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Maximizing Electrostatic Polarity of Non-Sacrificial Electrolyte Additives Enables Stable Zinc-Metal Anodes for Aqueous Batteries

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307880

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Electrostatic Polarity; Non-Sacrificial Additives; Zinc-Ion Batteries; Zn Anode

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Despite the widespread use of additives in aqueous electrolytes, there is a lack of understanding on how to select suitable additives to regulate reversible Zn plating/stripping chemistry. This study reveals that the electrostatic polarity of non-sacrificial additives is crucial for stabilizing Zn anodes. Sucrose, with high electrostatic polarity, shows the best performance in terms of cycling stability and long-term reversible plating/stripping cycle life for ZIBs.
Although additives are widely used in aqueous electrolytes to inhibit the formation of dendrites and hydrogen evolution reactions on Zn anodes, there is a lack of rational design principles and systematic mechanistic studies on how to select a suitable additive to regulate reversible Zn plating/stripping chemistry. Here, using saccharides as the representatives, we reveal that the electrostatic polarity of non-sacrificial additives is a critical descriptor for their ability to stabilize Zn anodes. Non-sacrificial additives are found to continuously modulate the solvation structure of Zn ions and form a molecular adsorption layer (MAL) for uniform Zn deposition, avoiding the thick solid electrolyte interphase layer due to the decomposition of sacrificial additives. A high electrostatic polarity renders sucrose the best hydrated Zn2+ desolvation ability and facilitates the MAL formation, resulting in the best cycling stability with a long-term reversible plating/stripping cycle life of thousands of hours. This study provides theoretical guidance for the screening of optimal additives for high-performance ZIBs.

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