Solvation Structure Design for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Cao, Longsheng; Li, Dan; Hu, Enyuan; Xu, Jijian; Deng, Tao; Ma, Lin; Wang, Yi; Yang, Xiao-Qing; Wang, Chunsheng

doi:10.1021/jacs.0c09794

Solvation Structure Design for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Journal Article · Mon Dec 07 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c09794· OSTI ID:1737441

Cao, Longsheng ^[1]; Li, Dan ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]; Deng, Tao ^[1]; ^[1]; Wang, Yi ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Aqueous Zn batteries are promising energy storage devices for large-scale energy-storage due to low cost and high energy density. However, their lifespan is limited by the water decomposition and Zn dendrite growth. In this study, we suppress water reduction and Zn dendrite growth in dilute aqueous electrolyte by adding dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) into ZnCl₂–H₂O, in which DMSO replaces the H₂O in Zn²⁺ solvation sheath due to a higher Gutmann donor number (29.8) of DMSO than that (18) of H₂O. The preferential solvation of DMSO with Zn²⁺ and strong H₂O–DMSO interaction inhibit the decomposition of solvated H₂O. In addition, the decomposition of solvated DMSO forms Zn₁₂(SO₄)₃Cl₃(OH)15·5H₂O, ZnSO₃, and ZnS enriched-solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) preventing Zn dendrite and further suppressing water decomposition. The ZnCl₂–H₂O–DMSO electrolyte enables Zn anodes in Zn||Ti half-cell to achieve a high average Coulombic efficiency of 99.5% for 400 cycles (400 h), and the Zn||MnO₂ full cell with a low capacity ratio of Zn:MnO₂ at 2:1 to deliver a high energy density of 212 Wh/kg (based on both cathode and anode) and maitain 95.3% of the capacity over 500 cycles at 8 C.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AR0000962

OSTI ID:: 1737441

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1760525

Report Number(s):: BNL-220703-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 51 Vol. 142; ISSN 0002-7863

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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