Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) demonstrate tremendous competitiveness and application prospects because of their abundant resources,low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. Although the advanced elect...Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) demonstrate tremendous competitiveness and application prospects because of their abundant resources,low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. Although the advanced electrochemical energy storage systems based on zinc ion batteries have been greatly developed, many severe problems associated with Zn anode impede its practical application, such as the dendrite formation,hydrogen evolution, corrosion and passivation phenomenon. To address these drawbacks, electrolytes, separators, zinc alloys, interfacial modification and structural design of Zn anode have been employed at present by scientists. Among them, the structural design for zinc anode is relatively mature, which is generally believed to enhance the electroactive surface area of zinc anode, reduce local current density, and promote the uniform distribution of zinc ions on the surface of anode. In order to explore new research directions, it is crucial to systematically summarize the structural design of anode materials. Herein, this review focuses on the challenges in Zn anode, modification strategies and the three-dimensional(3D) structure design of substrate materials for Zn anode including carbon substrate materials, metal substrate materials and other substrate materials. Finally, future directions and perspectives about the Zn anode are presented for developing high-performance AZIBs.展开更多
Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) with the merits of low cost, low toxicity, high safety, environmental benignity as well as multi-valence properties as the large-scale energy storage devices demonstrate tremendous ap...Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) with the merits of low cost, low toxicity, high safety, environmental benignity as well as multi-valence properties as the large-scale energy storage devices demonstrate tremendous application prospect. However, the explorations for the most competitive manganese-based cathode materials of AZIBs have been mainly limited to some known manganese oxides. Herein, we report a new type of cathode material NH_(4)MnPO_(4)·H_(2)O(abbreviated as AMPH) for rechargeable AZIBs synthesized through a simple hydrothermal method. An in-situ electrochemical strategy inducing Mn-defect has been used to unlock the electrochemical activity of AMPH through the initial charge process, which can convert poor electrochemical characteristic of AMPH towards Zn^(2+)and NH_(4)+into great electrochemically active cathode for AZIBs. It still delivers a reversible discharge capacity up to 90.0 m Ah/g at 0.5 A/g even after 1000thcycles, which indicates a considerable capacity and an impressive cycle stability. Furthermore, this cathode reveals an(de)insertion mechanism of Zn^(2+)and NH_(4)+without structural collapse during the charge/discharge process. The work not only supplements a new member for the family of manganese-based compound for AZIBs, but also provides a potential direction for developing novel cathode material for AZIBs by introducing defect chemistry.展开更多
In recent years,zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)have been considered one of the most promising candidates for next-generation electrochemical energy storage systems due to their advantages of high safety,high specific capacit...In recent years,zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)have been considered one of the most promising candidates for next-generation electrochemical energy storage systems due to their advantages of high safety,high specific capacity and high economic efficiency.As an indispensable component,the electrolyte has the function of connecting the cathode and the anode,and plays a key role in the performance of the battery.Different types of electrolytes have different effects on the performance of ZIBs,and the use of additives has further developed the research on modified electrolytes,thus effectively solving many serious problems faced by ZIBs.Therefore,to further explore the improvement of ZIBs by electrolyte engineering,it is necessary to summarize the current status of the design of various electrolyte additives,as well as their functions and mechanism in ZIBs.This paper analyzes the challenges faced by different electrolytes,reviews the different solutions of additives to solve battery problems in liquid electrolytes and solid electrolytes,and finally makes suggestions for the development of modified ZIB electrolytes.It is hoped that the review and strategies proposed in this paper will facilitate development of new electrolyte additives for ZIBs.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 52064013, 52064014, 52072323 and 52122211)the “Double-First Class” Foundation of Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Discipline of Xiamen University。
文摘Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) demonstrate tremendous competitiveness and application prospects because of their abundant resources,low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. Although the advanced electrochemical energy storage systems based on zinc ion batteries have been greatly developed, many severe problems associated with Zn anode impede its practical application, such as the dendrite formation,hydrogen evolution, corrosion and passivation phenomenon. To address these drawbacks, electrolytes, separators, zinc alloys, interfacial modification and structural design of Zn anode have been employed at present by scientists. Among them, the structural design for zinc anode is relatively mature, which is generally believed to enhance the electroactive surface area of zinc anode, reduce local current density, and promote the uniform distribution of zinc ions on the surface of anode. In order to explore new research directions, it is crucial to systematically summarize the structural design of anode materials. Herein, this review focuses on the challenges in Zn anode, modification strategies and the three-dimensional(3D) structure design of substrate materials for Zn anode including carbon substrate materials, metal substrate materials and other substrate materials. Finally, future directions and perspectives about the Zn anode are presented for developing high-performance AZIBs.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52064013, 52064014)Research Innovation Project of Undergraduate for Hunan Province(No. S202110531061)。
文摘Aqueous zinc ion batteries(AZIBs) with the merits of low cost, low toxicity, high safety, environmental benignity as well as multi-valence properties as the large-scale energy storage devices demonstrate tremendous application prospect. However, the explorations for the most competitive manganese-based cathode materials of AZIBs have been mainly limited to some known manganese oxides. Herein, we report a new type of cathode material NH_(4)MnPO_(4)·H_(2)O(abbreviated as AMPH) for rechargeable AZIBs synthesized through a simple hydrothermal method. An in-situ electrochemical strategy inducing Mn-defect has been used to unlock the electrochemical activity of AMPH through the initial charge process, which can convert poor electrochemical characteristic of AMPH towards Zn^(2+)and NH_(4)+into great electrochemically active cathode for AZIBs. It still delivers a reversible discharge capacity up to 90.0 m Ah/g at 0.5 A/g even after 1000thcycles, which indicates a considerable capacity and an impressive cycle stability. Furthermore, this cathode reveals an(de)insertion mechanism of Zn^(2+)and NH_(4)+without structural collapse during the charge/discharge process. The work not only supplements a new member for the family of manganese-based compound for AZIBs, but also provides a potential direction for developing novel cathode material for AZIBs by introducing defect chemistry.
基金supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52171198 and 51922099)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.buctrc202104).
文摘In recent years,zinc-ion batteries(ZIBs)have been considered one of the most promising candidates for next-generation electrochemical energy storage systems due to their advantages of high safety,high specific capacity and high economic efficiency.As an indispensable component,the electrolyte has the function of connecting the cathode and the anode,and plays a key role in the performance of the battery.Different types of electrolytes have different effects on the performance of ZIBs,and the use of additives has further developed the research on modified electrolytes,thus effectively solving many serious problems faced by ZIBs.Therefore,to further explore the improvement of ZIBs by electrolyte engineering,it is necessary to summarize the current status of the design of various electrolyte additives,as well as their functions and mechanism in ZIBs.This paper analyzes the challenges faced by different electrolytes,reviews the different solutions of additives to solve battery problems in liquid electrolytes and solid electrolytes,and finally makes suggestions for the development of modified ZIB electrolytes.It is hoped that the review and strategies proposed in this paper will facilitate development of new electrolyte additives for ZIBs.
