A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

Sun, Wei; Wang, Fei; Zhang, Bao; Zhang, Mengyi; Küpers, Verena; Ji, Xiao; Theile, Claudia; Bieker, Peter; Xu, Kang; Wang, Chunsheng; Winter, Martin

doi:10.1126/science.abb9554

A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

Journal Article · 01 January 2021 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9554· OSTI ID:1848188

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MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.; OSTI
Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Energy Storage Branch, Biomaterials and Energy Division, Sensor and Electro Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.; Helmholtz Institute Münster, IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Münster, Germany.

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. Sunet 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

Research Organization:: Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

DOE Contract Number:: AR0000389;

OSTI ID:: 1848188

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6524 Vol. 371; ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAAS

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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