Exploring anodes for calcium-ion batteries
Calcium ion batteries have been increasingly explored as an alternative energy storage system as industry begins to manoeuvre towards an age of 'Beyond lithium-ion' research and development. However, using calcium metal as the battery's anode presents a multitude of issues, including...
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| Published in | Materials advances Vol. 4; no. 9; pp. 228 - 241 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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10.05.2023
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| Summary: | Calcium ion batteries have been increasingly explored as an alternative energy storage system as industry begins to manoeuvre towards an age of 'Beyond lithium-ion' research and development. However, using calcium metal as the battery's anode presents a multitude of issues, including the inability to strip ions off the metal, and the creation of an inactive passivation layer. Most research conducted around calcium ion batteries focuses on the electrolytic and cathodic study, whereas little focuses on the anode, due in part to the complexity and difficulty in resolving its challenges. Herein, this review will address the issues calcium has, including its lack of reversibility and solid electrolyte interface formation, as well as explore the alternative anode materials that have been utilised, noting their viability and future prospects.
Calcium ion batteries have been increasingly explored as an alternative energy storage system as industry begins to manoeuvre towards an age of 'Beyond lithium' research and development. |
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| Bibliography: | Dr Yang Xu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Electrochemical Energy Storage in the Department of Chemistry at University College London. He received his bachelor's and PhD degrees at the University of Science and Technology of China under the supervision of Professor Yi Xie, and carried out his postdoctoral work in US, Canada, and Germany. His research focus lies in beyond-lithium battery chemistries (sodium, potassium and calcium) including intercalation chemistry of cathode materials, electrodeposition of metal anodes, and ion storage mechanism of conversion electrodes through materials synthesis, electrode and separator designs, and advanced characterization. Christopher A. Howard is Professor of Materials Physics at UCL. His lab focuses on creating and investigating novel nanostructured and low-dimensional materials that have interesting and useful properties, with a focus on energy applications. He enjoys teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programs and is co-director of the UK ESPRC Center for Doctoral Training in Advanced Characterisation of Materials. He is passionate about improving the mechanisms for achieving real-world impact from scientific research, which he believes is critically important for achieving carbon neutrality. To this end, he co-founded Prosemino, a clean-tech incubator that both creates and accelerates early-stage ventures in this area. Prof. Min Zhou received her PhD degree in the Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). After being a postdoctoral fellow at Ilmenau University of Technology (Germany), she is currently a professor at USTC and Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale. Her research focuses on materials geometry and their applications for energy conversion and storage. Henry Tinker is currently a postdoctoral researcher at University College London (UCL). He received his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool in 2016, before undertaking a biomedical research MRes in 2017. He completed his PhD in 2021 at UCL, focussing on combining graphitic materials with inorganic precursors to design electrochemical carbon composites for fuel cell catalysts and supercapacitor electrodes. He joined the Xu group in 2021, where he works on calcium ion battery electrode design. |
| ISSN: | 2633-5409 2633-5409 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2ma01034h |