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- Title
Blocking Interfacial Proton Transport via Self‐Assembled Monolayer for Hydrogen Evolution‐Free Zinc Batteries.
- Authors
Chen, Jianping; Shi, Yayun; Zheng, Songhe; Zhao, Wanyu; Li, Ruimin; Ye, Ke; Zhao, Xiaoli; Zuo, Zhijun; Pan, Zhenghui; Yang, Xiaowei
- Abstract
Aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising next‐generation energy storage devices, yet suffer from the issues of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and intricate side reactions on the Zn anode surface. The hydrogen (H)‐bond networks play a critical role in interfacial proton transport that may closely relate to HER but are rarely investigated. Herein, we report a self‐assembled monolayer (SAM) strategy which is constructed by anchoring ionic liquid cations on Ti3C2Tx substrate for HER‐free Zn anode. Molecule dynamics simulations reveal that the rationally designed SAM with a high coordination number of water molecules (25–27, 4–6 for Zn2+) largely reduces the interfacial densities of H2O molecules, therefore breaking the connectivity of H‐bond networks and blocking proton transport on the interface, by which the HER is suppressed. Then, a series of in situ characterizations demonstrate that negligible amounts of H2 gas are collected from the Zn@SAM‐MXene anode. Consequently, the symmetric cell enables a long‐cycling life of 3000 h at 1 mA cm−2 and 1000 h at 5 mA cm−2. More significantly, the stable Zn@SAM‐MXene films are successfully used for coin full cells showing high‐capacity retention of over 94 % after 1000 cycles and large‐area (10×5 cm2) pouch cells with desired performance.
- Subjects
PROTONS; MONOMOLECULAR films; HYDROGEN evolution reactions; SUBSTRATES (Materials science); ZINC; PROTON transfer reactions; ELECTRIC batteries; LITHIUM cells
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2024, Vol 136, Issue 26, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202404825