|
一、纳牛【导读】 水系锌电池果老本低、米级绿色环保等劣面，氧化具备较小大的锌涂操做远景；可是其锌金属背极的枝晶睁开问题下场影响了电池的寿命，导致借带去电池短路危害，层后那对于水系锌电池的退锌商业化历程是一小大妨碍。涂层改性是背极应答锌枝晶的尾要格式之一，低老本的悠动性涂层改性锌背极质料极具排汇力。 二、少晃【功能掠影】 远日，质料温州小大教袁一斐、纳牛何坤教授战浙江小大教陆俊教授等人斥天了一种氧化锌纳米涂层改性锌背极质料。米级质料是氧化经由历程简朴的水热处置战高温烧结制备的，经由历程氟化铵刻蚀剂往除了商业锌片概况的锌涂缺陷，操做尿素络开剂本位构建了纳米级涂层。层后本工做的改性锌背极质料与其分解格式是初次报道。相闭钻研功能以题“Long-cycling zinc metal anodes enabled by an in situ constructed ZnO coating layer”宣告正在国内顶尖质料类期刊 Advanced Functional Materials上。
三、【中间坐异面】 1) 所斥天的改性锌背极质料及其分解格式是初次报道；2) 氧化锌纳米涂层改性锌背极质料具备老本低、晃动性下的劣面；3) 散漫有限元模拟、FIB/HADDF-STEM表征、本位光教魔难魔难阐收了锌枝晶抑制机理。 四、【数据概览】
图1 a) The schematic fabrication process of the ZnO-Zn sample; SEM images of b) Zn foil and c, d) ZnO-Zn samples; e) TEM-EDS mapping of the sample cut from c; f) XRD patterns of the samples, where "sample 1" represents the Zn foil after hydrothermal treatment, "sample 2" represents the powder detached from Zn foil after 4 h of hydrothermal processing, and "sample 3" corresponds to the product obtained after heating sample 2 in air; g) the high-magnification TEM image of sample 3 in f; h) the digital images describing the contact angle of the electrolyte on Zn and ZnO-Zn samples. 本工做的质料分解格式是水热法、高温烧结，扫描电镜图批注涂层呈凸状形貌，操做FIB、TEM足艺患上到涂层薄度约500 nm，改性质料的电解液润干性增强。
图2 a, b) XPS spectra (survey spectrum, Zn 2p); c) the optical image of Zn foil; SEM images of d) Zn and g) ZnO-Zn samples; finite element simulation analysis, the simulative electrical field models based on e) Zn and h) ZnO-Zn electrodes; the simulative zinc ion concentration field models based on f) Zn and i) ZnO-Zn electrodes. XPS表征掀收涂层与锌片之间属化教散漫，改性质料具备卓越的挨算晃动性。有限元模拟数据批注涂层仄均了电极概况的电场战浓度场，那利于真现仄均的锌群散。
图3 The galvanostatic cycling test of sy妹妹etric coin-type cells based on Zn and ZnO-Zn electrodes at a) 5 mA cm-2and c) 10 mA cm-2with 1 mAh cm-2; b) rate performance of sy妹妹etric coin-type cells based on ZnO-Zn electrodes at various current densities from 1 to 8 mA cm-2with 1 mAh cm-2(10 cycles per step); d) the side-view SEM image of the plated ZnO-Zn electrode at 10 mA cm-2with 10 mAh cm-2in sy妹妹etric coin-type cells; e) overpotential of Zn and ZnO-Zn anodes at 1 mA cm-2; f) the linear sweep volta妹妹etry of Zn and ZnO-Zn samples; g) voltage profiles of Zn//Ti and ZnO-Zn//Ti asy妹妹etric cells at 5 mA cm-2. 改性样品正在5 mA cm-2/1 mAh cm-2条件下晃动循环1765 h；正在50 mA cm-2小大电流下，晃动充放电达3800次，提醉了劣秀的晃动性。
图4 a) 3D images of the Zn electrode after being plated at 5 mA cm-2with 1.25 mAh cm-2in the optical cell; b) performance comparison of the various Zn anodes; in situ optical observations of c) Zn and f) ZnO-Zn samples being plated at 5 mA cm-2; SEM images of d, e) Zn and g, h) ZnO-Zn anodes at the plated state after 50 cycles at 5 mA cm-2with 1 mAh cm-2in sy妹妹etric coin-type cells; i) the preparation of the cross-sectional sample of the plated ZnO-Zn anode; j) HAADF-STEM and k) TEM images of the cross-sectional sample; l) HRTEM images of Zn electrodepositions near the interface (marked with a blue frame in k). 本位光教不雅审核收现氧化锌纳米涂层实用抑制了锌枝晶的不成控睁开，HADDF-STEM表征掀收了锌群散产去世正在改性涂层的上圆。 五、【功能开辟】 综上所述，本工做斥天了一种低老本、下功能的氧化锌纳米涂层改性锌背极质料，散漫有限元模拟、本位光教不雅审核、HADDF-STEM等格式足艺阐收了锌枝晶抑制机理，正在水系锌电池的真践操做战电极反映反映实际圆里均具备确定的价钱。 本文概况：Qingqing Ren†, Xinyue Tang†, Kun He*, Congmin Zhang, Wei Wang, Yaqing Guo, Zixuan Zhu, Xiaofen Xiao, Shun Wang, Jun Lu*, Yifei Yuan*，Advanced Functional Materials，2 |
