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Aqueous Zn2+/Na+ dual-salt batteries with stable discharge voltage and high columbic efficiency by systematic electrolyte regulation

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While aqueous Zn-Na hybrid batteries have garnered widespread attention because of their low cost and high safety, it is still challenging to achieve long cycle-life and stable discharge-voltage due to sluggish reaction kinetics, zinc dendrite formation, and side reactions. Herein, we design a Zn2+/Na+ dual-salt battery, in which sodiation of the NVP cathode favors zinc intercalation under an energy threshold, leading to decoupled redox reactions on the cathode and anode. Systematic investigations of the electrolyte effects show that the ion intercalation mechanism and the kinetics in the mixture of triflate- and acetate-based electrolytes are superior to those in the common acetate-only electrolytes. As a result, we have achieved fast discharging capability, suppressed zinc dendrites, a stable discharge voltage at 1.45 V with small polarization, and nearly 100% Columbic efficiency in the dual-salt mixture electrolyte with optimized concentration of 1 M Zn(OAc)2 + 1 M NaCF3SO3. This work demonstrates the importance of electrolyte regulation in aqueous dual-salt hybrid batteries for the energy storage.

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Acknowledgements

This work is financially supported by the Hightech Research Key laboratory of Zhenjiang (SS2018002), and Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Funding Program (2020Z257). H. J. Fan acknowledges the support from MOE Tier 1 grant (RG 157/19), and from the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute (204-A018002). B. Tian acknowledges the financial support from the Guangdong Natural Science Funds (2019A1515010675), the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen (JCYJ20210324094206019, KQJSCX20180328094001794).

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  1. SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Chunli Wang, Maoxin Li, Xin Ao & Bingbing Tian

  2. School of Physical and Mathematical Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore

    Chunli Wang & Hong Jin Fan

  3. China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, Guangzhou, 510663, China

    Hong Jin Fan

  4. College of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, China

    Xiuyun Zhang

  5. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, Changchun, 130022, China

    Lin Zhou, Yong Cheng & Limin Wang

  6. Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

    Lianshan Sun

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Wang, C., Sun, L., Li, M. et al. Aqueous Zn2+/Na+ dual-salt batteries with stable discharge voltage and high columbic efficiency by systematic electrolyte regulation. Sci. China Chem. 65, 399–407 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1162-3

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