Citation: Liang Wang, Weitao Li, Lei Zheng, Mengmin Jia, Dai-Huo Liu, Dongmei Dai, Zhuangzhuang Zhang, Chunyu Ma, Bao Wang, Shengli Zhang, Li Su, Bao Li. Hemin with strong adsorption on zinc anode as a multi-functional interface layer for highly reversible Zn-ion batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(1): 111458. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111458 shu

Hemin with strong adsorption on zinc anode as a multi-functional interface layer for highly reversible Zn-ion batteries

Liang Wang ^{a, *,} ,
Weitao Li ^a ,
Lei Zheng ^c ,
Mengmin Jia ^a ,
Dai-Huo Liu ^a ,
Dongmei Dai ^a ,
Zhuangzhuang Zhang ^a ,
Chunyu Ma ^a ,
Bao Wang ^{a, b} ,
Shengli Zhang ^{c, *,} ,
Li Su ^{a, *,} ,
Bao Li ^{a, *,}

a.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
c.
Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, MIIT Key Lab Adv Display Mat & Devices, Nanjing 210094, China

wangliang@htu.edu.cn

zhangslvip@njust.edu.cn

suli@htu.edu.cn

libao@htu.edu.cn

Received Date: 23 April 2025
Revised Date: 11 June 2025
Accepted Date: 13 June 2025
Available Online: 13 June 2025

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Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are regarded as one of the most promising energy conversion and storage devices. Nevertheless, side reactions and dendrite growth on the zinc metal anode hinder their widespread application. In this study, hemin was employed as a multi-functional artificial interface for the first time to inhibit the disordered growth of zinc dendrites and mitigate side reactions. Theoretical calculations indicate that hemin is preferentially adsorbed onto the zinc anode, thus blocking the interaction between the active zinc anode and electrolyte. Compared with zinc foil, the Hemin@Zn anode demonstrates enhanced corrosion resistance, a decrease in hydrogen evolution, and more orderly deposition of zinc. As expected, the symmetric cell with Hemin@Zn anode can sustain up to 4000 h at 0.2 mA/cm², 0.2 mAh/cm². Asymmetric Zn//Cu cells exhibit an average coulombic efficiency exceeding 99.72% during 500 cycles. Moreover, the full cell Hemin@Zn//NH₄V₄O₁₀ delivers a superior capacity up to 367 mAh/g and the discharge capacity retention reaches 124 mAh/g after 1200 cycles even at a current density of 5 A/g. This work provides a simple and effective method for constructing a robust artificial interface to promote the application of long-life AZIBs.
- Hemin,
- Zn-ion batteries,
- Interface,
- Dendrites,
- Strong adsorption,
- Drop coating
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