Zn anode surface engineering for stable zinc-ion batteries: Carbon dots incorporated mesoporous TiO2 as a coating layer

• Published in: Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) Vol. 471; p. 144735
• Main Authors: Song, Tian-Bing, Ma, Qian-Li, Zhang, Xi-Rong, Ni, Jia-Wen, He, Tian-Le, Xiong, Huan-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Carbon dots; Coating layer; Mesoporous TiO2; Zinc anode; Zinc ion batteries; Coating layer; Carbon dots; Zinc anode; Zinc ion batteries; Mesoporous TiO2

•This protective layer is constructed by TiO2 nanosheets and N-doped carbon dots.•The TiO2 layer can immobilize water molecules and prevent the side reactions.•NCDs with abundant functional groups provide the zincophilic nucleation sites.•The Zn-TiO2/NCDs||MnO2 full cells show an excellent reversibi...