我室孙世刚教授和乔羽教授在 Nano letters 上发表论文：Long-Life Aqueous Zn–I2 Battery Enabled by a Low-Cost Multifunctional Zeolite Membrane Separator

摘要：Aqueous zinc iodide (Zn–I₂) batteries are promising large-scale energy-storage devices. However, the uncontrollable diffuse away/shuttle of soluble I₃^– leads to energy loss (low Coulombic efficiency, CE), and poor reversibility (self-discharge). Herein, we employ an ordered framework window within a zeolite molecular sieve to restrain I₃^– crossover and prepare zeolite molecular sieve particles into compact, large-scale, and flexible membranes at the engineering level. The as-prepared membrane can confine I₃^– within the catholyte region and restrain its irreversible escape, which is proved via space-resolution and electrochemical in situ time-resolution Raman technologies. As a result, overcharge/self-discharge and Zn corrosion are effectively controlled by zeolite separator. After replacing the typically used glass fiber separator to a zeolite membrane, the CE of Zn–I₂ battery improves from 78.9 to 98.6% at 0.2 A/g. Besides, after aging at the fully charged state for 5.0 h, self-discharge is restrained and CE is enhanced from 44.0 to 85.65%. Moreover, the Zn–I₂ cell maintains 91.0% capacity over 30,000 cycles at 4.0 A/g.

文章链接：https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00460