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An artificial β-PVDF nanofiber layer for dendrite-free zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous batteries

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Owing to the merits of environmental friendliness and sustainability, aqueous zinc ion battery (AZIB) is considered as a promising energy storage system. Nevertheless, the further application of AZIB is largely limited by the growth of zinc dendrite and hydrogen evolution reaction of Zn anode. Here, a β-polyvinylidene fluoride (β-PVDF) nanofiber modified by 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium trifluoromethane sulfonate coating layer was prepared to tackle the problem of Zn anode. The artificial β-PVDF can restrict HER and provide driving force to accelerate the migration of Zn2+ at electrolyte/Zn interface, which enables uniform and compact Zn deposition. And the symmetric cell with polymer-coating-layer-modified Zn anode demonstrates a long cycle for 1000 h at 2 mA cm−2. Moreover, the artificial β-PVDF nanofiber layer achieves a very low polarization voltage of about 50 mV even if the current density gradually increases to 10 mA cm−2. Consequently, the β-PVDF/BMI@Zn||MnO2 full cell reaches a high specific capacity of 186 mAh g−1 after 1600 cycles at 1 A g−1. This work provides a new possibility for the realization of high performance Zn anode.

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The authors would like to thank the financial supports from “the National Natural Science Foundation of China” (Grant no. 51673154) and “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities” (WUT: 2019IVA003).

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Yuan, X., Yi, J., Li, C. et al. An artificial β-PVDF nanofiber layer for dendrite-free zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous batteries. J Mater Sci 58, 1708–1720 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08139-6

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