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Wang B, Tang Y, Deng T, Zhu J, Sun B, Su Y, Ti R, Yang J, Wu W, Cheng N, Zhang C, Lu X, Xu Y, Liang J. Recent progress in aqueous aluminum-ion batteries. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:362004. [PMID: 38848693 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad555c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
Abstract
Aqueous aluminum-ion batteries have many advantages such as their safety, environmental friendliness, low cost, high reserves and the high theoretical specific capacity of aluminum. So aqueous aluminum-ion batteries are potential substitute for lithium-ion batteries. In this paper, the current research status and development trends of cathode and anode materials and electrolytes for aqueous aluminum-ion batteries are described. Aiming at the problem of passivation, corrosion and hydrogen evolution reaction of aluminum anode and dissolution and irreversible change of cathode after cycling in aqueous aluminum-ion batteries. Solutions of different research routes such as ASEI (artificial solid electrolyte interphase), alloying, amorphization, elemental doping, electrolyte regulation, etc and different transformation mechanisms of anode and cathode materials during cycling have been summarized. Moreover, it looks forward to the possible research directions of aqueous aluminum-ion batteries in the future. We hope that this review can provide some insights and support for the design of more suitable electrode materials and electrolytes for aqueous aluminum-ion batteries.
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- Bin Wang
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of New Energy Storage System, Xinxiang 453003, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China
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Zhao Z, Zhang Z, Xu T, Wang W, Wang B, Yu X. Solvation Structure Regulation for Highly Reversible Aqueous Al Metal Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2257-2266. [PMID: 38195401 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
Abstract
Metallic Al has been deemed an ideal electrode material for aqueous batteries by virtue of its abundance and high theoretical capacity (8056 mAh cm-3). However, the development of aqueous Al metal batteries has been hindered by several side reactions, including water decomposition, Al corrosion, and passivation, which arise from the solvation reaction of Al and H2O in conventional aqueous electrolytes. In this work, we report that water activity in electrolyte can be suppressed by optimizing the Al3+ solvation structure through intercalation of polar pyridine-3-carboxylic acid in an aluminum trifluoromethanesulfonate aqueous environment. Furthermore, the pyridine-3-carboxylic acid molecules are inclined to alter the surface energy of Al, thus suppressing the random deposition of Al. As a result, the Al corrosion in the hybrid electrolyte is restrained, and the long-term electrochemical stability of the electrolyte is tremendously improved. These merits bring remarkable reversibility to aqueous Al batteries using Al-preintercalated MnO2 cathodes, delivering a retaining energy density of >250 Wh kg-1 at 0.2 A g-1 after 600 cycles.
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- Zhongchen Zhao
- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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