Amino Acid-Induced Interface Charge Engineering Enables Highly Reversible Zn Anode

Lu, Haotian, Zhang, Xuanlin, Luo, Minghe, Cao, Keshuang, Lu, Yunhao, Xu, Ben Bin, Pan, Hongge, Tao, Kai and Jiang, Yinzhu (2021) Amino Acid-Induced Interface Charge Engineering Enables Highly Reversible Zn Anode. Advanced Functional Materials, 31 (45). p. 2103514. ISSN 1616-3028

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Abstract

Despite the impressive merits of low-cost and high-safety electrochemical energy storage for aqueous zinc ion batteries, researchers have long struggled against the unresolved issues of dendrite growth and the side reactions of zinc metal anodes. Herein, a new strategy of zinc-electrolyte interface charge engineering induced by amino acid additives is demonstrated for highly reversible zinc plating/stripping. Through electrostatic preferential absorption of positively charged arginine molecules on the surface of the zinc metal anode, a self-adaptive zinc-electrolyte interface is established for the inhibition of water adsorption/hydrogen evolution and the guidance of uniform zinc deposition. Consequently, an ultra-long stable cycling up to 2200 h at a high current density of 5 mA cm−2 is achieved under an areal capacity of 4 mAh cm−2. Even cycled at an ultra-high current density of 10 mA cm−2, 900 h-long stable cycling is still demonstrated, demonstrating the reliable self-adaptive feature of the zinc-electrolyte interface. This work provides a new perspective of interface charge engineering in realizing highly reversible bulk zinc anode that can prompt its practical application in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding information: H.L. and X.Z. contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51722105), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LR18B030001), and National Key Research and Development Program (2019YFE0111200).
Uncontrolled Keywords: aqueous rechargeable zinc battery, zinc anode, amino acid additive, cycling stability, interface charge engineering
Subjects: F200 Materials Science
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2021 10:27
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2022 03:30
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/46765

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