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NaF as a bifunctional additive in aqueous zinc electrolytes improves zinc metal reversibility

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The severe dendrite growth on Zn anode during the platting process is still a serious roadblock to the commercialization of rechargeable aqueous Zn-based energy storage devices. Introducing electrolyte additives is a facile and efficient strategy to suppress the formation of dendrites. In this work, we found that Na+ cations can inhibit the growth of dendrites via the shielding effect during the Zn platting process, and F− can effectively inhibit the formation of Zn4(OH)6SO4·nH2O during Zn stripping process. Benefiting from the synergetic effects of anion (F−) and cation (Na+), NaF delivers a stronger ability to suppress the formation of Zn dendrites than that of Na2SO4 during stripping/platting processes. The systematic Zn//Zn cell with 0.1 M NaF as additive shows a 368 h stable cycling performance, significantly longer than those of Na2SO4 (253 h) and blank sample (171 h). Our work provides a novel strategy to alleviate the growth of dendrite via optimizing the anion of additives. The excellent electrochemical performances of various Zn-based energy storage devices verify that the aqueous electrolyte with NaF additive has broad commercial prospects.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52002052) and the Foundation of State Key laboratory of Silicon Materials (Grant No. SKL2021-12).

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  1. Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People’s Republic of China

    Shuo Yang, Kui Xue, Chen Li, Hongbin Wang, Liujiang Zhou & Yongqi Zhang

  2. Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Material, School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, 215500, People’s Republic of China

    Shaojun Shi

  3. Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, 313002, People’s Republic of China

    Yongqi Zhang

  4. State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People’s Republic of China

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Yang, S., Xue, K., Li, C. et al. NaF as a bifunctional additive in aqueous zinc electrolytes improves zinc metal reversibility. Ionics 29, 1459–1468 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-04917-z

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