The invention discloses a
zinc-
bromine flow battery multifunctional negative
electrode electrolyte and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
electrochemical energy storage, and the method comprises the following steps: uniformly stirring and mixing a
solvent, deionized water and a cosolvent, adding an
electrolyte, stirring until the
electrolyte is completely dissolved, then adding a
supporting electrolyte and a negative
electrode additive, stirring until the
supporting electrolyte and the negative
electrode additive are completely dissolved, and obtaining the
zinc-
bromine flow battery multifunctional negative electrode electrolyte. The multifunctional negative electrode electrolyte of the
zinc-
bromine flow battery is obtained; the negative electrode cosolvent is
dimethylformamide; and the negative electrode additive is at least one of
saponin and cinnamyl
aldehyde.
Saponin molecules are adsorbed on the surface of the zinc electrode, and electronegative carboxyl groups of the
saponin molecules form an electrostatic repulsion net in an electric double layer, so that zinc ions are forced to be uniformly dispersed, local
ion concentration hot spots are eliminated, and dendritic
crystal nucleation is inhibited from the source. In cinnamyl
aldehyde, the strong
electronegativity of
oxygen atoms and the
electronegativity of
aldehyde oxygen are far higher than those of
hydrogen, so that electrons are strongly attracted, adjacent carbon atoms are positively charged, polar adsorption sites are formed, the
hydrogen evolution reaction is effectively inhibited, and the stability and the cycle life of the battery are greatly improved.