The invention discloses an inorganic-organic mixed acid etched
zinc negative
electrode material and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of aqueous
zinc ion batteries. The invention aims to solve the problem that the service life of the battery is shortened due to
zinc dendrite growth,
corrosion and
hydrogen evolution in the practical application of the current aqueous
zinc ion battery. The mixed acid of
hydrochloric acid and
citric acid is used for
etching commercial zinc foil to obtain the zinc negative
electrode etched by inorganic / organic mixed acid, the zinc negative
electrode is applied to the aqueous
zinc ion battery negative electrode, the three-dimensional structure of the zinc negative electrode can uniformly distribute an
electric field, and the high specific surface area can reduce the
local current density, so that zinc ions are more uniformly distributed in the deposition / stripping process; and dendritic
crystal formation is reduced. And meanwhile, a zinc citrate layer rich in
zinc binding sites is generated on the surface in situ, so that the
nucleation barrier of zinc ions can be reduced, uniform
nucleation is promoted, and under the
dual action of the three-dimensional structure and the zinc-loving layer, the generation of zinc dendrites is further inhibited, and the electrochemical performance of the
zinc ion battery is effectively improved.