CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Jiguo Tu,Cheng Chang,Mingyong Wang,Wei Guan,Shuqiang Jiao
Compared with the widely developed positive electrodes, the research on the high stability negative electrodes is far from in-depth in nonaqueous Al batteries. In order to fundamentally solve these key problems, including Al dendrites, corrosion and pulverization, it is urgent to develop an alternative stable negative electrode. Herein, the corrosion-resistant, low-voltage-hysteresis and stable Zn is demonstrated as a promising negative electrode. Since the deposited Al particles on the Zn electrode are prior to Zn in the stripping reaction, Zn electrode can remain good structural integrality, thus presenting great cycling stability and corrosion resistance. Importantly, the results in Al-Zn symmetric cells indicate that Zn possesses the ultra-low voltage hysteresis (∼17 mV at 0.5 mA cm −2 ), superior cycling stability (800 cycles at 1.0 mA cm −2 ) and Al plating/stripping reversibility characteristics. Additionally, the Zn-graphite full battery based on Zn as negative electrode and flake graphite as positive electrode delivers stable discharge capacity of 81.1 mAh g −1 over 300 cycles. The results in this work open an effective approach for constructing corrosion-resistant, low-voltage-hysteresis and stable negative electrode, further indicating that Zn is great promising as negative electrode for Al dual-ion batteries.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 8
·4366-4375
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IF 14.511
Yu Wang,Yani Liu,Haoqiang Wang,Shuming Dou,Wei Gan,Lijie Ci,Yan Huang,Qunhui Yuan
Targeted at mitigating the inevitable dendrite growth and side reactions in zinc-ion batteries (ZIB), herein, a multifunctional protective strategy of Zn anode coating using zinc benzene tricarboxylate (Zn–BTC) is proposed in the Zn symmetric cell and MnO2//Zn full cell. The rationally selected pores of Zn–BTC served as ionic sieves, accelerating the transport of Zn2+ while blocking the entrance of the electrolyte anions. The structural grids of Zn–BTC hindered the two-dimensional diffusion of Zn2+ and regulated the electric field at the anode, resulting in a uniform flux of Zn2+ and subsequently stable stripping/plating. The Zn–BTC layer also worked as an artificial solid/electrolyte interphase film, expelled the solvated water molecules and restricted the side reactions. As a result, ultra-long cycling stability was achieved, with a superior lifespan of 800 h in the Zn symmetric cell and outstanding capacity retention of 81.1% after 1000 cycles in the MnO2//Zn battery at a high current density of 2 A g−1.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Qinping Jian,Zixiao Guo,Leicheng Zhang,Maochun Wu,Tianshou Zhao
Metallic zinc (Zn), featuring high specific capacity, low redox potential, and low cost, is a promising anode material for next-generation rechargeable aqueous batteries. However, Zn anodes suffer from the dendrite formation and side reactions during the plating/stripping process, which severely hinder their practical applications. To simultaneously address these issues, we create a hierarchical porous framework by electroless plating a conformal nanoporous tin (Sn) layer on a copper (Cu) mesh as a host (NSH) for the Zn anode. Both experimental and numerical results reveal that the newly developed NSH offers abundant Zn nucleation sites, homogenizes both the ion flux and electric field at the electrode surface, and suppresses side reactions with the high hydrogen evolution reaction overpotential of Sn, thus leading to dendrite-free Zn deposition and a highly reversible plating/stripping process. As a result, the asymmetric Zn||NSH cell achieves a coulombic efficiency (CE) of 99.0% for over 200 cycles at 2 mA cm −2 . The cell with the pristine Cu mesh host (PCH), in comparison, exhibits a CE of 97.7% and suffers from short-circuits after 50 cycles. Moreover, the Zn@NSH anode enables the Zn-MnO 2 full cell to deliver a high capacity of 164 mAh g −1 and maintain a retention rate of 86.2% after 1200 cycles at 1 A g −1 . By contrast, the capacity of the cell with the Zn@PCH anode decays to 55.2 mAh g −1 after 800 cycles, corresponding to a retention rate of 38.1%. This work opens a new avenue to develop advanced three-dimensional Zn metal anodes for high-performance rechargeable aqueous batteries.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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Yong-Xin Wang,Jia-Hao Zhang,Zong-Gong Yin,Hao Su,Qiu-Han Fan,Zhi-Guo Jiang,Ming Yao,Jun Zhang,Gang Xie,Jin Qu
Aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) are considered ideal candidates for large-scale energy storage systems due to their high capacity, safety, and environmental friendliness, but issues such as dendrite growth, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution on the zinc anode severely restrict their cycling lifespan and reaction reversibility. In this study, a silica nanotube (SNT) material with a three-dimensional hierarchical mesoporous structure was constructed as an interfacial protection layer for the zinc anode to address these limitations. The SNT interfacial layer features a hierarchical mesoporous nanoconfinement structure, continuous ion-conducting pathways, and densely distributed nucleation sites. These structural features, together with the intrinsic hydrophilicity and electrical insulation of SNT, synergistically contribute at the interface to effectively promote the rapid desolvation of Zn2+, enhance its interfacial diffusion rate, and induce progressive and uniform nucleation and deposition on the anode surface, thereby significantly suppressing dendrites accumulation and side reactions. As a result, the SNT@Zn||SNT@Zn symmetric cell stably cycles for over 4500 h at 3 mA cm–2/1 mAh cm–2, with a cumulative capacity of up to 9.6 Ah cm–2. The SNT@Zn||Cu half-cell also exhibits a Coulombic efficiency exceeding 99%. The SNT@Zn||MnO2 full cell can operate continuously for over 4200 cycles at 1 A g–1, while maintaining a high specific capacity and an excellent rate performance, demonstrating promising practical application potential.
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Materials Today Energy
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2021
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IF 7.311
W. Guo,Y. Zhang,X. Tong,X. Wang,L. Zhang,X. Xia,J. Tu
Aqueous zinc-ion battery is a low-cost, non-toxic, and high-safety energy storage system , which has received extensive attention in recent years. However, the Zn anode with high theoretical capacity often suffers from severe corrosion and dendrite growth during the Zn plating/stripping process, leading to severe polarization and eventually short circuits. These knotty problems severely impede further practical applications of Zn-based batteries . Herein, a robust and homogeneous metallic tin (Sn) coating is in situ built on the surface of Zn to form Zn|Sn by a facile chemical vapor deposition method to enhance reaction reversibility. The as-prepared Sn coating not only affords more robust nucleation sites of Zn and higher hydrogen evolution reaction potential, but also effectively decreases the nucleation overpotential of Zn. Accordingly, the symmetric cells with Zn|Sn anode can stably maintain an extremely low-voltage hysteresis (50 mV) in a 500 h of plating/stripping cycles. Even at a high current density of 50 mA cm −2 , the symmetric Zn|Sn cell still can operate well for 50 h. Moreover, this stable Zn|Sn anode also enables a full Zn-ion battery with outstanding rate and cyclic stability.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Yu Zhou,Zishuai Zhang,Yu Zhao,Jiefei Liu,Kwok-ho Lam,Xingyu Zheng,Hongtao Lou,Xianhua Hou
Aqueous rechargeable batteries have promising application in large-scale energy storage owing to their cost-effective, eco-friendly, high safety and good electrochemical performance. An aqueous rechargeable hybrid sodium/zinc battery with Zn anode, Na 3 MnTi(PO 4 ) 3 cathode and 0.5 mol L -1 CH 3 COONa and Zn(CH 3 COO) 2 mixed electrolyte has been designed for the first time. The battery delivered a reversible and stable capacity of 95.0 mAh g −1 at 1.5 C for 50 cycles with a high and flat working voltage of 1.75 V vs. Zn 2+ /Zn. Impressively, the battery showed the excellent cycling performance and superior rate capability, which can be cycled at 10.0 C for 2000 cycles with a capacity retention of 93.6% and a reversible capacity of 55.6 mAh g −1 at 30.0 C. Meanwhile, the co-intercalation mechanism of hybrid Na + and Zn 2+ in the cathode is elucidated by cyclic voltammogram, ex-situ XRD, ex-situ XPS and Rietveld refinement analysis. This work gets insight into the charge/discharge processes of hybrid ions for NASICON-structured Na 3 MnTi(PO 4 ) 3 , providing a feasible way to design cost-effective, high safety and long-term aqueous rechargeable batteries.
