Abstract
Aqueous sodium-zinc hybrid ion batteries are attracting extensive attention due to high energy density, low cost, and environmental friendliness. Unfortunately, there are still some drawbacks associated with the low voltage and cycle performance degradation that limit their practical application. Here, a concentrated aqueous electrolyte with solvation-modulated Zn2+ is reported that reduces the hydrogen evolution reaction on the surface of Zn metal, avoiding the generation of ZnO and uneven deposition. Accordingly, the Zn anode exhibits 1600 h Zn plating/stripping and ≈99.96% Coulombic efficiency after 700cycles. In addition, solvation-modulated Na+ promotes the excellent structural stability of zinc hexacyanoferrate (ZnHCF) due to the rhombohedral-rhombohedral rather than rhombohedral-cubic phase transition. A ZnHCF//Zn full cell delivers an average voltage of 1.76 V and 98% capacity retention after 2000 cycles at 5 C rates.
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