Rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) are emerging as impressive candidates for renewable energy storage, benefiting from their cost-effectiveness, environmental benignancy, and intrinsic safety. Unfortunately, the further development of aqueous ZIBs is plagued by the free water–induced parasitic reactions, including inevitable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and corrosion issues. Herein, with the aim to reduce the reactivity of solvent water, an effective strategy is proposed to construct the H-bonding with free water by adding an ether-based additive. It is found that the suppressed HER and zinc corrosion can be achieved through the participation of the H-bonding. Meanwhile, the electrode/electrolyte interface is tuned by increasing the wettability as well, which contributes to enlarge the effective area of electrode reaction. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the performance of ZIBs can be improved through enhancing the stability of Zn anode.

得益于其成本效益，环境友好性和本质安全性，可再充电含水锌离子电池（ZIBs）成为可再生能源存储的令人印象深刻的候选者。不幸的是，水性ZIBs的进一步发展受到自由水诱导的寄生反应的困扰，包括不可避免的析氢反应（HER）和腐蚀问题。在本文中，为了降低溶剂水的反应性，提出了一种有效的策略，通过添加基于醚的添加剂与游离水进行氢键键合。发现通过H键的参与可以实现抑制的HER和锌腐蚀。同时，也通过增加润湿性来调节电极/电解质界面，这有助于扩大电极反应的有效面积。