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2025
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IF 5.5
Qinning Gao,Wei He,Cancan Liu,Yurong You,Peigen Zhang,Lechuan Liu,Guangji Xu,Ke Gong,Aidi Zhang,ZhengMing Sun
Zinc-ion batteries have emerged as promising candidates for large-scale energy storage applications due to their low cost and high safety. However, the growth of zinc dendrites during Zn2+ deposition remains a critical obstacle to their commercialization. In this work, we first screened a more zincophilic MAX-phase material, Ti2AlC, through theoretical calculations of various common MAX-phase materials, and then developed a three-dimensional (3D) Ti2AlC MAX-phase coating on zinc metal (denoted as 3D-Ti2AlC@Zn) as an artificial intermediate phase to regulate the distribution of Zn2+ during plating/stripping. The MAX phase provides abundant active sites that attract Zn2+, while its 3D porous conductive network promotes uniform zinc deposition and suppresses dendrite formation, leading to enhanced cycling stability in aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Benefiting from the protective 3D-Ti2AlC coating, the symmetric cell exhibits an extended lifespan of over 1800 h at 1 mA/cm2. Moreover, full cells with MnO2 cathodes achieve higher specific capacity and improved stability compared to those using bare zinc anodes when they are operated at 2 A/g. This approach offers a viable strategy for developing durable zinc anodes, potentially accelerating the application of zinc-ion batteries in energy storage systems.
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Energy & Environmental Science
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2025
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IF 30.8
Hongyu Qin,Ao Liu,Kefeng Ouyang,Sheng Chen,Shubing Wei,Yan Huang
Sluggish diffusion rate and exceptionally uneven distribution of Zn2+ at the electrode/electrolyte interface under high depth of discharge (DOD) severely limits the advancement of high-energy-density Zn metal batteries (ZMBs). Herein, a hydrated eutectic colloidal electrolyte based on two-dimensional transition metal boride, Mo4/3B2T2 MBene (where T represents -OH and -F), is developed. The good Zn²⁺ affinity of terminal groups of MBene promotes ion diffusion, thus achieves a high Zn²⁺ transference number of 0.91, which significantly enhances and balances the ion concentration at the Zn anode surface, improving the Zn deposition dynamics. As a result, Zn anode with ultrathin thickness of 10 μm demonstrates 900 h of cyclability under ultrahigh DOD of 90%. Additionally, the enlarged Zn||Zn pouch cell with a scale of 10×10 cm2 shows a stable cyclic performance for 500 h at 60% DOD, meanwhile the constructed 2 Ah four-electron Zn||I2 pouch battery delivers an energy density of 158.5 Wh L−1 under the same condition. This work provides a new guideline for the development of high-DOD metal anodes and high-energy-density metal batteries.
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电化学
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材料科学
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储能技术
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纳米技术
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Materials Today Sustainability
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2024
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IF 7.1
Yuanmei Xu,Xueshi Li,Xiatong Wang,Qijia Weng,Weijun Sun
The main issues encountered in aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) include corrosion and passivation of the zinc anode , electrolyte decomposition leading to hydrogen evolution , and dissolution consumption of cathode materials . This study proposes the use of ammonium persulfate (APS) as an electrolyte additive to enhance battery performance. The addition of APS not only adjusts the solvation structure of Zn 2+ , reduces water activity, but also allows NH 4+ ions to preferentially adsorb onto the surface of the zinc electrode, forming a protective layer and achieving dendrite-free zinc anodes. Results indicate that the inclusion of APS additive in the electrolyte can increase the specific capacity of zinc-ion batteries from 321 mAh g −1 to 418 mAh g −1 . Additionally, batteries with APS exhibit superior stability. Under low current density , the battery lifespan can reach 2100 h and a coulombic efficiency can up to 99.6%. This study delves into the design of multifunctional electrolyte additives and provides valuable insights for the development of practical ZIBs.
