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MXene ink hosting zinc anode for high performance aqueous zinc metal batteries
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MXene ink hosting zinc anode for high performance aqueous zinc metal batteries

Jae Min Park, Milan Jana, Sang Ha Baek, Taehun Kang, Peixun Xiong, Jeong Hee Park, Jun Soo Kim, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Mikhail Shekhirev, Paul V. Braun, …
Journal of energy chemistry, v 76, pp 187-194
Jan 2023

Abstract

Electrodeposition Metal batteries MXene ink Patterning Zinc anode
The Zn/MnO2 cells were fabricated with patterned MXene@Zn anode and α-MnO2 cathode. The MXene@Zn electrodes were prepared via facile patterning and electrodeposition process. This firstly suggested that Zn/MnO2 cells showed LED operating and high electrochemical performance. [Display omitted] Despite the safety, low cost, and high theoretical capacity (820 mA h g−1) of Zn metal anodes, the practical application of aqueous Zn metal batteries remains a critical challenge due to the Zn dendrite growth, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution reaction. Herein, we demonstrate the MXene ink hosting Zn metal anodes (MX@Zn) for high-performance and patternable Zn metal full batteries. The as-designed MX@Zn electrode is more facile and reversible than bare Zn and CC@Zn, as verified by better cyclic stability and lower overpotentials of symmetric cells with the plating capacity of 0.05 mA h cm−2 at 0.1 mA cm−2 and of 1 mA h cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2. The MX@Zn | MnO2 full cells deliver a high specific capacity of 281.9 mA h g−1, 91.5% of the theoretical capacity, achieving 50% capacity retention from 60 mA g−1 to 300 mA g−1 and 79.7% of initial capacity after 200 cycles. Moreover, the patterned devices based on the MX@Zn electrode achieve high energy and power densities of 348.57 Wh kg−1 and 1556 W kg−1, respectively, along with a capacity retention of 64% and Coulombic efficiency of 99% over 500 cycles. The high performance of MX@Zn is attributed to the high electrical conductivity and hydrophilicity of MXene and rapid ion diffusion through the 3D interconnected porous channels.

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