Citation: Long Huang, Jian Pu, Yunyu Zhao, Xiangxiang Fang, Yingjian Yu, Yuan Li, Jinyan Ma, Yuejin Zhu, Fang Hu, Chuang Yue. Phosphorus-doped carbon as an effective protective layer for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(8): 110989. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110989 shu

Phosphorus-doped carbon as an effective protective layer for advanced aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Long Huang ^{a, b, 1} ,
Jian Pu ^{a, 1} ,
Yunyu Zhao ^c ,
Xiangxiang Fang ^a ,
Yingjian Yu ^{c, *,} ,
Yuan Li ^a ,
Jinyan Ma ^a ,
Yuejin Zhu ^{d, *,} ,
Fang Hu ^b ,
Chuang Yue ^{a, *,}

a.
Department of Microelectronics Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
b.
School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
c.
College of Physics Science and Technology, Kunming University, Kunming 650214, China
d.
School of Information Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315300, China

yuyingjiankmu@163.com

zhuyuejin@nbu.edu.cn

yuechuang@nbu.edu.cn

Received Date: 28 October 2024
Revised Date: 16 February 2025
Accepted Date: 20 February 2025
Available Online: 21 February 2025

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Zinc-ion battery (ZIB) has been regarded as one of the most promising sustainable energy storage systems due to its low cost, safety, and attractive electrochemical performance. However, the metallic zinc anode with uneven deposition during cycling would result in significant capacity decay, low Coulombic efficiency, and electrolyte consumption, thus the undesirable cyclability severely hampers the practical applications. Herein, a phosphorus-doped carbon protective layer was coated onto the surface of Zn anode via using the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) approach. Enhanced conductivity and lower nucleation overpotential induced by the P-doped carbon protective layer can effectively facilitate the ion diffusion kinetics and suppress side reactions. The as-fabricated P-C/Zn anode demonstrated excellent cycling stability during the zinc plating/stripping process, maintaining a low voltage hysteresis (34.8 mV) for over 1000 h under a current density of 2 mA/cm² and a capacity of 2 mAh/cm². Moreover, the P-C/ZnMnO₂ full cell exhibited high specific capacity of about 252.5 mAh/g at 2 A/g upon 700 long cycles. This study is helpful to design more efficient zinc-ion batteries towards the future applications.
- Interfacial engineering,
- PECVD,
- Carbon layer,
- Protection,
- Zn anode
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