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    Strategy to Simultaneously Manipulate Direct Zn Nucleation and Hydrogen Evolution via Surface Modifier Hydrolysis for High-Performance Zn-Ion Batteries
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    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    Cite this: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 31, 40964–40972
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    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07236
    Published July 28, 2024
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    The demand for safer batteries is growing rapidly due to fire incidents in electronic devices that use Li-ion batteries. Zn-ion batteries are among the most promising candidates to replace Li-ion batteries because they use a water-based electrolyte and are not explosive. However, Zn-ion batteries suffer from persistent corrosion and dendritic crystal formation during the charge–discharge process, which decrease their reversibility and hinder their commercial usage. Extensive research has been conducted to address these issues, but there are significant limitations due to high process and time costs. In this study, the modulation of the Zn–electrolyte interface to overcome these challenges is attempted using acetamide-derived thioacetamide (TAA), a surface modifier used in electroplating. TAA undergoes hydrolysis in an aqueous solution and produces weakly acidic byproducts and sulfide ions. These species are adsorbed onto the Zn metal surface, which induces uniform Zn2+ deposition, facilitates the formation of a stable interfacial layer, and inhibits side reactions due to the reduced water activity. Consequently, the symmetric cell with TAA achieves a low polarization of 50 mV and stable cycling for 700 h at 1 mA cm–2. Additionally, a Zn|V6O13 full cell exhibits electrochemical reversibility, maintaining a capacity retention of 64% over 300 cycles. Therefore, this study offers useful insights into the development of a simple manufacturing process to ensure the competitiveness of Zn-ion batteries for practical applications using functional electrolyte additives.

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    • Photographs captured after the addition of various concentrations of TAA to an electrolyte; pH levels in electrolytes with various TAA concentrations; electrochemical impedance spectra of Zn symmetric cells in the electrolyte with TAA before cycling; cyclic voltammetry curves for Zn symmetric cells in electrolyte with TAA; chronopotentiometry results for Zn symmetric cells in electrolyte with TAA; CE of Zn plating/stripping performance on SUS foils; XRD pattern of Zn metal in a symmetric cell after 10 cycles; XRD pattern of V6O13; SEM images of V6O13; cycling performance and Coulombic efficiency of the full cell; CV curves of full cells; and performance comparison of AZIBs with some notable work (PDF)

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    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    Cite this: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 31, 40964–40972
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    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07236
    Published July 28, 2024
    Copyright © 2024 American Chemical Society

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