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Research Article | Open Access

“Water-in-montmorillonite” quasi-solid-state electrolyte for ultralow self-discharge aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Yongfeng Huang1,2,†, Rongsheng Guo1,†, Yunlin An3, Wenbao Liu3( ), Feiyu Kang1,2( )
Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China

† Yongfeng Huang and Rongsheng Guo contributed equally to this work.

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The practical application of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) is limited by zinc dendrites, parasitic reactions, and self-discharging. Quasi-solid-state electrolytes (QSSEs) are promising solutions but have high costs, low conductivity, and inadequate self-discharge-suppression capability. This study introduces a novel “water-in-montmorillonite (Mont)” (WiME) electrolyte to address these limitations. WiME leverages the layered structure of the inexpensive Mont to confine water, achieving a high ionic conductivity of 64.82 mS/cm and remarkable self-discharge suppression capability and maintaining 92.7% capacity after 720 h. The WiME architecture facilitates uniform Zn deposition and promotes cycling stability at high current densities. WiME-based symmetric cells show excellent long-term cycling, surpassing 1900 h, and full Zn||MnOOH cells display stable cycling for 500 cycles without capacity decay, demonstrating synergy among mitigated parasitic reactions, homogenous zinc deposition, and enhanced interfacial stability enabled by WiMEs. This study presents a low-cost and high-performance strategy for advancing the practical application of AZIBs for various fields.

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zinc-ion batteryself-discharge suppressionwater-in-montmorillonitequasi-solid-state electrolyteinterfacial stabilitycost effective

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Energy Materials and Devices
Volume 2 Issue 4,
December 2024
Article number: 9370047
DOI: 10.26599/EMD.2024.9370047
Cite this article:
Huang Y, Guo R, An Y, et al. “Water-in-montmorillonite” quasi-solid-state electrolyte for ultralow self-discharge aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Energy Materials and Devices, 2024, 2(4): 9370047. https://doi.org/10.26599/EMD.2024.9370047

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Received: 23 September 2024
Revised: 16 October 2024
Accepted: 22 October 2024
Published: 31 December 2024
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