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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

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  • Aqueous zinc batteries offer low cost and high safety but suffer from poor cycling stability due to zinc dendrite growth.
  • Current methods focus on converting 2D to 3D diffusion to suppress dendrites, with limited success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel strategy for dendrite-free zinc plating in aqueous zinc batteries.
  • To investigate the mechanism of zinc deposition on a specifically engineered surface.

Main Methods:

  • A Ti4+-etching strategy was employed to create a micro-terraced zinc anode surface.
  • Zinc plating behavior was analyzed on the micro-terraced surface, contrasting it with conventional 2D diffusion.
  • Full cells utilizing the modified anode were assembled and tested with an I2 cathode.

Main Results:

  • The micro-terraced surface facilitated directional 2D diffusion, leading to uniform, dendrite-free zinc plating.
  • The modified zinc anodes demonstrated exceptional cycling stability, enduring over 6250 cycles at 5 mA cm-2/1 mAh cm-2.
  • Full cells achieved 83.4% capacity retention and 99.89% average Coulombic efficiency over 5000 cycles at 1.5 A g-1.

Conclusions:

  • Directional 2D diffusion on micro-terraced surfaces is a viable strategy to achieve uniform zinc deposition and suppress dendrites.
  • This approach significantly enhances the cycling stability and performance of aqueous zinc batteries.
  • The findings offer a new design paradigm for developing high-stability energy storage systems.