PhotoniX, Volume. 5, Issue 1, 6(2024)

Ultrafast laser one-step construction of 3D micro-/nanostructures achieving high-performance zinc metal anodes

Yanan Liu1、†, Ye Ding2、†, Zeping Liu3, Xingchen Li4, Sichao Tian5、*, Lishuang Fan3、**, Jichang Xie6, Liangliang Xu7, Jinwoo Lee7、***, Jian Li8, and Lijun Yang1、****
Author Affiliations
  • 1Zhengzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou 450000, P. R. China
  • 2Suzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Suzhou 215104, P. R. China
  • 3School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China
  • 4Defense Innovation Institute, Chinese Academy of Military Science, Beijing 100071, P. R. China
  • 5Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
  • 6Laboratoire Roberval, UTC, Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS60319, 60203 Compiègne Cedex, France
  • 7Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
  • 8School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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    Aqueous zinc-ion batteries provide a most promising alternative to the existing lithium-ion batteries due to their high theoretical capacity, intrinsic safety, and low cost. However, commercializing aqueous zinc-ion batteries suffer from dendritic growth and side reactions on the surface of metallic zinc, resulting in poor reversibility. To overcome this critical challenge, here, we report a one-step ultrafast laser processing method for fabricating three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures on zinc anodes to optimize zinc nucleation and deposition processes. It is demonstrated that the three-dimensional micro-/nanostructure with increased specific surface area significantly reduces nucleation overpotential, as well as preferentially absorbs zinc ions to prevent dendritic protuberances and corrosion. As a result, the presence of three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures on the zinc metal delivers stable zinc plating/stripping beyond 2500 h (2 mA cm-2/1 mAh cm-2) in symmetric cells, a high Coulombic efficiency (99.71%) in half cells, and moreover an improved capacity retention (71.8%) is also observed in full cells. Equally intriguingly, the pouch cell with three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures can operate across various bending states without severely compromising performance. This work provides an effective strategy to construct ultrafine and high-precision three-dimensional micro-/nanostructures achieving high-performance zinc metal anodes and is expected to be of immediate benefit to other metal-based electrodes.

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    Yanan Liu, Ye Ding, Zeping Liu, Xingchen Li, Sichao Tian, Lishuang Fan, Jichang Xie, Liangliang Xu, Jinwoo Lee, Jian Li, Lijun Yang. Ultrafast laser one-step construction of 3D micro-/nanostructures achieving high-performance zinc metal anodes[J]. PhotoniX, 2024, 5(1): 6

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 6, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 9, 2024

    The Author Email: Tian Sichao (tiansichao@outlook.com), Fan Lishuang (fanlsh@hit.edu.cn), Lee Jinwoo (jwlee1@kaist.ac.kr), Yang Lijun (yljtj@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-024-00122-x

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