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Monolithic Phosphate Interphase for Highly Reversible and Stable Zn Metal Anode

  • Sailin Liu
  • , Jitraporn (Pimm) Vongsvivut
  • , Yanyan Wang
  • , Ruizhi Zhang
  • , Fuhua Yang
  • , Shilin Zhang
  • , Kenneth Davey
  • , Jianfeng Mao*
  • , Zaiping Guo*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Zinc metal battery (ZMB) is promising as the next generation of energy storage system, but challenges relating to dendrites and corrosion of the zinc anode are restricting its practical application. Here, to stabilize Zn anode, we report a controlled electrolytic method for a monolithic solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) via a high dipole moment solvent dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP). The DMMP-based electrolytes can generate a homogeneous and robust phosphate SEI (Zn3(PO4)2 and ZnP2O6). Benefiting from the protecting impact of this in situ monolithic SEI, the zinc electrode exhibits long-term cycling of 4700 h and a high Coulombic efficiency 99.89 % in Zn|Zn and Zn|Cu cell, respectively. The full V2O5|Zn battery with DMMP-H2O hybrid electrolyte exhibits a high capacity retention of 82.2 % following 4000 cycles under 5 A g−1. The first success in constructing the monolithic phosphate SEI will open a new avenue in electrolyte design for highly reversible and stable Zn metal anodes. © 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202215600
Number of pages10
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume62
Issue number4
Online published29 Nov 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was financially supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (DP200101862, FL210100050) and Australian Synchrotron infrared Microspectroscopy beamline (M16823, M17455 and M18527). The authors gratefully acknowledge technical support from the Electron Microscopy Centre the University of Wollongong. Open Access publishing facilitated by The University of Adelaide, as part of the Wiley - The University of Adelaide agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.

Research Keywords

  • Fire Retardant
  • Hybrid Electrolyte
  • Phosphate Solvent
  • Solid Electrolyte Interphase
  • Zinc Ion Batteries

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