Clark, Simon und Mainar, Aroa und Iruin, Elena und Colmenares, Luis und Blazquez, Alberto und Jusys, Zenonas und Tolchard, Julian und Horstmann, Birger (2020) Designing Aqueous Organic Electrolytes for Near-Neutral Zinc-Air Batteries: Method, Simulation, and Validation. Advanced Energy Materials, 10, Seite 1903470. Wiley. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201903470. ISSN 1614-6832.
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Aqueous zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are a low‐cost, safe, and sustainable technology for stationary energy storage. ZABs with pH‐buffered near‐neutral electrolytes have the potential for longer lifetime compared to traditional alkaline ZABs due to the slower absorption of carbonates at nonalkaline pH values. However, existing near‐neutral electrolytes often contain halide salts, which are corrosive and threaten the precipitation of ZnO as the dominant discharge product. This paper presents a method for designing halide‐free aqueous ZAB electrolytes using thermodynamic descriptors to computationally screen components. The dynamic performance of a ZAB with one possible halide‐free aqueous electrolyte based on organic salts is simulated using an advanced method of continuum modeling, and the results are validated by experiments. X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy measurements of Zn electrodes show that ZnO is the dominant discharge product, and operando pH measurements confirm the stability of the electrolyte pH during cell cycling. Long‐term full cell cycling tests are performed, and rotating ring disk electrode measurements elucidate the mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. The analysis shows that aqueous electrolytes containing organic salts could be a promising field of research for zinc‐based batteries, due to their Zn2+ chelating and pH buffering properties. The remaining challenges including the electrochemical stability of the electrolyte components are discussed.
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Dokumentart: | Zeitschriftenbeitrag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titel: | Designing Aqueous Organic Electrolytes for Near-Neutral Zinc-Air Batteries: Method, Simulation, and Validation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Datum: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erschienen in: | Advanced Energy Materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referierte Publikation: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Nein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Band: | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/aenm.201903470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seitenbereich: | Seite 1903470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verlag: | Wiley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1614-6832 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | veröffentlicht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stichwörter: | aqueous near‐neutral electrolytes, organic salts, thermodynamics, theory and validation, zinc–air batteries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Forschungsbereich: | Energie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Programm: | Speicher und vernetzte Infrastrukturen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Programmthema: | Elektrochemische Energiespeicher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Schwerpunkt: | Energie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Forschungsgebiet: | E SP - Energiespeicher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben): | E - Elektrochemische Prozesse (Batterien) (alt) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standort: | Ulm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institute & Einrichtungen: | Institut für Technische Thermodynamik > Computergestützte Elektrochemie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hinterlegt von: | Horstmann, Birger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hinterlegt am: | 16 Dez 2020 21:09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letzte Änderung: | 23 Okt 2023 12:09 |
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