Issue 8, 2022

The advent of membrane-less zinc-anode aqueous batteries with lithium battery-like voltage

Abstract

Zinc (Zn)-anode batteries, although safe and non-flammable, are precluded from promising applications because of their low voltage (<2 V) and poor rechargeability. Here, we report the fabrication of rechargeable membrane-less Zn–anode batteries with high voltage properties (2.5 to 3.4 V) achieved through coupling cathodes and Zn–anodes in gelled concentrated acid and alkaline solutions separated by a gelled buffer interlayer containing the working ions. The concentrated gelled buffer interlayers perform dual functions of regulating the pH of the system and acting as the source and sink of the working ions. With this strategy we show low-cost membrane-less 2.5 to 3.4 V Zn–manganese dioxide (MnO2) batteries capable of cycling 10–100% of 617 mA h g−1-MnO2 and 20–30% of 820 mA h g−1-Zn and demonstrate their application in electric vehicles. This strategy is then applied to other oxide-based cathode systems like Cu2O and V2O5, where voltages of 2 to 3 V are obtained in membrane-less batteries.

Graphical abstract: The advent of membrane-less zinc-anode aqueous batteries with lithium battery-like voltage

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 mar 2022
Accepted
05 máj 2022
First published
05 máj 2022

Mater. Horiz., 2022,9, 2160-2171

The advent of membrane-less zinc-anode aqueous batteries with lithium battery-like voltage

G. G. Yadav, M. Weiner, A. Upreti, J. Huang, T. N. Lambert, D. J. Arnot, N. B. Schorr, N. S. Bell, D. Turney, B. Hawkins, X. Wei, M. Lim and S. Banerjee, Mater. Horiz., 2022, 9, 2160 DOI: 10.1039/D2MH00280A

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