Challenges and advances in wide-temperature rechargeable lithium batteries

Rechargeable lithium batteries (RLBs), including lithium-ion and lithium-metal systems, have recently received considerable attention for electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices due to their low cost, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and temporal and spatial transferability. Most RLB...

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Published inEnergy & environmental science Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 1711 - 1759
Main Authors Feng, Yang, Zhou, Limin, Ma, Hua, Wu, Zhonghan, Zhao, Qing, Li, Haixia, Zhang, Kai, Chen, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 18.05.2022
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Batteries
Electrochemistry
Electrode materials
Electrodes
Electrolytes
Energy storage
Expeditions
Harsh environments
High altitude
High temperature
Lithium
Lithium batteries
Lithium ions
Rechargeable batteries
Temperature tolerance
Underwater exploration
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Summary:Rechargeable lithium batteries (RLBs), including lithium-ion and lithium-metal systems, have recently received considerable attention for electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices due to their low cost, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and temporal and spatial transferability. Most RLBs are harnessed only in favourable environments rather than extreme climates/conditions such as ocean exploration, tropical areas, high altitude drones, and polar expeditions. When chronically or periodically exposed to harsh environments, conventional RLBs will fail to work, especially in low- and high-temperature zones ( i.e. , below 0 °C and above 60 °C). Constructing alternative electrode materials and electrolyte systems with strong temperature tolerance lays the foundation for developing full-climate RLBs. Herein, the key stumbling blocks to realizing wide-temperature RLBs are first comprehensively discussed. Then the latest research progress to address the challenges at extreme temperatures is gradually introduced. And the fundamental operating mechanism and design strategies of electrolyte and electrode materials for RLBs working within a wide-temperature range are reviewed in detail. Finally, insights into and perspectives on energy materials and battery systems are provided to develop wide-temperature-operating range energy storage devices. Building rechargeable lithium batteries for wide-temperature applications requires us to investigate the battery failure mechanism at low/high temperature, design advanced electrode/electrolyte materials, and optimize the battery management system.
Bibliography:Kai Zhang was born in Tianjin, China, in 1987 and earned his BS in science in 2010 from the College of Chemistry at Nankai University (China). In 2015, he received his PhD in engineering from Nankai University under the supervision of Professor Jun Chen. Then, he joined the group of Professor Yong-Mook Kang as a post-doc in the Department of Energy and Materials Engineering in Dongguk University-Seoul (Korea). Currently, he is a professor at Nankai University. He has been selected as a member of the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program funded by CAST. His research focuses on advanced battery materials and wide-temperature electrochemical energy-storage devices.
Limin Zhou received her PhD in 2019 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology and her MS degree from the College of Chemistry from Nankai University in 2015. Then, she jointed Professor Yong-Mook Kang's group as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Korea University. Her current research focuses on synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for rechargeable batteries.
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Yang Feng received his MS degree in 2021 from the School of Textile Science and Engineering at Tiangong University, Tianjin, China. Currently, he is a PhD student in Prof. Kai Zhang's group with the College of Chemistry at Nankai University, Tianjin, China. His current research focuses on synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for wide temperature rechargeable lithium-based batteries.
Jun Chen received his BS and MS degrees from Nankai University in 1989 and 1992, respectively, and his PhD degree from the University of Wollongong (Australia) in 1999. He held a NEDO fellowship in the National Institute of AIST Kansai Center (Japan) from 1999 to 2002. Then he joined Nankai University as a Full Professor in 2002. He is currently an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Director of the Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), and the Vice President of Nankai University. His research focuses mainly on nanomaterials chemistry and high-energy batteries. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of
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ISSN:1754-5692
1754-5706
DOI:10.1039/d1ee03292e