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ArticleNature communications2025

Mitigating ion flux vortex enables reversible zinc electrodeposition.

Yuhang Dai, Wenjia Du, Haobo Dong, Xuan Gao, Chang Su, Partha P Paul, Bratislav Lukic, Chengyi Zhang, Chumei Ye, Jinghao Li and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Yuhang Dai *Christopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-6758
Wenjia Du *Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8434-4764
Haobo Dong *Christopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-8997
Xuan GaoChristopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK. xuan.gao@eng.ox.ac.uk.
Chang SuNuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 1NF, UK.
Partha P PaulHenry Royce Institute, Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0559-3429
Bratislav LukicHenry Royce Institute, Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Chengyi ZhangSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4122-0301
Chumei YeDepartment of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6241-1230
Jinghao LiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1431-7443
Wei ZongDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1815-6471
Jianwei LiChristopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Yiyang LiuChristopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Alexander RackESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-3621
Liqiang MaiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China. mlq518@whut.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-7725
Paul R ShearingDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK. paul.shearing@eng.ox.ac.uk.
Guanjie HeChristopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK. g.he@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-9645

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/V027433/1, EP/V027433/2, EP/L015862/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal anodes hold considerable promise for high-energy-density batteries but are fundamentally limited by electrochemical irreversibility caused by uneven metal deposition and dendrite formation, which compromise battery lifespan and safety. The chaotic ion flow (or ion flux vortex) near the electrode surface, driving these instabilities, has remained elusive due to limitations in conventional techniques such as scanning electron and atomic force microscopies, which are invasive and incapable of probing internal structures of deposits. Here, we employ in-situ X-ray computed tomography (CT) to non-destructively visualize Zn deposition on LAPONITE-coated Zn anodes, thereby revealing the internal structural evolution and deposition orientation. Combined with computational fluid dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that the LAPONITE coating, with its separated positive and negative charge centers, suppresses ionic vortex formation, guiding uniform, dense, and vertically aligned Zn growth along (100) plane, thereby significantly mitigating dendrite growth. This translates into a 3.17-Ah Zn-MnO

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