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Metal–Organic Frameworks Functionalized Separators for Robust Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00960-z
Yang Song
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China
Pengchao Ruan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Packaging and Advanced Functional Materials, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People’s Republic of China
Caiwang Mao
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China
Yuxin Chang
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China
Ling Wang
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China
Lei Dai
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China
Peng Zhou
Hunan Provincial Key Defense Laboratory of High Temperature Wear-Resisting Materials and Preparation Technology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, People’s Republic of China
Bingan Lu
School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Jiang Zhou
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Packaging and Advanced Functional Materials, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People’s Republic of China
Zhangxing He
School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhangxing He

zxhe@ncst.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 218

Abstract

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are one of the promising energy storage systems, which consist of electrode materials, electrolyte, and separator. The first two have been significantly received ample development, while the prominent role of the separators in manipulating the stability of the electrode has not attracted sufficient attention. In this work, a separator (UiO-66-GF) modified by Zr-based metal organic framework for robust AZIBs is proposed. UiO-66-GF effectively enhances the transport ability of charge carriers and demonstrates preferential orientation of (002) crystal plane, which is favorable for corrosion resistance and dendrite-free zinc deposition. Consequently, Zn|UiO-66-GF-2.2|Zn cells exhibit highly reversible plating/stripping behavior with long cycle life over 1650 h at 2.0 mA cm−2, and Zn|UiO-66-GF-2.2|MnO2 cells show excellent long-term stability with capacity retention of 85% after 1000 cycles. The reasonable design and application of multifunctional metal organic frameworks modified separators provide useful guidance for constructing durable AZIBs.


Highlights:


1 Metal-organic frameworks (UiO-66) functionalized glass fiber separator was constructed to accelerate the transport of charge carriers and provide a uniform electric field distribution on the surface of zinc anode.
2 Zinc anode demonstrates preferential orientation of (002) plane under the control of UiO-66-GF, which effectively inhibits dendrites.
3 Density functional theory calculation confirms that the adsorption effect of (002) plane on H is weaker, thus improving corrosion resistance and suppressing the hydrogen evolution reaction.
4 Symmetric cells exhibit highly reversible plating/stripping behavior with long cycle life over 1650 h and full cells demonstrate excellent long-term stability (85%) for 1000 cycles.

Keywords

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries Separators Metal–organic frameworks Ion transport Dendrite-free
Song, Yang, Pengchao Ruan, Caiwang Mao, Yuxin Chang, Ling Wang, Lei Dai, Peng Zhou, Bingan Lu, Jiang Zhou, and Zhangxing He. 2022. “Metal–Organic Frameworks Functionalized Separators for Robust Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (November):218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00960-z.
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