Citation: Xinxiu Yan, Xizhe Huang, Yangyang Liu, Weishang Jia, Hualin Chen, Qi Yao, Tao Chen. Hyperbranched polyamidoamine protective layer with phosphate and carboxyl groups for dendrite-free Zn metal anodes[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(10): 109426. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109426 shu

Hyperbranched polyamidoamine protective layer with phosphate and carboxyl groups for dendrite-free Zn metal anodes

Xinxiu Yan ^a ,
Xizhe Huang ^a ,
Yangyang Liu ^a ,
Weishang Jia ^a ,
Hualin Chen ^a ,
Qi Yao ^{c, *,} ,
Tao Chen ^{b, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory of General Chemistry of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, School of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
b.
Institute of smart city and intelligent transportation, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
c.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China

yaoqi_carl@163.com

taochen12@swjtu.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 September 2023
Revised Date: 5 December 2023
Accepted Date: 11 December 2023
Available Online: 20 December 2023

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Zinc metal is regarded as one of the most promising anodes for Zn-based batteries in next-generation energy storage systems. However, the dendrite growth and interfacial corrosion lead to poor reversibility and cycle life of Zn anodes. Herein, we synthesize a 2-phosphate-1,2,4-butane tricarboxylic acid modified hyperbranched polyamidoamine containing rich terminal groups of phosphate and carboxyl (HPC) as modified layer for the Zn anodes. Importantly, the in situ acid-etching promotes the exposure of (002)_Zn plane and the generated salt-polymer complexes could be adhered to the Zn anodes tightly. This greatly favors the uniform deposition of Zn and inhibits interfacial corrosion. Consequently, stable HPC@Zn anode plating/stripping for over 1200 h at a high areal capacity of 4 mAh/cm² and a current density of 4 mA/cm² is obtained. This study provides a new avenue of hyperbranched polymer in interfacial design for highly reversible and stable Zn metal anodes.
- Zn anode,
- Zn metal batteries,
- Surface chemistry,
- Functional groups,
- Hyperbranched polyamidoamine
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