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Vol. 15 (2023)

Hetero Nucleus Growth Stabilizing Zinc Anode for High-Biosecurity Zinc-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01206-2
Jingjing Li
Department of Plastic Surgery and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, People’s Republic of China
Zhexuan Liu
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
Shaohua Han
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
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
Jianda Zhou
Department of Plastic Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, People’s Republic of China
Zhiyuan Zeng
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
Zhizhao Chen
Department of Plastic Surgery and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, 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

Corresponding Author: Jiang Zhou

zhou_jiang@csu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 237

Abstract

Biocompatible devices are widely employed in modernized lives and medical fields in the forms of wearable and implantable devices, raising higher requirements on the battery biocompatibility, high safety, low cost, and excellent electrochemical performance, which become the evaluation criteria toward developing feasible biocompatible batteries. Herein, through conducting the battery implantation tests and leakage scene simulations on New Zealand rabbits, zinc sulfate electrolyte is proved to exhibit higher biosecurity and turns out to be one of the ideal zinc salts for biocompatible zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs). Furthermore, in order to mitigate the notorious dendrite growth and hydrogen evolution in mildly acidic electrolyte as well as improve their operating stability, Sn hetero nucleus is introduced to stabilize the zinc anode, which not only facilitates the planar zinc deposition, but also contributes to higher hydrogen evolution overpotential. Finally, a long lifetime of 1500 h for the symmetrical cell, the specific capacity of 150 mAh g−1 under 0.5 A g−1 for the Zn–MnO2 battery and 212 mAh g−1 under 5 A g−1 for the Zn—NH4V4O10 battery are obtained. This work may provide unique perspectives on biocompatible ZIBs toward the biosecurity of their cell components.


Highlights:
1 Animal models are applied to evaluate the biosecurity and biocompatibility of the zinc-ion batteries with the electrolytes of different zinc salts.
2 Leakage scene simulations and histological analysis are employed in investigating the tissue response after battery implantations, in which ZnSO4 exhibits higher biosecurity.
3 Sn hetero nucleus is introduced to stabilize the zinc anode, which not only facilitates the planar zinc deposition, but also contributes to higher hydrogen evolution overpotential.

Keywords

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries Biocompatible devices Operating stability Zinc anode Zinc salts electrolyte
Li, Jingjing, Zhexuan Liu, Shaohua Han, Peng Zhou, Bingan Lu, Jianda Zhou, Zhiyuan Zeng, Zhizhao Chen, and Jiang Zhou. 2023. “Hetero Nucleus Growth Stabilizing Zinc Anode for High-Biosecurity Zinc-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (October):237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01206-2.
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