The industrial application of zinc-ion batteries is restricted by irrepressible dendrite growth and side reactions that resulted from the surface heterogeneity of the commercial zinc electrode and the thermodynamic sp...The industrial application of zinc-ion batteries is restricted by irrepressible dendrite growth and side reactions that resulted from the surface heterogeneity of the commercial zinc electrode and the thermodynamic spontaneous corrosion in a weakly acidic aqueous electrolyte.Herein,a common polar dye,Procion Red MX-5b,with high polarity and asymmetric charge distribution is introduced into the zinc sulfate electrolyte,which can not only reconstruct the solvation configuration of Zn2þand strengthen hydrogen bonding to reduce the reactivity of free H_(2)O but also homogenize interfacial electric field by its preferentially absorption on the zinc surface.The symmetric cell can cycle with a lower voltage hysteresis(78.4 mV)for 1120 times at 5 mA cm^(−2)and Zn//NaV_(3)O_(8)·1.5H_(2)O full cell can be cycled over 1000 times with high capacity(average 170 mAh g^(−1))at 4 A g^(−1)in the compound electrolyte.This study provides a new perspective for additive engineering strategies of aqueous zinc-ion batteries.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:21975289,22109181Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan Projects of China,Grant/Award Numbers:2017TP1001,2020JJ2042,2022RC3050+1 种基金Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:2022JJ40576Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Central South University,Grant/Award Number:2023ZZTS0511。
文摘The industrial application of zinc-ion batteries is restricted by irrepressible dendrite growth and side reactions that resulted from the surface heterogeneity of the commercial zinc electrode and the thermodynamic spontaneous corrosion in a weakly acidic aqueous electrolyte.Herein,a common polar dye,Procion Red MX-5b,with high polarity and asymmetric charge distribution is introduced into the zinc sulfate electrolyte,which can not only reconstruct the solvation configuration of Zn2þand strengthen hydrogen bonding to reduce the reactivity of free H_(2)O but also homogenize interfacial electric field by its preferentially absorption on the zinc surface.The symmetric cell can cycle with a lower voltage hysteresis(78.4 mV)for 1120 times at 5 mA cm^(−2)and Zn//NaV_(3)O_(8)·1.5H_(2)O full cell can be cycled over 1000 times with high capacity(average 170 mAh g^(−1))at 4 A g^(−1)in the compound electrolyte.This study provides a new perspective for additive engineering strategies of aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
