Engineering Artificial Protrusions of Zn Anodes for Aqueous Zinc Batteries

Uncontrollable dendrite growth can jeopardize the cycle life of aqueous Zn batteries. Here, we propose a general strategy of engineering artificial protrusions (APs) on the electrode surface to regulate the distribution of the electrode interface electric field and induce stable Zn plating/stripping...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Jifei Sun (11534358) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Xinhua Zheng (7549454) (author), Zhengxin Zhu (6649406) (author), Mingming Wang (394106) (author), Yan Xu (14594) (author), Ke Li (106849) (author), Yuan Yuan (25702) (author), Mingyan Chuai (11534352) (author), Zaichun Liu (8313714) (author), Taoli Jiang (11547928) (author), Hanlin Hu (2887001) (author), Wei Chen (23863) (author)
منشور في: 2025
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الملخص:Uncontrollable dendrite growth can jeopardize the cycle life of aqueous Zn batteries. Here, we propose a general strategy of engineering artificial protrusions (APs) on the electrode surface to regulate the distribution of the electrode interface electric field and induce stable Zn plating/stripping for Zn batteries. The junction-free AP-Cu network is constructed on Cu foil by an ultrafast Joule-heating-welding method. COMSOL simulation reveals that a stronger microelectric field is formed around the individual AP, which can effectively regulate a uniform nucleation of Zn on the AP-Cu network. Guided by the structural advantages of the AP design, the AP-Cu∥Zn cell delivers an average Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 99.85% at 2 C with an areal capacity of 1.77 mAh cm<sup>–2</sup> for over 3000 cycles. Moreover, the AP design enables stable cycling of both Zn|AP-Cu∥V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> and anode-free AP-Cu∥Br<sub>2</sub> full cells, providing a promising strategy for the development of high-performance energy storage devices.