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ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202103705
Keywords
electrolytic MnO; (2)-Zn batteries; Hofmeister effect; large-scale energy storage; proton-barrier separators
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- USTC [KY2060000150]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52172217]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2021A1515010144]
- USTC Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication
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Electrolytic MnO2-Zn batteries with a proton-barrier separator (PBS) based on PVA were developed to prevent hydrogen evolution and improve battery stability and energy retention. The PBS fabrication method is cost-effective and easy to implement.
Electrolytic MnO2-Zn batteries with economic advantages and high energy density are viable candidates for large-scale energy storage. However, the spontaneous reactions between acidic electrolytes and Zn metal anode cause severe proton-induced hydrogen evolution which is difficult to avoid. Herein, a proton-barrier separator (PBS) based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is fabricated via the Hofmeister effect for preventing hydrogen evolution. Experiments and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the concentrated sulfate enables PVA chains to form a discontinuous hydrogen bond network as well as isolated hydrophilic cavities. This unique feature can effectively obstruct proton migration to impede proton-induced hydrogen evolution, but allow for fast Zn2+ transfer with excellent stability. Electrolytic MnO2-Zn batteries with PBS deliver high energy retention (91.2% after 200 cycles) and largely enhanced rate performance (20 C) in a high areal capacity of 6.67 mAh cm(-2) with a very low cost ($1 m(-2)) as compared to commercial anion exchange membranes (8 C). This work sheds light on new avenues for the development of stable electrolytic MnO2-Zn batteries by deploying PBS for preventing hydrogen evolution through a cost-effective fabrication method, which is a universal approach that can be applied to design other stable aqueous metal-ion batteries.
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