Anti‐Corrosion for Reversible Zinc Anode via a Hydrophobic Interface in Aqueous Zinc Batteries
Hubei University · Kunming University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Abstract Water corrosion and dendrite growth seriously break the zinc plating/stripping process at the electrolyte/anode interface, causing the instability of the zinc metal anode of aqueous zinc batteries. Herein, a self‐consistent hydrophobic interface and orderly channels are assembled by three quaternary ammonium cationic surfactants, which can block the water erosion. Of particular interest, experimental results combined with theoretical calculation (DFT) reveals that the hydrophobic groups in quaternary ammonium cations are the determinaning factor in the kinetic process of zinc ion deposition and the life of the zinc anode. The massive micelles formed by benzyldimethyldodecylammonium with dodecyl and…
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10Topics & keywords
- Zinc
- Materials science
- Faraday efficiency
- Anode
- Inorganic chemistry
- Aqueous solution
- Overpotential
- Chemical engineering
- Clean water and sanitation