Subtly manipulating Zn2+-coordinated configurations with a complexing agent to boost the reversibility of the zinc anode

Jingjing Xiang; Minghe Luo; Xingxing Wu; Yaofeng Zhu; Xuan Zhang; Hongge Pan; Wenping Sun; Mi Yan; Yingying Lu; Yinzhu Jiang

doi:10.1039/d2cc02769k

Subtly manipulating Zn²⁺-coordinated configurations with a complexing agent to boost the reversibility of the zinc anode

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Aug 11;58(65):9104-9107. doi: 10.1039/d2cc02769k.

Authors

Jingjing Xiang^{1

2

3}, Minghe Luo¹, Xingxing Wu², Yaofeng Zhu³, Xuan Zhang², Hongge Pan^{1

4}, Wenping Sun¹, Mi Yan¹, Yingying Lu^{2

5}, Yinzhu Jiang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China. yzjiang@zju.edu.cn.
² ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311200, P. R. China.
³ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, P. R. China. yfzhu@zstu.edu.cn.
⁴ Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China. yingyinglu@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 35880538
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc02769k

Abstract

By using ethylenediamine (En) as a complexing agent, the impact of various Zn²⁺ coordinated configurations on Zn anode reversibility was systematically studied. With the predominant configurations of [Zn(En)]²⁺ and [Zn(En)₂]²⁺ in the electrolyte, both symmetric Zn/Zn cells and Zn/NiHCF full cells exhibit significantly improved cycling stability compared to the counterparts with pure ZnSO₄ electrolyte.

MeSH terms

Electrodes
Excipients*
Zinc*

Substances

Excipients
Zinc