Ultra-durable two-electrode Zn–air secondary batteries based on bifunctional titania nanocatalysts: a Co2+ dopant boosts the electrochemical activity

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (20) ◽  
pp. 7841-7847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Na Han ◽  
Li-Bing Lv ◽  
Qian-Cheng Zhu ◽  
Xiao Wei ◽  
Xin-Hao Li ◽  
...  

A two-electrode Zn–air battery made of the Co-doped TiO2 based air cathode offered superior high energy density and ultra-high stability.

Ionics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 4351-4360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongliang Yu ◽  
Jiahe Zhang ◽  
Chunxian Xing ◽  
Lei Hu ◽  
Lili Wang ◽  
...  

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 371 (6524) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Wei Sun ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Bao Zhang ◽  
Mengyi Zhang ◽  
Verena Küpers ◽  
...  

Rechargeable alkaline zinc-air batteries promise high energy density and safety but suffer from the sluggish 4 electron (e−)/oxygen (O2) chemistry that requires participation of water and from the electrochemical irreversibility originating from parasitic reactions caused by caustic electrolytes and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Here, we report a zinc-O2/zinc peroxide (ZnO2) chemistry that proceeds through a 2e−/O2 process in nonalkaline aqueous electrolytes, which enables highly reversible redox reactions in zinc-air batteries. This ZnO2 chemistry was made possible by a water-poor and zinc ion (Zn2+)–rich inner Helmholtz layer on the air cathode caused by the hydrophobic trifluoromethanesulfonate anions. The nonalkaline zinc-air battery thus constructed not only tolerates stable operations in ambient air but also exhibits substantially better reversibility than its alkaline counterpart.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 012064
Author(s):  
Changfu Wang ◽  
Yaohui Wang ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Hui Sun ◽  
Wanli Xu

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (47) ◽  
pp. 5357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Zhao ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Yunhui Gong ◽  
Nansheng Xu ◽  
Kevin Romito ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 1870021
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Wang ◽  
Xin Chen ◽  
Fei Shen ◽  
Xiaogang Hang ◽  
Chunming Niu

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junwei Li ◽  
Xiang Hu ◽  
Guobao Zhong ◽  
Yangjie Liu ◽  
Yaxin Ji ◽  
...  

AbstractPotassium-ion hybrid capacitors (PIHCs) tactfully combining capacitor-type cathode with battery-type anode have recently attracted increasing attentions due to their advantages of decent energy density, high power density, and low cost; the mismatches of capacity and kinetics between capacitor-type cathode and battery-type anode in PIHCs yet hinder their overall performance output. Herein, based on prediction of density functional theory calculations, we find Se/N co-doped porous carbon is a promising candidate for K+ storage and thus develop a simple and universal self-sacrifice template method to fabricate Se and N co-doped three-dimensional (3D) macroporous carbon (Se/N-3DMpC), which features favorable properties of connective hierarchical pores, expanded interlayer structure, and rich activity site for boosting pseudocapacitive activity and kinetics toward K+ storage anode and enhancing capacitance performance for the reversible anion adsorption/desorption cathode. As expected, the as-assembled PIHCs full cell with a working voltage as high as 4.0 V delivers a high energy density of 186 Wh kg−1 and a power output of 8100 W kg−1 as well as excellent long service life. The proof-of-concept PIHCs with excellent performance open a new avenue for the development and application of high-performance hybrid capacitors.


2018 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 378-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Miao ◽  
Dazhang Zhu ◽  
Mingxian Liu ◽  
Hui Duan ◽  
Zhiwei Wang ◽  
...  

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