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Vol. 14 (2022)

Manipulating Interfacial Stability Via Absorption-Competition Mechanism for Long-Lifespan Zn Anode

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00777-2
Meijia Qiu
Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Low‑Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
Liang Ma
Siyuan Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, People’s Republic of China
Peng Sun
Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Low‑Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
Zilong Wang
Siyuan Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, People’s Republic of China
Guofeng Cui
Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Low‑Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
Wenjie Mai
Siyuan Laboratory, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Guofeng Cui

cuigf@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 31

Abstract

The stability of Zn anode in various Zn-based energy storage devices is the key problem to be solved. Herein, aromatic aldehyde additives are selected to modulate the interface reactions between the Zn anode and electrolyte. Through comprehensively considering electrochemical measurements, DFT calculations and FEA simulations, novel mechanisms of one kind of aromatic aldehyde, veratraldehyde in inhibiting Zn dendrite/by-products can be obtained. This additive prefers to absorb on the Zn surface than H2O molecules and Zn2+, while competes with hydrogen evolution reaction and Zn plating/stripping process via redox reactions, thus preventing the decomposition of active H2O near the interface and uncontrollable Zn dendrite growth via a synactic absorption-competition mechanism. As a result, Zn–Zn symmetric cells with the veratraldehyde additive realize an excellent cycling life of 3200 h under 1 mA cm−2/1 mAh cm−2 and over 800 h even under 5 mA cm−2/5 mAh cm−2. Moreover, Zn–Ti and Zn–MnO2 cells with the veratraldehyde additive both obtain elevated performance than that with pure ZnSO4 electrolyte. Finally, two more aromatic aldehyde additives are chosen to prove their universality in stabilizing Zn anodes.


Highlights:


1 Aromatic aldehyde additives were introduced to modify the interfacial environment between Zn sheet and electrolyte through an absorption-competition mechanism, thus effectively inhibiting the dendrite/by-products growth.
2 Zn–Zn and Zn–MnO2 cells with the additives achieved much better cycling stability (over 3000 h under 1 mA cm−2/1 mAh cm−2 and 800 h under 5 mA cm−2/5 mAh cm−2 for symmetric cells) than that of pure ZnSO4 electrolyte.

Keywords

Aromatic aldehyde Absorption-competition mechanism Zn anode Interfacial stability
Qiu, Meijia, Liang Ma, Peng Sun, Zilong Wang, Guofeng Cui, and Wenjie Mai. 2021. “Manipulating Interfacial Stability Via Absorption-Competition Mechanism for Long-Lifespan Zn Anode”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (December):31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00777-2.
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