A certain amount of lithium bis-trifluoromethanesulfonimide (LiTFSI, J&K®) was first dissolved in deionized water to obtain a 21 m LiTFSI aqueous electrolyte, where m means molar salts dissolved in per kilogram solvent. Then, the corresponding mass of anhydrous acetonitrile (J&K®) was added to dilute the 21 m LiTFSI aqueous electrolyte into certain concentrations (e.g., 1, 3, and 5 m). Finally, the zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate (Zn(CF3SO3)2, J&K®) was added into the diluted electrolyte to reach 1 m based on the total mass of water and acetonitrile, and the water-acetonitrile electrolytes were obtained.
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