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Tiao Huang, Shenglin Wang, Ming Wang, Hui Hu, Jianyi Wang, Xiaofang Su, Songtao Xiao, Jingyi Wu, Yanan Gao. Sulfonated covalent organic framework modified separator enables long-span and high-capacity zinc-iodine batteries. Green Energy&Environment, 2025, 10(12): 2475-2486. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2025.05.002
Citation: Tiao Huang, Shenglin Wang, Ming Wang, Hui Hu, Jianyi Wang, Xiaofang Su, Songtao Xiao, Jingyi Wu, Yanan Gao. Sulfonated covalent organic framework modified separator enables long-span and high-capacity zinc-iodine batteries. Green Energy&Environment, 2025, 10(12): 2475-2486. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2025.05.002
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Sulfonated covalent organic framework modified separator enables long-span and high-capacity zinc-iodine batteries

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2025.05.002

  • a. Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China;

  • b. Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China;

  • c. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266404, China

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22465012, 22105053), the Key Research and Development Project of Hainan Province, China (ZDYF2024GXJS005) and the Major Science and Technology Project of Hainan Province, China (ZDKJ202016).

  • Received date 31 January 2025, Accepted date 07 May 2025, RevRecd date 15 April 2025, Publish date 13 May 2025,
    Abstract
  • Compared with the most advanced lithium-ion batteries, aqueous zinc-iodine batteries (Zn–I2 batteries) have higher theoretical capacity and energy density, thus attracting much attention in energy storage. However, due to several technical issues, the commercialization of Zn–I2 batteries is still at a bottleneck, and among them, the “shuttle effect” of polyiodide anions is considered to be a main challenge. In order to minimize the shuttle of polyiodide species within the cathode compartment, we herein synthesize a zinc-ion conductive covalent organic framework (COF), namely DMSBA-Tp-COF, that is used to assemble a composite separator together with commercial glass fiber (GF) substrate and graphene (Gr) by a simple vacuum filtration coating technology. The negatively charged –SO3− ions present in COF coatings enable homogeneous Zn2+ flux and simultaneously suppress polyiodides shuttling in the Zn–I2 batteries. As a result, the composite Gr@DMSBA-Tp-COF@GF separator endows the corresponding Zn–I2 symmetrical cell with excellent long-term cyclic stability with a lifespan over 800 h and high-specific capacity of 3.2 mAh cm−2 (at a current density of 20 mA cm−2, voltage range of 0.7–1.7 V). This study provides a prospective strategy to rationally design functional COFs separators and accelerate their applications in high energy storage systems.

     

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