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A High‐Voltage Zn–Organic Battery Using a Nonflammable Organic Electrolyte
Author(s) -
Qiu Xuan,
Wang Nan,
Dong Xiaoli,
Xu Jie,
Zhou Kang,
Li Wei,
Wang Yonggang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202108624
Subject(s) - electrolyte , propylene carbonate , chemistry , electrochemical window , inorganic chemistry , aqueous solution , anode , trifluoromethanesulfonate , zinc , battery (electricity) , cathode , electrochemistry , ionic conductivity , salt (chemistry) , solvent , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , electrode , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , catalysis
Owing to undesired Zn corrosion and the formation of Zn dendrites in aqueous electrolytes, most of the examples of aqueous Zn batteries with reported excellent performance are achieved with low Zn‐utilization (<0.6 %) in the anode and low mass‐loading (<3 mg cm −2 ) in the cathode. Herein, we propose a new organic electrolyte for Zn batteries, which contains a zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate (Zn‐TFMS) salt and a mixed solvent consisting of propylene carbonate (PC) and triethyl phosphate (TEP). We demonstrate that this electrolyte with an optimized PC/TEP ratio not only exhibits high ionic conductivity and a wide stable potential window, but also facilitates dendrite‐free Zn plating/stripping. In particular, the TEP solvent makes the electrolyte nonflammable. Finally, a 2 V Zn//polytriphenylamine composite (PTPAn) battery is fabricated with the optimized electrolyte; it shows a high rate and a long lifetime (2400 cycles) even with a high mass‐loading (16 mg cm −2 ) of PTPAn in the cathode and with a high Zn‐utilization (3.5 %).