Coupling High Hardness and Zn Affinity in Amorphous–Crystalline Diamond for Stable Zn Metal Anodes

• Published in: ACS nano Vol. 18; no. 22; pp. 14403 - 14413
• Main Authors: Chen, Yuhan, Yin, Jianan, Zhang, Yaqin, Lyu, Fucong, Qin, Bin, Zhou, Jingwen, Liu, Jia-Hua, Long, Yun-Chen, Mao, Zhengyi, Miao, Mulin, Cai, Xiaoqiang, Fan, Jun, Lu, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 22.05.2024
• Subjects: aqueous batteries; mechanical and chemical synergism; Zn dendrites; amorphous−crystalline heterostructure; nano dual-phase diamond

The highly reversible plating/stripping of Zn is plagued by dendrite growth and side reactions on metallic Zn anodes, retarding the commercial application of aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Herein, a distinctive nano dual-phase diamond (NDPD) comprised of an amorphous–crystalline heterostructure is develo...