The invention belongs to the technical field of aqueous
zinc metal batteries, provides a composite negative
electrode material for an aqueous
zinc metal battery and a preparation method thereof, and aims to improve the cycle performance of the aqueous
zinc metal battery and promote commercial application of the aqueous
zinc metal battery. The composite negative
electrode material is of a three-layer
coating structure and is composed of zinc
powder, carbon balls and
bismuth nanosheets, the carbon balls are of an egg
yolk shell structure, the zinc
powder is coated with the carbon balls, and the surfaces of the carbon balls are coated with the
bismuth nanosheets; the unique structure of the composite negative
electrode not only can provide a rich continuous interface to promote efficient transfer of electrons, but also can reduce
volume expansion and shrinkage generated in the repeated
electroplating / stripping process of
zinc metal, so that the
electric contact loss of the zinc negative electrode is effectively inhibited; and the outer
bismuth nanosheet not only can inhibit the
hydrogen evolution reaction of a
zinc metal /
electrolyte interface, but also can enhance the transmission of ions in the electrochemical process, and induce the Zn (002)
crystal face to be deposited on the surface of the electrode, so that the formation of zinc dendrites can be effectively inhibited through the plane deposition mechanism.