High-performance zinc-ion hydrogel electrolytes based on molecular-level hybridization of PVA with polymer quantum dots

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.06.023

Abstract

Abstract: Aqueous zinc ion batteries have received widespread attention. However, the growth of zinc dendrites and hydrogen evolution reaction generation seriously hinder the practical application of zinc ion bat-teries. Herein, it is reported that a multifunctional dendrites-free low-temperature PVA-based gel elec-trolyte by introducing negatively charged polymer carbon quantum dots (QDs) and the organic antifreeze dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) into it. The QDs carrying a large number of functional groups on the surface can effectively adsorb Zn²⁺, eliminating the “tip effect”, and inducing the uniform deposition of Zn²⁺ and the formation of a dendrites-free structure. Meanwhile, the solvation structure of adsorbed Zn²⁺ can be controlled by charged groups to reduce the generation of side reactions, thus obtaining high-performance zinc ion batteries. The Zn/polyaniline (PANi) full battery can be stably cycled more than 1000 times at-20 ℃, and the design of this gel electrolyte can provide good feasibility for safe, stable, and flexible energy storage devices.

Key words: Solid-state zinc-ion batteries, PVA-based hydrogel, Dendrite-free, Quantum dots

Jingyu Du, Xiao Zhan, Yuhuan Xu, Kunlan Diao, Daohai Zhang, Shuhao Qin. High-performance zinc-ion hydrogel electrolytes based on molecular-level hybridization of PVA with polymer quantum dots[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2025, 212: 251-258.

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