Low temperature induced highly stable Zn metal anodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Huibing He; Hongyu Qin; Fang Shen; Nan Hu; Jian Liu

doi:10.1039/d1cc04731k

Low temperature induced highly stable Zn metal anodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Nov 2;57(87):11477-11480. doi: 10.1039/d1cc04731k.

Authors

Huibing He¹, Hongyu Qin¹, Fang Shen¹, Nan Hu¹, Jian Liu²

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China. huibinghe@gxu.edu.cn.
² School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada. Jian.liu@ubc.

PMID: 34661222
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04731k

Abstract

We report a highly stable Zn metal anode by simply controlling the operating temperature at 0 °C. Without any further protection, the Zn anode exhibits an ultra-long cycle life over 2500 h (>100 days) in Zn symmetric cells with 3 M Zn(CF₃SO₃)₂ aqueous electrolyte. This impressive performance is ascribed to the improved Zn metal corrosion resistance and compact and smooth Zn surface morphology during Zn plating/stripping at low temperatures.