Realizing fast plating/stripping of high-performance Zn metal anode with a low Zn loading

Authors

  • Zhuo LI Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University 145 Nantong Street, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
  • Tamene Tadesse BEYENE Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Jimma University, P.O.Box 378, Jimma-Ethiopia
  • Kai ZHU Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University 145 Nantong Street, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
  • Dianxue CAO Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University 145 Nantong Street, Harbin 150001, P. R. China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55713/jmmm.v34i2.2009

Keywords:

Aqueous battery, Energy storage, Flexible interface, 3D current collector, Zn metal anode

Abstract

Zn metal batteries and capacitors (ZMBs/ZMCs) are gaining significant attention due to their low cost, high safety, and high theoretical capacity. However, the low utilization of Zn metal decreases the coulombic efficiency. Here, we present a novel approach to enhance the conductivity of host materials by utilizing a 3D conductive structural network of copper mesh. The 3D copper mesh serves as a high-conductive matrix and additionally coating it with Zn serves as a Zn source. Finally, a flexible reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was deposited on the Zn-coated copper mesh as an anode protective layer. The conductive copper mesh renders a fast plating/stripping of Zn and enables more contact of Zn with the electrolyte. The flexible rGO film deposited on Zn-coated copper mesh alleviates the local charge accumulation and inhibits corrosion. As a result, the Zn-coated copper mesh anode modified with rGO (RCZ) exhibited a longer lifespan of 200 h than the Zn-coated planar copper foil anode which cycled only for 30 h. The RCZ||AC full capacitor obtained high capacity retention of 97.9% after 9000 times cycling. The RCZ anode integrates the merits of 3D structure matrix and rGO realizing a dual-functionalized Zn metal anode. The conductive matrix strategy sheds light on other metal batteries.

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Z. . LI, T. T. . BEYENE, K. ZHU, and D. . CAO, “Realizing fast plating/stripping of high-performance Zn metal anode with a low Zn loading”, J Met Mater Miner, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 2009, Jun. 2024.

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