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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
卷 30, 期 11, 页码 3874-3881出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01317
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Aqueous zinc ion batteries are highly attractive for large-scale storage applications because of their inherent safety, low cost, and durability. Yet, their advancement is hindered by a dearth of positive host materials (cathode) due to sluggish diffusion of Zn(2+)inside solid inorganic frameworks. Here, we report on a novel organic host, tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (also called: p-chloranil), which due to its inherently soft crystal structure can provide reversible and efficient Zn(2+)storage. It delivers a high capacity of >= 200 mAh g(-1)with a very small voltage polarization of 50 mV in a flat plateau around 1.1 V, which equate to an attractive specific energy of >200 Wh kg(-1)at an unparalleled energy efficiency (similar to 95%). As unraveled by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the molecular columns in p-chloranil undergo a twisted rotation to accommodate Zn2+, thus restricting the volume change (-2.7%) during cycling. In-depth characterizations using operando X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and impedance analysis reveal a unique phase evolution, driven by a phase transfer mechanism occurring at the boundary of solid and liquid phase, which leads to unrestricted growth of discharged/charged phases. By confining the p-chloranil inside nanochannels of mesoporous carbon CMK-3, we can tame the phase evolution process, and thus stabilize the electrochemical cycling.
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