The practical applications of aqueous Zn metal batteries are currently restricted by the inherent drawbacks of Zn such as the hydrogen evolution reaction,sluggish kinetics,and dendrite formation.To address these probl...The practical applications of aqueous Zn metal batteries are currently restricted by the inherent drawbacks of Zn such as the hydrogen evolution reaction,sluggish kinetics,and dendrite formation.To address these problems,herein,a limitedly Zn-doped MgF_(2)interphase comprising an upper region of pure,porous MgF_(2)and a lower region of gradient Zn-doped MgF_(2)is achieved via radio frequency sputtering technique.The porous MgF_(2)region is a polar insulator whose high corrosion resistance facilitates the de-solvation of the solvated Zn ions and suppression of hydrogen evolution,resulting in Zn metal electrodes with a low interfacial resistance.The Zn-doped MgF_(2)region facilitates fast transfer kinetics and homogeneous deposition of Zn ions owing to the interfacial polarization between the Zn dopant and MgF_(2)matrix,and the high concentration of the Zn dopant on the surface of the metal substrate as fine nuclei.Consequently,a symmetric cell incorporating the proposed Zn metal exhibits low overpotentials of~27.2 and~99.7 mV without Zn dendrites over 250 to 8000 cycles at current densities of 1.0 and 10.0 mA cm−2,respectively.The developed Zn/MnO2 full cell exhibits superior capacity retentions of 97.5%and 84.0%with average Coulombic efficiencies of 99.96%after 1000 and 3000 cycles,respectively.展开更多
In the original version of the article affiliation 1 has been missed out for an author and affiliation 1 superscript has been added in this correction.The Original article has been corrected.Joong Kee Lee1,5Open Acces...In the original version of the article affiliation 1 has been missed out for an author and affiliation 1 superscript has been added in this correction.The Original article has been corrected.Joong Kee Lee1,5Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,which permits use,sharing,adaptation,distribution and reproduction in any medium or format,as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s)and the source,provide a link to the Creative Commons licence,and indicate if changes were made.展开更多
Lithium metal battery(LMB)is regarded as the most potential energy storage system.However,unfortunately,its large-scale commercial development is hindered due to the uncontrollable dendrite growth problem on its Li-me...Lithium metal battery(LMB)is regarded as the most potential energy storage system.However,unfortunately,its large-scale commercial development is hindered due to the uncontrollable dendrite growth problem on its Li-metal anode.The utilization of electrolyte additives is one of the promising strategies to solve the problem mentioned above.An electrolyte additive based on heptafluorobutyric anhydride(HFA)is used to solve the dendrite problem by forming robust inorganic-rich solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)and enhancing the separator wettability.展开更多
基金supported by research grants from the National Research Foundation(NRF-2019H1D3A1A01069779)funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT,Republic of Korea,and by the Institutional Program(2E31863)and Bridge Program-KIST(2V09284).
文摘The practical applications of aqueous Zn metal batteries are currently restricted by the inherent drawbacks of Zn such as the hydrogen evolution reaction,sluggish kinetics,and dendrite formation.To address these problems,herein,a limitedly Zn-doped MgF_(2)interphase comprising an upper region of pure,porous MgF_(2)and a lower region of gradient Zn-doped MgF_(2)is achieved via radio frequency sputtering technique.The porous MgF_(2)region is a polar insulator whose high corrosion resistance facilitates the de-solvation of the solvated Zn ions and suppression of hydrogen evolution,resulting in Zn metal electrodes with a low interfacial resistance.The Zn-doped MgF_(2)region facilitates fast transfer kinetics and homogeneous deposition of Zn ions owing to the interfacial polarization between the Zn dopant and MgF_(2)matrix,and the high concentration of the Zn dopant on the surface of the metal substrate as fine nuclei.Consequently,a symmetric cell incorporating the proposed Zn metal exhibits low overpotentials of~27.2 and~99.7 mV without Zn dendrites over 250 to 8000 cycles at current densities of 1.0 and 10.0 mA cm−2,respectively.The developed Zn/MnO2 full cell exhibits superior capacity retentions of 97.5%and 84.0%with average Coulombic efficiencies of 99.96%after 1000 and 3000 cycles,respectively.
文摘In the original version of the article affiliation 1 has been missed out for an author and affiliation 1 superscript has been added in this correction.The Original article has been corrected.Joong Kee Lee1,5Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,which permits use,sharing,adaptation,distribution and reproduction in any medium or format,as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s)and the source,provide a link to the Creative Commons licence,and indicate if changes were made.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Research Foundation of Republic of Korea(Nos.2019R1C1C1006310,2019H1D3A2A02100593 and 2021K2A9A2A 06044652).
文摘Lithium metal battery(LMB)is regarded as the most potential energy storage system.However,unfortunately,its large-scale commercial development is hindered due to the uncontrollable dendrite growth problem on its Li-metal anode.The utilization of electrolyte additives is one of the promising strategies to solve the problem mentioned above.An electrolyte additive based on heptafluorobutyric anhydride(HFA)is used to solve the dendrite problem by forming robust inorganic-rich solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)and enhancing the separator wettability.
