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Vol. 16 (2024)

An Electrochemical Perspective of Aqueous Zinc Metal Anode

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01227-x
Huibo Yan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China
Songmei Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China
Jinyan Zhong
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China
Bin Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Bin Li

li_bin@buaa.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 15

Abstract

Based on the attributes of nonflammability, environmental benignity, and cost-effectiveness of aqueous electrolytes, as well as the favorable compatibility of zinc metal with them, aqueous zinc ions batteries (AZIBs) become the leading energy storage candidate to meet the requirements of safety and low cost. Yet, aqueous electrolytes, acting as a double-edged sword, also play a negative role by directly or indirectly causing various parasitic reactions at the zinc anode side. These reactions include hydrogen evolution reaction, passivation, and dendrites, resulting in poor Coulombic efficiency and short lifespan of AZIBs. A comprehensive review of aqueous electrolytes chemistry, zinc chemistry, mechanism and chemistry of parasitic reactions, and their relationship is lacking. Moreover, the understanding of strategies for suppressing parasitic reactions from an electrochemical perspective is not profound enough. In this review, firstly, the chemistry of electrolytes, zinc anodes, and parasitic reactions and their relationship in AZIBs are deeply disclosed. Subsequently, the strategies for suppressing parasitic reactions from the perspective of enhancing the inherent thermodynamic stability of electrolytes and anodes, and lowering the dynamics of parasitic reactions at Zn/electrolyte interfaces are reviewed. Lastly, the perspectives on the future development direction of aqueous electrolytes, zinc anodes, and Zn/electrolyte interfaces are presented.


Highlights:
1 Detailed discussion and summary of aqueous electrolyte chemistry, parasitic reactions chemistry, and storage energy chemistry and their relationship in aqueous zinc ions batteries are conducted.
2 The recent development of strategies for enhancing the inherent stability of electrolyte and zinc anode to restrain parasitic reactions is reviewed from a thermodynamic perspective.
3 The regulation strategies of electrolyte/electrode interfaces to block parasitic reactions by adsorbents and solid electrolyte interphase are reviewed from a kinetic perspective.

Keywords

Aqueous zinc ions batteries Parasitic reactions Aqueous electrolyte Zinc anode
Yan, Huibo, Songmei Li, Jinyan Zhong, and Bin Li. 2023. “An Electrochemical Perspective of Aqueous Zinc Metal Anode”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (November):15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01227-x.
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