Among many aqueous batteries,flexible zinc-ion(Zn-ion)battery becomes the focus owing to the merits of low cost,non-toxicity,and safety.Here,a Zn dendrite-suppressible hydrogel electrolyte with both flexible and self-...Among many aqueous batteries,flexible zinc-ion(Zn-ion)battery becomes the focus owing to the merits of low cost,non-toxicity,and safety.Here,a Zn dendrite-suppressible hydrogel electrolyte with both flexible and self-healing properties is developed via photoinitiated polymerization.The cross-linked structure of the polyacrylamide-N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide(PAM-MBA)-Zn/Mn hydrogel endows an enlarged chemical stable window,high ionic conductivity,and low polarization potential.After cycling at the current density of 0.5 mA·cm^(−2)for 250 h,Zn‖Zn symmetrical cell based on PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn electrolyte delivers a low polarization of 40 mV.The suppressed dendrite growth is ascribed to the uniform Zn deposition/stripping on anode.The galvanostatic intermittent titration technique curves display that the Zn-ion battery constructed by the PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn hydrogel electrolyte,free-standing FeVO_(4)/carbon cloth cathode,and Zn nanosheets/carbon cloth anode presents low reaction resistance and fast diffusion coefficient,indicating good endurance of cycling at high current densities.The battery with PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn hydrogel electrolyte presents a good flexible and self-healing performance.After bending 0°,60°,90°,and 180°for 30 times,batteries deliver stable capacities.Even cutting into ten pieces,the battery could self-heal and display a potential retention of 93.7%compared to the fresh cell.A good rate-performance is also achieved.After cutting/healing three times during cycling,capacity recovers well compared to the first-time cutting/healing.Moreover,the battery exhibits good flexibility using in an electric watch,indicating a promising potential for wearable electronics.展开更多
Accurately evaluating the adsorption ability of adsorbents for heavy metal ions(HMIs)and organic pollutants in water is critical for the design and preparation of emerging highly efficient adsorbents.However,predictin...Accurately evaluating the adsorption ability of adsorbents for heavy metal ions(HMIs)and organic pollutants in water is critical for the design and preparation of emerging highly efficient adsorbents.However,predicting adsorption capabilities of adsorbents at arbitrary sites is challenging,with currently unavailable measuring technology for active sites and the corresponding activities.Here,we present an efficient artificial intelligence(AI)approach to predict the adsorption ability of adsorbents at arbitrary sites,as a case study of three HMIs(Pb(Ⅱ),Hg(Ⅱ),and Cd(Ⅱ))adsorbed on the surface of a representative two-dimensional graphitic-C_(3)N_(4).We apply the deep neural network and transfer learning to predict the adsorption capabilities of three HMIs at arbitrary sites,with the predicted results of Cd(Ⅱ)>Hg(Ⅱ)>Pb(Ⅱ)and the root-mean-squared errors less than 0.1 eV.The proposed AI method has the same prediction accuracy as the ab initio DFT calculation,but is millions of times faster than the DFT to predict adsorption abilities at arbitrary sites and only requires one-tenth of datasets compared to training from scratch.We further verify the adsorption capacity of g-C_(3)N_(4) towards HMIs experimentally and obtain results consistent with the AI prediction.It indicates that the presented approach is capable of evaluating the adsorption ability of adsorbents efficiently,and can be further extended to other interdisciplines and industries for the adsorption of harmful elements in aqueous solution.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFA0402904)Key Research and Development Program of Wuhu(No.2022YF53)+1 种基金Natural Science Research Project for Universities in Anhui Province(No.2022AH050176)Anhui Provincial Quality Engineering for Cooperative Practice Education Base(No.2022xqhz020).
文摘Among many aqueous batteries,flexible zinc-ion(Zn-ion)battery becomes the focus owing to the merits of low cost,non-toxicity,and safety.Here,a Zn dendrite-suppressible hydrogel electrolyte with both flexible and self-healing properties is developed via photoinitiated polymerization.The cross-linked structure of the polyacrylamide-N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide(PAM-MBA)-Zn/Mn hydrogel endows an enlarged chemical stable window,high ionic conductivity,and low polarization potential.After cycling at the current density of 0.5 mA·cm^(−2)for 250 h,Zn‖Zn symmetrical cell based on PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn electrolyte delivers a low polarization of 40 mV.The suppressed dendrite growth is ascribed to the uniform Zn deposition/stripping on anode.The galvanostatic intermittent titration technique curves display that the Zn-ion battery constructed by the PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn hydrogel electrolyte,free-standing FeVO_(4)/carbon cloth cathode,and Zn nanosheets/carbon cloth anode presents low reaction resistance and fast diffusion coefficient,indicating good endurance of cycling at high current densities.The battery with PAM-MBA-Zn/Mn hydrogel electrolyte presents a good flexible and self-healing performance.After bending 0°,60°,90°,and 180°for 30 times,batteries deliver stable capacities.Even cutting into ten pieces,the battery could self-heal and display a potential retention of 93.7%compared to the fresh cell.A good rate-performance is also achieved.After cutting/healing three times during cycling,capacity recovers well compared to the first-time cutting/healing.Moreover,the battery exhibits good flexibility using in an electric watch,indicating a promising potential for wearable electronics.
基金The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21901157)the SJTU Global Strategic Partnership Fund(2020 SJTU-HUJI)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Major Project of Anhui Province(No.18030901093)Key Research and Development Program of Wuhu(No.2019YF07)the Foundation of Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials(No.FZJ19014).
文摘Accurately evaluating the adsorption ability of adsorbents for heavy metal ions(HMIs)and organic pollutants in water is critical for the design and preparation of emerging highly efficient adsorbents.However,predicting adsorption capabilities of adsorbents at arbitrary sites is challenging,with currently unavailable measuring technology for active sites and the corresponding activities.Here,we present an efficient artificial intelligence(AI)approach to predict the adsorption ability of adsorbents at arbitrary sites,as a case study of three HMIs(Pb(Ⅱ),Hg(Ⅱ),and Cd(Ⅱ))adsorbed on the surface of a representative two-dimensional graphitic-C_(3)N_(4).We apply the deep neural network and transfer learning to predict the adsorption capabilities of three HMIs at arbitrary sites,with the predicted results of Cd(Ⅱ)>Hg(Ⅱ)>Pb(Ⅱ)and the root-mean-squared errors less than 0.1 eV.The proposed AI method has the same prediction accuracy as the ab initio DFT calculation,but is millions of times faster than the DFT to predict adsorption abilities at arbitrary sites and only requires one-tenth of datasets compared to training from scratch.We further verify the adsorption capacity of g-C_(3)N_(4) towards HMIs experimentally and obtain results consistent with the AI prediction.It indicates that the presented approach is capable of evaluating the adsorption ability of adsorbents efficiently,and can be further extended to other interdisciplines and industries for the adsorption of harmful elements in aqueous solution.