting from this, the Zn2+ ion flux can be homogenized and deposited evenly on the electrode, which is confirmed by finite element simulation and in situ Raman measurements. Consequently, CPE enables stable operation of Zn//Cu cells even with high capacity (up to 20 mAh cm(-2)) and current density (up to 100 mA cm(-2)) and Zn//Na5V12O32 full-cell with N/P ratio as low as 1 (i.e., 100% Zn utilization). It is believed that this strategy opens a brand-new avenue based on CPE toward boosting deep-cycling electrochemistry in ZMBs and even other aqueous energy-storage applications.
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