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Electrodeposition and stripping of zinc from an ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte for rechargeable zinc-based batteries

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In this paper, we report on zinc deposition and stripping in an ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte on gold and copper substrates, respectively. The ionic liquid-based polymer gel electrolyte is prepared by combining the ionic liquid 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethylsulfonate ([Py1,4]TfO), with Zn(TfO)2 and poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP). The ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte exhibits good conductivity (2.2 mS cm−1) and good mechanical stability. Zinc deposition and stripping in the ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte were studied by cyclic voltammetry, potentiostatic, and galvanostatic cycling (charging/discharging) experiments. The gel electrolyte exhibits a promising electrochemical stability and allows a quasi-reversible zinc deposition/stripping. The morphology of the zinc deposits after 10 cycles of zinc deposition/stripping is compact and dense, and deposits without any dendrite formation can be obtained. The quasi-reversibility of the electrochemical deposition/stripping of zinc in this ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte is of interest for rechargeable zinc-based batteries.

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Financial support by the BMBF project AKUZIL is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Electrochemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Strasse 6, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Zhen Liu, Sherif Zein El Abedin & Frank Endres

  2. Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Sherif Zein El Abedin

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Liu, Z., Zein El Abedin, S. & Endres, F. Electrodeposition and stripping of zinc from an ionic liquid polymer gel electrolyte for rechargeable zinc-based batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 18, 2683–2691 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2526-8

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