Sustainable high-energy aqueous zinc–manganese dioxide batteries enabled by stress-governed metal electrodeposition and fast zinc diffusivity
Huijun Yang, Ruijie Zhu, Yang Yang, Ziyang Lu, Zhi Chang, Ping He, Chunyu Zhu, Sho Kitano, Yoshitaka Aoki, H. Habazaki, Haoshen Zhou
Abstract
Beyond the fragile glass fiber separator, we demonstrated a polymer separator with good mechanical strength and fast Zn 2+ diffusivity, which synergistically mitigates Zn dendrite formation and improves Zn reversibility at high capacity.
Topics & Concepts
ZincThermal diffusivitySeparator (oil production)Materials scienceManganeseMetalAqueous solutionMetallurgyChemical engineeringComposite materialChemistryThermodynamicsPhysical chemistryEngineeringPhysicsAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication