• 文献标题:   Toward highly reversible aqueous zinc-ion batteries: nanoscale-regulated zinc nucleation via graphene quantum dots functionalized with multiple functional groups
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAN W, LEE H, LIU Y, KIM Y, CHU HQ, LIU G, YANG WC
  • 作者关键词:   aqueous znion batterie, functionalized graphene quantum dot, electrochemical induction, nucleation, dendritefree
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1385-8947 EI 1873-3212
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cej.2022.139090 EA SEP 2022
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion batteries have a promising application potential and represent competitive candidates in the field of large-scale energy storage. However, Zn metal is prone to uncontrolled dendrite formation, hydrogen evolution, and corrosion, all of which limit the reversibility of the corresponding batteries. Herein, a novel kind of nanosized and functionalized graphene quantum dots (F-GQDs) is decorated on a Zn anode via in situ electrochemical induction. These quantum dots (similar to 5 nm) can regulate Zn plating/stripping at the nanoscale. Furthermore, the high electronegativity of polar functional groups (-OH, -COOH, -NH2, and -SCN) on the GQDs results in strong Zn2+ affinity and the F-GQDs endow the Zn anode with high hydrophilicity, low nucleation energy barrier, and an evenly distributed electrical field. As a result, the F-GQDs-decorated Zn anode achieves superior Zn plating/stripping for greater than 450 h at 10 mA cm(-2) and 5 mAh cm(-2), with a low voltage hysteresis of 81 mV. Moreover, when coupled with MnO2 cathodes, the F-GQDs-decorated Zn enables the fabrication of Zn parallel to MnO2 full batteries with significantly enhanced rate capability and long-term cycling performance (capacity retention of 78.6 % at 1 A/g after 500 cycles).