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A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

Published:2021-01 Issue:6524 Volume:371 Page:46-51
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Sun Wei¹^ORCID,Wang Fei²^ORCID,Zhang Bao³^ORCID,Zhang Mengyi¹^ORCID,Küpers Verena¹^ORCID,Ji Xiao⁴^ORCID,Theile Claudia¹^ORCID,Bieker Peter¹^ORCID,Xu Kang⁵^ORCID,Wang Chunsheng⁴⁶^ORCID,Winter Martin¹⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

2. Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

3. School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

4. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

5. Energy Storage Branch, Biomaterials and Energy Division, Sensor and Electro Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA.

6. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

7. Helmholtz Institute Münster, IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Münster, Germany.

Abstract

When two is better than four Batteries based on the reaction of zinc and oxygen have been used for more than a century, but these have been primary (that is, nonrechargeable) cells. These batteries use an alkaline electrolyte and require a four-electron reduction of oxygen to water, which is a slow process. Sun et al. show that with the right choice of nonalkaline electrolyte, the battery can operate using a two-electron zinc-oxygen/zinc peroxide chemistry that is far more reversible. By making the electrolyte hydrophobic, water is excluded from the near surface of the cathode, thus preventing the four-electron reduction. These batteries also show higher energy density and better cycling stability. Science , this issue p. 46

Funder

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science

US Department of Energy

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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