A zincophilic separator with directional alignment and pore hydrophilicity towards stable aqueous zinc metal batteries.
Jing FuDongyang HuangYing MeiQiao NiPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)
A zincophilic PAN@Zn(OTF) 2 (PZO) separator with an extremely thin thickness of 65.6 μm is introduced. This separator with a low cost of 6.1 $ m -2 , exhibiting excellent mechanical and wettability properties. The cell with the PZO separator exhibits impressive electrochemical performances both in symmetrical Zn||Zn cell and Zn||NVO full cell.