Journal article
Tough MXene-Cellulose Nanofibril Ionotronic Dual-Network Hydrogel Films for Stable Zinc Anodes
ACS nano, v 19(13), pp 13399-13413
25 Mar 2025
PMID: 40130552
Abstract
Developing ionotronic interface layers for zinc anodes with superior mechanical integrity is one of the efficient strategies to suppress the growth of zinc dendrites in favor of the cycling stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, we assembled robust 2D MXene-based hydrogel films cross-linked by 1D cellulose nanofibril (CNF) dual networks, acting as interface layers to stabilize Zn anodes. The MXene-CNF hydrogel films integrated multifunctionalities, including a high in-plane toughness of 18.39 MJ m
, high in-plane/out-of-plane elastic modulus of 0.85 and 3.65 GPa, mixed electronic/ionic (ionotronic) conductivity of 1.53 S cm
and 0.52 mS cm
, and high zincophilicity with a high binding energy (1.33 eV) and low migration energy barrier (0.24 eV) for Zn
. These integrated multifunctionalities, endowed with coupled multifield effects, including strong stress confinement and uniform ionic/electronic field distributions on Zn anodes, effectively suppressed dendrite growth, as proven by experiments and simulations. An example of the MXene-CNF|Zn showed a reduced nucleation overpotential of 19 mV, an extended cycling life of over 2700 h in Zn||Zn cells, and a high capacity of 323 mAh g
in Zn||MnO
cells, compared with bare Zn. This work offers an approach for exploring mechanically robust 1D/2D ionotronic hydrogel interface layers to stabilize the Zn anodes of AZIBs.
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- Title
- Tough MXene-Cellulose Nanofibril Ionotronic Dual-Network Hydrogel Films for Stable Zinc Anodes
- Creators
- Mengyu Liu - Ocean University of ChinaLiming Zhang - Qingdao UniversityJowan Rostami - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyTeng Zhang - Drexel UniversityKyle Matthews - Drexel UniversitySheng Chen - Beijing Forestry UniversityWenjie Fan - Ocean University of ChinaYue Zhu - Ocean University of ChinaJingwei Chen - Ocean University of ChinaMinghua Huang - Ocean University of ChinaJingyi Wu - Ocean University of ChinaHuanlei Wang - Ocean University of ChinaMahiar Max Hamedi - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyFeng Xu - Beijing Forestry UniversityWeiqian Tian - Ocean University of ChinaLars Wågberg - KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyYury Gogotsi - Nanomaterials Research (United States)
- Publication Details
- ACS nano, v 19(13), pp 13399-13413
- Publisher
- ACS Publications; WASHINGTON
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- National Natural Science Foundation of China: U22A20422 National Natural Science Foundation of China: 2023HWYQ-061 Shandong Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas): tsqn202306105, tsqn202211048 Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province, China: ZR2023QC097 Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation: ZR2024ZD37 Major Basic Research Projects of the Shandong Natural Science Foundation: 202312011 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesProgram of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities: B21022 Project 111: 2021-03882 Swedish Research CouncilFluid Interface Reactions, Structures, and Transport (FIRST) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
W.T., L.Z., and H.W. acknowledge funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52203341, 32301532, 22179123), the Shandong Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas) (No. 2023HWYQ-061), the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province, China (No. tsqn202306105, tsqn202211048), the Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (No. ZR2023QC097), the Major Basic Research Projects of the Shandong Natural Science Foundation (ZR2024ZD37), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 202312011). F.X. acknowledges funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U22A20422) and the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities, Project 111 (Grant No. B21022). M.H. acknowledges funding from the Swedish Research Council (No. 2021-03882). Y.G. acknowledges the Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures, and Transport (FIRST) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering; A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001451671200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105002485153
- Other Identifier
- 991022041940204721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology