Materials chemistry for rechargeable zinc-ion batteries

Rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising for large scale energy storage and portable electronic applications due to their low cost, material abundance, high safety, acceptable energy density and environmental friendliness. This tutorial review presents an introduction to the fundamentals...

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Published inChemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 13; pp. 423 - 4219
Main Authors Zhang, Ning, Chen, Xuyong, Yu, Meng, Niu, Zhiqiang, Cheng, Fangyi, Chen, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Royal Society of Chemistry 06.07.2020
Subjects
Cathodes
Chemical properties
Electrochemical analysis
electrochemistry
Electrode materials
Electrolytes
energy
energy density
Energy storage
Flux density
Reaction kinetics
Rechargeable batteries
Storage batteries
Zinc
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Summary:Rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising for large scale energy storage and portable electronic applications due to their low cost, material abundance, high safety, acceptable energy density and environmental friendliness. This tutorial review presents an introduction to the fundamentals, challenges, recent advances and prospects related to ZIBs. Firstly, the intrinsic chemical properties, challenges and strategies of metallic zinc anodes are underscored. Then, the multiple types of cathode materials are classified and comparatively discussed in terms of their structural and electrochemical properties, issues and remedies. Specific attention is paid to the mechanistic understanding and structural transformation of cathode materials based on Zn ion-(de)intercalation chemistry. After that, the widely investigated electrolytes are elaborated by discussing their effect on Zn plating/stripping behaviours, reaction kinetics, electrode/electrolyte interface chemistries, and cell performances. Finally, the remaining challenges and future perspectives are outlined for the development of ZIBs. This tutorial review presents an introduction to the fundamentals, challenges, recent advances and prospects of rechargeable zinc-ion batteries.
Bibliography:10.1039/c9cs00349e
Ning Zhang received his BS degree in Chemistry from Hebei University in 2012 and then obtained his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Nankai University in 2017. He is now an associate professor in the College of Chemistry & Environmental Science at Hebei University. His current research focuses on the design and synthesis of functional materials for applications in energy storage and conversion (lithium/sodium-ion batteries and aqueous zinc-ion batteries).
Fangyi Cheng received his BS (2003) and PhD (2009) from Nankai University. He was appointed as assistant professor in 2009 and has been full professor since 2016 in the College of Chemistry, Nankai University. He stayed for one year (2015-2016) at UCLA as a visiting scholar. His group has broad interest in materials chemistry and energy storage technologies. His particular research efforts encompass the design, synthesis, and mechanism understanding of nonstoichiometric metal oxides and alloys for rechargeable batteries, oxygen electrocatalysis, and nitrogen fixation. He is among the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2018 and 2019).
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Xuyong Chen received his bachelor's degree (2016) in Metallurgical Engineering from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, and MS degree (2019) in Chemical Engineering from Nankai University supervised by Prof. Fangyi Cheng. His research is focused on aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
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ISSN:0306-0012
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DOI:10.1039/c9cs00349e