Preparation method and application of multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12315926-B2
Application number	US-202418735247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2024
Priority date	Oct 27, 2023
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and application of a multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende in zinc metal batteries. Zinc blende powder is produced by crushing and ball milling, then mixed with a solvent and wet screened. The fine zinc blende is dried and mixed with a surfactant to obtain grafted fine powder. This modified powder is combined with a binder and organic solvent to form a slurry, which is coated on the zinc metal cathode. After drying, the modified composite zinc metal cathode is applied to aqueous zinc metal batteries. This method stabilizes the zinc cathode, isolates electrolyte corrosion, inhibits zinc dendrite growth, and addresses issues of dendrite formation, hydrogen evolution, and corrosion, thereby extending the battery's service life.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A preparation method of a multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende, comprising the following steps:
S1, conducting ball milling on zinc blende after crushing it to obtain a zinc blende powder;
S2, mixing the zinc blende powder with a solvent, conducting wet screening through a sieve, collecting and drying it to obtain a wet-screened zinc blende powder;
S3, adding the above wet-screened zinc blende powder into a certain concentration of zwitterionic surfactant solution and stirring it for a period, after suction filtration and drying, a graft modified wet-screened zinc blende powder is obtained;
S4, mixing the above-mentioned graft modified wet-screened zinc blende powder with a binder in a certain proportion, and then adding an organic solvent into it to make a slurry; and
S5, uniformly coating the above slurry on a surface of a zinc metal cathode, and then conducting a drying treatment to obtain a composite zinc cathode modified by the multifunctional interface layer, wherein a zwitterionic surfactant used in the zwitterionic surfactant solution of S3 is a betaine surfactant.

2. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 , the ball milling in S1 comprises a first ball milling and a second planetary ball milling, in which the first ball milling has a speed of 100-300 r/min, for a time of 1-6 h; and the second planetary ball milling has a speed of 800-1200 r/min, and for a time of 6-14 h.

3. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 , in S2 the solvent used is anhydrous ethanol or water, a mesh of the sieve used is 1800-2800 mesh, a drying device used to perform the drying is a vacuum drying box or a ventilated drying box, a drying temperature is 40-100° C., and a drying time is 6-24 h.

4. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 , in S3, the period is >2 h, and a drying temperature is 40-100° C.

5. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 4 , wherein the zwitterionic surfactant is the betaine surfactant which is 2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide betaine.

6. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 , in S4 the binder used is polyvinylidene fluoride, and the organic solvent used is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

7. The preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 , in S5, a coating method is one of scraping coating, spin coating or drop coating; a drying device used to perform the drying treatment is a vacuum drying oven or a ventilated drying oven, a drying temperature is 40-100° C. and a drying time is 6-24 h.

8. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 1 .

9. An application of the above composite zinc cathode in an aqueous zinc metal battery according to claim 8 .

10. The multifunctional interface layer of the composite zinc cathode surface according to claim 8 .

11. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 2 .

12. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 3 .

13. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 4 .

14. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 5 .

15. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 6 .

16. The composite zinc cathode prepared by the above preparation method of the multifunctional interface layer modified composite zinc cathode based on zinc blende according to claim 7 .

Assignees

• Univ Central South

Inventors

• Lin Shangyong
• Zhou Shuang

Classifications

• H01M4/04

  Processes of manufacture in general · CPC title

• H01M4/1397

  of electrodes based on inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy · CPC title

• H01M10/36 Primary

  Accumulators not provided for in groups H01M10/05-H01M10/34 · CPC title

• H01M4/623

  fluorinated polymers · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title