Anion-endowed high-dielectric water-deficient interface towards ultrastable Zn metal batteries.

ABSTRACT: To achieve reversible metallic Zn anodes for aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries, regulating the electrolyte-Zn interface is the key to addressing the side reactions on Zn. Beyond water-deficiency, design rules for constructing the highly efficient electrochemical interface are still vague. Anions, as primary electrolyte constituents, not only play a role in solvation structure, but also influence the electrolyte-Zn interface. Here, the characteristics of representative anions in current aqueous zinc electrolytes are surveyed. A candidate combining polarizability, H-bond tuning ability and high solubility is proposed to construct a high-dielectric water-deficient electrolyte-Zn interface to regulate the interfacial chemistry on Zn. The anion-dominated electrochemical interface promotes the

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924948 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature