Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries with an Ultralarge Discharge Capacity per Cycle and an Ultralong Cycle Life

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 35(2023), 30 vom: 17. Juli, Seite e2301952
1. Verfasser: Zhong, Xiongwei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Shao, Yangfan, Chen, Biao, Li, Chuang, Sheng, Jinzhi, Xiao, Xiao, Xu, Baomin, Li, Jia, Cheng, Hui-Ming, Zhou, Guangmin
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article (002)Zn plane Zn-free anodes hydrophilic charge cathodes hydrophobic discharge cathodes rechargeable zinc-air batteries
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Zusammenfassung:© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
A conventional two-electrode rechargeable zinc-air battery (RZAB) has two major problems: 1) opposing requirements for the oxygen reduction (ORR) and oxygen evolution (OER) reactions from the catalyst at the air cathode; and 2) zinc-dendrite formation, hydrogen generation, and zinc corrosion at the zinc anode. To tackle these problems, a three-electrode RZAB (T-RZAB) including a hydrophobic discharge cathode, a hydrophilic charge cathode, and a zinc-free anode is developed. The decoupled cathodes enable fast ORR and OER kinetics, and avoid oxidization of the ORR catalyst. The zinc-free anode using tin-coated copper foam that induces the growth of (002)Zn planes, suppresses hydrogen evolution, and prevents Zn corrosion. As a result, the T-RZABs have a high discharge capacity per cycle of 800 mAh cm-2 , a low voltage gap between the discharge/charge platforms of 0.66 V, and an ultralong cycle life of 5220 h at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 . A large T-RZAB with a discharge capacity of 10 Ah per cycle with no obvious degradation after cycling for 1000 h is developed. Finally, a T-RZAB pack that has an energy density of 151.8 Wh kg-1 and a low cost of 46.7 US dollars kWh-1  is assembled
Beschreibung:Date Revised 27.07.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202301952