Interface engineering strategy construction of covalent organic framework for promoting highly reversible zinc metal

Penggao Liu; Jia Guo; Shasha Gao; Peng Zeng; Qu Zhang; Tao Wang; Dongling Wu; Kaiyu Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.175

Interface engineering strategy construction of covalent organic framework for promoting highly reversible zinc metal

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Oct 15:648:520-526. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.175. Epub 2023 Jun 1.

Authors

Penggao Liu¹, Jia Guo², Shasha Gao³, Peng Zeng², Qu Zhang², Tao Wang², Dongling Wu², Kaiyu Liu⁴

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830017, Xinjiang, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China. Electronic address: loyujing@163.com.
² State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830017, Xinjiang, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Microelectronics and Energy of Henan Province, Department of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China; Interdisciplinary Research Center for Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering (IRC4SE(2)), School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
⁴ Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China. Electronic address: kaiyuliu309@163.com.

PMID: 37307608
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.175

Abstract

Zn-ion energy storage devices will play important roles in the future energy storage field. However, Zn-ion device development suffers significantly from adverse chemical reactions (dendrite formation, corrosion, and deformation) on the Zn anode surface. Zn dendrite formation, hydrogen evolution corrosion, and deformation combine to degrade Zn-ion devices. Zincophile modulation and protection using covalent organic frameworks (COF) inhibited dendritic growth by induced uniform Zn ion deposition, which also prevented chemical corrosion. The Zn@COF anode circulated stably for more than 1800 cycles even at high current density in symmetric cells and maintained a low and stable voltage hysteresis. This work explains the surface state of the Zn anode and provides information for further research.

Keywords: Covalent organic framework; Dendrite-free; Zincophilic interface; Zn metal anode.