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Chemical Communications

Aqueous–organic hybrid electrolyte stabilizing zinc metal anodes†

Liwen Hu, ORCID logo a   Yaping Song,a   Xinyue Li,a   Keming Huc  and  Yang Song ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China

b National Innovation Center for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, P. R. China
E-mail: ysong0423@cqu.edu.cn

c Carlson school of management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

Abstract

A novel, low-cost, and non-flammable electrolyte composed of dimethylformamide (DMF), H2O, and Zn(BF4)2 has been proposed. This electrolyte effectively suppresses side reactions by reducing the activity of H2O coordinated with Zn2+. Furthermore, it inhibits zinc dendrite growth through the formation of an in situ ZnF2 layer, which enables a remarkable cycling stability of up to 2550 cycles in Zn symmetric cells.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02088C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2025
Accepted
10 Jun 2025
First published
16 Jun 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Aqueous–organic hybrid electrolyte stabilizing zinc metal anodes

L. Hu, Y. Song, X. Li, K. Hu and Y. Song, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02088C

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