TY - JOUR
T1 - Aqueous metal-air batteries: Fundamentals and applications
AU - Liu, Qianfeng
AU - Pan, Zhefei
AU - Wang, Erdong
AU - An, Liang
AU - Sun, Gongquan
N1 - This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program (2017YFC0306403), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA09030104, XDA22010601), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Joint Sino-German Research Project (Grant No. GZ1364), and the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. 15222018).
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Aqueous metal-air batteries have gained much research interest as an emerging energy storage technology in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and stationary power plant recently, primarily due to their high energy density derived from discarding the bulkier cathode chamber. In addition, abundant raw materials, low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness are intrinsic advantages of metal-air batteries as well. Motivated by the desirable characteristics, the significant progress has been made in promoting the promising electrochemical performance and improving the long-term stability in aqueous metal-air batteries in recent years. This review article starts with a general description of the features and working principles of aqueous metal-air battery systems. Then, the air cathode structures are introduced and compared, as well as the electrochemical catalysts applied in the air cathode are comprehensively summarized, including noble metals, alloys, metal oxides, hydroxides or sulfides, carbon materials, as well as the composite materials such as metal (oxides)/metal oxides and (metal) oxides/carbon materials. In addition, the chemistries and major issues of metal anodes, e.g. aluminum, zinc and magnesium, are reviewed and respective strategies to alleviate these issues are offered as well. Afterwards, detailed discussions have been provided on the recent progress towards the electrolytes and separators, both of which are crucial components in the battery configuration. From the system point of view, innovative single-cell and stack system designs are also presented. Finally, the challenges and perspectives for the future development of aqueous metal-air batteries are highlighted.
AB - Aqueous metal-air batteries have gained much research interest as an emerging energy storage technology in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and stationary power plant recently, primarily due to their high energy density derived from discarding the bulkier cathode chamber. In addition, abundant raw materials, low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness are intrinsic advantages of metal-air batteries as well. Motivated by the desirable characteristics, the significant progress has been made in promoting the promising electrochemical performance and improving the long-term stability in aqueous metal-air batteries in recent years. This review article starts with a general description of the features and working principles of aqueous metal-air battery systems. Then, the air cathode structures are introduced and compared, as well as the electrochemical catalysts applied in the air cathode are comprehensively summarized, including noble metals, alloys, metal oxides, hydroxides or sulfides, carbon materials, as well as the composite materials such as metal (oxides)/metal oxides and (metal) oxides/carbon materials. In addition, the chemistries and major issues of metal anodes, e.g. aluminum, zinc and magnesium, are reviewed and respective strategies to alleviate these issues are offered as well. Afterwards, detailed discussions have been provided on the recent progress towards the electrolytes and separators, both of which are crucial components in the battery configuration. From the system point of view, innovative single-cell and stack system designs are also presented. Finally, the challenges and perspectives for the future development of aqueous metal-air batteries are highlighted.
KW - Aqueous electrolytes
KW - Bi-functional electrocatalysts
KW - Metal-air batteries
KW - Separators
KW - System designs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.12.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.12.011
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85077913807
SN - 2405-8297
VL - 27
SP - 478
EP - 505
JO - Energy Storage Materials
JF - Energy Storage Materials
ER -