An asymmetric electrolyte to simultaneously meet contradictory requirements of anode and cathode

Shengmei Chen, Yiran Ying, Longtao Ma, Daming Zhu, Haitao Huang, Li Song and Chunyi Zhi ()
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Shengmei Chen: City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue
Yiran Ying: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
Longtao Ma: City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue
Daming Zhu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haitao Huang: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
Li Song: University of Science and Technology of China
Chunyi Zhi: City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract One of the major obstacles hindering the application of zinc metal batteries is the contradictory demands from the Zn metal anode and cathodes. At the anode side, water induces serious corrosion and dendrite growth, remarkably suppressing the reversibility of Zn plating/stripping. At the cathode side, water is essential because many cathode materials require both H+ and Zn2+ insertion/extraction to achieve a high capacity and long lifespan. Herein, an asymmetric design of inorganic solid-state electrolyte combined with hydrogel electrolyte is presented to simultaneously meet the as-mentioned contrary requirements. The inorganic solid-state electrolyte is toward the Zn anode to realize a dendrite-free and corrosion-free highly reversible Zn plating/stripping, and the hydrogel electrolyte enables consequent H+ and Zn2+ insertion/extraction at the cathode side for high performance. Therefore, there is no hydrogen and dendrite growth detected in cells with a super high-areal-capacity up to 10 mAh·cm−2 (Zn//Zn), ~5.5 mAh·cm−2 (Zn//MnO2) and ~7.2 mAh·cm−2 (Zn//V2O5). These Zn//MnO2 and Zn//V2O5 batteries show remarkable cycling stability over 1000 cycles with 92.4% and over 400 cycles with 90.5% initial capacity retained, respectively.

Date: 2023
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