A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic‐Liquid Electrolyte
Abstract
Abstract Aluminum metal is a promising anode material for next generation rechargeable batteries owing to its abundance, potentially dendrite‐free deposition, and high capacity. The rechargeable aluminum/sulfur (Al/S) battery is of great interest owing to its high energy density (1340 Wh kg −1 ) and low cost. However, Al/S chemistry suffers poor reversibility owing to the difficulty of oxidizing AlS x . Herein, we demonstrate the first reversible Al/S battery in ionic‐liquid electrolyte with an activated carbon cloth/sulfur composite cathode. Electrochemical, spectroscopic, and microscopic results suggest that sulfur undergoes a solid‐state conversion reaction in the electrolyte. Kinetics analysis identifies that the slow solid‐state sulfur conversion reaction causes large voltage hysteresis and limits the energy efficiency of the system.
- Authors:
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- Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD 20740 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park MD 20740 USA
- Department of Material Science and Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD 20740 USA
- Department of Material Science and Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD 20740 USA, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland College Park MD 20740 USA
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- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1401696
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DESC0001160
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Angewandte Chemie
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 128 Journal Issue: 34; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Gao, Tao, Li, Xiaogang, Wang, Xiwen, Hu, Junkai, Han, Fudong, Fan, Xiulin, Suo, Liumin, Pearse, Alex J., Lee, Sang Bok, Rubloff, Gary W., Gaskell, Karen J., Noked, Malachi, and Wang, Chunsheng. A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic‐Liquid Electrolyte. Germany: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/ange.201603531.
Gao, Tao, Li, Xiaogang, Wang, Xiwen, Hu, Junkai, Han, Fudong, Fan, Xiulin, Suo, Liumin, Pearse, Alex J., Lee, Sang Bok, Rubloff, Gary W., Gaskell, Karen J., Noked, Malachi, & Wang, Chunsheng. A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic‐Liquid Electrolyte. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201603531
Gao, Tao, Li, Xiaogang, Wang, Xiwen, Hu, Junkai, Han, Fudong, Fan, Xiulin, Suo, Liumin, Pearse, Alex J., Lee, Sang Bok, Rubloff, Gary W., Gaskell, Karen J., Noked, Malachi, and Wang, Chunsheng. Fri .
"A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic‐Liquid Electrolyte". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201603531.
@article{osti_1401696,
title = {A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic‐Liquid Electrolyte},
author = {Gao, Tao and Li, Xiaogang and Wang, Xiwen and Hu, Junkai and Han, Fudong and Fan, Xiulin and Suo, Liumin and Pearse, Alex J. and Lee, Sang Bok and Rubloff, Gary W. and Gaskell, Karen J. and Noked, Malachi and Wang, Chunsheng},
abstractNote = {Abstract Aluminum metal is a promising anode material for next generation rechargeable batteries owing to its abundance, potentially dendrite‐free deposition, and high capacity. The rechargeable aluminum/sulfur (Al/S) battery is of great interest owing to its high energy density (1340 Wh kg −1 ) and low cost. However, Al/S chemistry suffers poor reversibility owing to the difficulty of oxidizing AlS x . Herein, we demonstrate the first reversible Al/S battery in ionic‐liquid electrolyte with an activated carbon cloth/sulfur composite cathode. Electrochemical, spectroscopic, and microscopic results suggest that sulfur undergoes a solid‐state conversion reaction in the electrolyte. Kinetics analysis identifies that the slow solid‐state sulfur conversion reaction causes large voltage hysteresis and limits the energy efficiency of the system.},
doi = {10.1002/ange.201603531},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie},
number = 34,
volume = 128,
place = {Germany},
year = {Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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