A sustainable aqueous Zn-I2 battery
A sustainable aqueous Zn-I2 battery作者机构:School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials & Devices Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
出 版 物:《Nano Research》 (纳米研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2018年第11卷第7期
页 面:3548-3554页
核心收录:
学科分类:0808[工学-电气工程] 081704[工学-应用化学] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术(可授工学、理学学位)] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程(可授工学、理学学位)] 0702[理学-物理学]
基 金:This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21171128 and 21603162) Tianjin Sci. & Tech. Program (No. 17JCYBJC21500) and the Fundamental Research Funds of Tianjin University of Technology.
主 题:aqueous battery nanoporous carbon iodine zinc cycle life
摘 要:Rechargeable metal-iodine batteries are an emerging attractive electrochemical energy storage technology that combines metallic anodes with halogen cathodes. Such batteries using aqueous electrolytes represent a viable solution for the safety and cost issues associated with organic electrolytes. A hybrid-electrolyte battery architecture has been adopted in a lithium-iodine battery using a solid ceramic membrane that protects the metallic anode from contacting the aqueous electrolyte. Here we demonstrate an eco-friendly, low-cost zinc-iodine battery with an aqueous electrolyte, wherein active I2 is confined in a nanoporous carbon cloth substrate. The electrochemical reaction is confined in the nanopores as a single conversion reaction, thus avoiding the production of I3- intermediates. The cathode architecture fully utilizes the active I2, showing a capacity of 255 mAh·g^-1 and low capacity cycling fading. The battery provides an energy density of -151 Wh·kg^-1 and exhibits an ultrastable cycle life of more than 1,500 cycles.