Citation: Chunlin Xie, Qi Zhang, Zefang Yang, Huimin Ji, Yihu Li, Huanhuan Li, Liang Fu, Dan Huang, Yougen Tang, Haiyan Wang. Intrinsically zincophobic protective layer for dendrite-free zinc metal anode[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(5): 2653-2657. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.083 shu

Intrinsically zincophobic protective layer for dendrite-free zinc metal anode

Chunlin Xie ^a ,
Qi Zhang ^{a, *} ,
Zefang Yang ^a ,
Huimin Ji ^a ,
Yihu Li ^a ,
Huanhuan Li ^b ,
Liang Fu ^c ,
Dan Huang ^d ,
Yougen Tang ^a ,
Haiyan Wang ^{a, b, *,}

a.
Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
b.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
c.
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
d.
Guangxi Novel Battery Materials Research Center of Engineering Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

wanghy419@126.com

Received Date: 22 August 2021
Revised Date: 18 September 2021
Accepted Date: 24 September 2021
Available Online: 30 September 2021

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Aqueous zinc anodes have attracted the attention of many researchers owing to their high safety, low cost, and high theoretical specific capacity. However, its practical application is severely limited by the dendrite growth on zinc anode. Herein, we develop an intrinsically zincophobic barium-titanate protective layer with a porous structure to suppress the zinc dendrite formation by homogenizing the ion distribution on the anode surface, increasing the nucleation sites, and limiting the irregular zinc growth. Based on these synergistic effects, the coated zinc anode can exhibit long cycle life (840 h at 0.5 mA/cm² for 0.5 mAh/cm²) and low voltage hysteresis (36 mV). This work can provide a feasible direction for the design of intrinsically zincophobic coating materials to uniformize the zinc stripping and plating.
- Zinc metal anode,
- Zinc dendrites,
- Barium-titanate,
- Protective layer,
- Intrinsically zincophobicity
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