Amino Acid-Induced Interface Charge Engineering Enables Highly Reversible Zn Anode

Haotian Lu, Xuanlin Zhang, Minghe Luo, Keshuang Cao, Yunhao Lu, Ben Bin Xu, Hongge Pan, Kai Tao, Yinzhu Jiang*

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Abstract

Despite the impressive merits of low-cost and high-safety electrochemical energy storage for aqueous zinc ion batteries, researchers have long struggled against the unresolved issues of dendrite growth and the side reactions of zinc metal anodes. Herein, a new strategy of zinc-electrolyte interface charge engineering induced by amino acid additives is demonstrated for highly reversible zinc plating/stripping. Through electrostatic preferential absorption of positively charged arginine molecules on the surface of the zinc metal anode, a self-adaptive zinc-electrolyte interface is established for the inhibition of water adsorption/hydrogen evolution and the guidance of uniform zinc deposition. Consequently, an ultra-long stable cycling up to 2200 h at a high current density of 5 mA cm−2 is achieved under an areal capacity of 4 mAh cm−2. Even cycled at an ultra-high current density of 10 mA cm−2, 900 h-long stable cycling is still demonstrated, demonstrating the reliable self-adaptive feature of the zinc-electrolyte interface. This work provides a new perspective of interface charge engineering in realizing highly reversible bulk zinc anode that can prompt its practical application in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2103514
Number of pages9
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume31
Issue number45
Early online date6 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • amino acid additives
  • aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries
  • cycling stability
  • interface charge engineering
  • zinc anodes

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