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电化学
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能源材料
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电池化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 9.9
Haonan Yue,Mengwei Han,Xinni Li,Ting Song,Yong Pei,Xianyou Wang,Xiongwei Wu,Tengfei Duan,Bei Long
The development of a low-cost, high-capacity, and insertion-type anode is key for promoting “rocking chair” zinc-ion batteries. Herein, commercial Bi 2 O 3 (BiO) particles are transformed into Bi 2 O 2 Se@Bi 4 O 8 Se (BiOSe) nanosheets through a simple selenylation process. The change in morphology from commercial BiO particle to BiOSe nanosheet leads to an increased specific surface area of the material. The enhanced electronic/ionic conductivity results in its excellent electrochemical kinetics. Ex situ XRD and XPS tests prove the intercalation-type mechanism of BiO and BiOSe as well as the superior electrochemical reversibility of BiOSe compared to BiO. Furthermore, the H + /Zn 2+ co-insertion mechanism of BiOSe is revealed. This makes BiOSe to have low discharge plateaus of 0.38/0.68 V, a high reversible capacity of 182 mA h g −1 at 0.1 A g −1 , and a long cyclic life of 500 cycles at 1 A g −1 . Besides, the BiOSe//MnO 2 “rocking chair” zinc-ion battery offers a high capacity of ≈90 mA h g −1 at 0.2 A g −1 . This work provides a reference for turning commercial material into high-performance anode for “rocking chair” zinc-ion batteries.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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电池技术
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Small
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2022
·Vol. 18
·期 52
·2205667
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IF 15.153
Wenbin Li,Qi Zhang,Zefang Yang,Huimin Ji,Tingqing Wu,Hao Wang,Zhiwen Cai,Chunlin Xie,Yixin Li,Haiyan Wang
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have drawn the attention of numerous researchers owing to their high safety and cost-effectiveness. However, the dendrite growth and side reactions of the zinc (Zn) anodes limit their further practical applications. Herein, a porous amorphous silicon nitride protective layer with high zincophobicity is constructed on the Zn anode surface, which can guide the uniform stripping/plating of Zn 2+ underneath the protective layer through its isotropic Zn affinity to alleviate the growth of dendrites and by-products. As a result, the amorphous silicon nitride-protected Zn anode can maintain a stable Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 98.8% and low voltage hysteresis for 710 cycles in the half cell. The full cell with the as-prepared Zn anode can deliver excellent electrochemical performances (89.0% capacity retention and 144.4 mAh g −1 discharge capacity after 1000 cycles at 4 A g −1 ). This work reveals the key role of uniform metal affinity induced by the amorphous materials in the interface modification of metal anodes, which is instructive for the design of stable metal anodes.
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材料科学
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储能技术
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界面工程
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9.7
Jinliang Li,Yao Dai,Qian Chen,Runguo Zheng,Yanyan Zhao,Zhiyuan Wang,Hongyu Sun,Yanguo Liu
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) are expected to be the next generation of energy storage devices. However, the unwanted dendrites growth on zinc anodes, hydrogen evolution and other side reactions hinder the practical application of ZIBs. Here, we designed a novel inorganic-metal hybrid coating with an optimised electric double layer structure at the zinc anode/electrolyte interface. The hybrid coating effectively promotes ionic desolvation, reduces the nucleation overpotential, and suppresses the 2D diffusion process. Furthermore, the coating has good stability and inhibits the dendrites growth, hydrogen precipitation corrosion, and by-products generation. Consequently, the hybrid coating-modified Zn anode exhibited excellent electrochemical performance. Among them, the symmetric cell was able to cycle for 1480 h at 1 mA cm −2 , 1 mAh cm −2 with an overpotential of ∼34 mV. The symmetric cell achieved a cycle life of ∼1000 h even at a high current of 3 mA cm −2 . The cycling performance and multiplication rate performance in full cells were also demonstrated. This work shows the effectiveness and feasibility of hybrid coating to modulate zinc anode/electrolyte interface.
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