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- Title
When It's Heavier: Interfacial and Solvation Chemistry of Isotopes in Aqueous Electrolytes for Zn‐ion Batteries.
- Authors
Gao, Xuan; Dai, Yuhang; Zhang, Chengyi; Zhang, Yixuan; Zong, Wei; Zhang, Wei; Chen, Ruwei; Zhu, Jiexin; Hu, Xueying; Wang, Mingyue; Chen, Ruizhe; Du, Zijuan; Guo, Fei; Dong, Haobo; Liu, Yiyang; He, Hongzhen; Zhao, Siyu; Zhao, Fangjia; Li, Jianwei; Parkin, Ivan P.
- Abstract
The electrochemical effect of isotope (EEI) of water is introduced in the Zn‐ion batteries (ZIBs) electrolyte to deal with the challenge of severe side reactions and massive gas production. Due to the low diffusion and strong coordination of ions in D2O, the possibility of side reactions is decreased, resulting in a broader electrochemically stable potential window, less pH change, and less zinc hydroxide sulfate (ZHS) generation during cycling. Moreover, we demonstrate that D2O eliminates the different ZHS phases generated by the change of bound water during cycling because of the consistently low local ion and molecule concentration, resulting in a stable interface between the electrode and electrolyte. The full cells with D2O‐based electrolyte demonstrated more stable cycling performance which displayed ∼100 % reversible efficiencies after 1,000 cycles with a wide voltage window of 0.8–2.0 V and 3,000 cycles with a normal voltage window of 0.8–1.9 V at a current density of 2 A g−1.
- Subjects
ISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM oxide; ZINC sulfate; SOLVATION; HYDROLOGIC cycle; AQUEOUS electrolytes
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2023, Vol 135, Issue 16, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202300608