摘要
Alkaline Zn-based primary batteries have been commercialized in the past decades.However,their success has not been extended to secondary batteries due to the poor cycle reversibility of Zn anodes.Although some research has been conducted on alkaline Zn anodes,their performance is still far from commercial requirements.A variety of degradation mechanisms,including passivation,dendrites,morphological changes,and hydrogen precipitation,are claimed responsible for the failure of alkaline Zn metal anodes.What’s worse,these constraints always interact with each other,which leads to a single strategy being unable to suppress all the issues.Therefore,a comprehensive evaluation of the positive and negative effects of various strategies on performance is important to promote the commercialization of alkaline Zn batteries.Herein,the recent progress and performance of improvement strategies for Zn anode in alkaline conditions are reviewed systematically.First,the principles and challenges of alkaline Zn anodes are briefly analyzed.Then,various design strategies for alkaline Zn anodes from the perspectives of ion and electron regulation are highlighted.Last,through a comprehensive summary of various performance parameters,the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies are compared and evaluated.On the basis of this assessment,we aim to provide more insights into the anode design of high-performance alkaline rechargeable Zn batteries.
基金
financially supported by the National Key Research and Development program of China(2021YFB4001200,2021YFB4001202)
the National Nature Science Foundation of China(22279129)。
作者简介
Di Yang received his PhD degree in condensed physics from Jilin University in 2022.He is currently working at the State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences.His current research interests focus on lithium/zinc metal anodes and Zn-air batteries;Jinsheng Li was graduated from Changchun University in 2014 and received his Ph.D.degree in materials science and engineering from Changchun University of Technology in 2020.He is currently working at the State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences.His research work mainly focuses the polymer electrolyte membrane for water electrolyzer and fuel cell;Prof.Changpeng Liu was graduated from Harbin Normal University in 1994 and received his Ph.D.degree in Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001.He is currently working at the State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry,Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences.His research interest is focused on water electrolysis and fuel cell;Prof.Wei Xing received his BS in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University in 1987.He obtained his Ph.D.in physical chemistry from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry in 1995.Prof.Wei Xing is currently a group leader at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinses Academy of Sciences.His research fields focus on the development of electrocatalysis in fuel cell and water electrolysis;Corresponding author:Prof.Jianbing Zhu received his BS from Beihang University in 2010 and obtained his Ph.D.degree in Physical Chemistry from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinses Academy of Sciences in 2016.Then he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the University of Waterloo.He is currently working at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry,Chinses Academy of Sciences and his research interests are focused on the alkaline hydrogen-electricity energy conversion technologies.zjb@ciac.ac.cn。
