Rechargeable Seawater Battery and Its Electrochemical Mechanism
Abstract
Abstract Herein, we explore the electrochemical mechanism of a novel rechargeable seawater battery system that uses seawater as the cathode material. Sodium is harvested from seawater while charging the battery, and the harvested sodium is discharged with oxygen dissolved in the seawater, functioning as oxidants to produce electricity. The seawater provides both anode (Na metal) and cathode (O 2 ) materials for the proposed battery. Based on the discharge voltage (∼2.9 V) with participation of O 2 and the charge voltage (∼4.1 V) with Cl 2 evolution during the first cycle, a voltage efficiency of about 73 % is obtained. If the seawater battery is constructed using hard carbon as the anode and a Na super ion conductor as the solid electrolyte, a strong cycle performance of 84 % is observed after 40 cycles.
- Authors:
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- Ulsan National Inst. of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan (Korea)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Science and Engineering Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1337148
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1401359
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; NRF-2014R1A1A2A16053515; NIPA-2013-H0301-13-1009; DE‐AC02–06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ChemElectroChem
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2196-0216
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electrochemistry; energy storage; green chemistry; seawater cathode material; sodium
Citation Formats
Kim, Jae-Kwang, Lee, Eungje, Kim, Hyojin, Johnson, Christopher, Cho, Jaephil, and Kim, Youngsik. Rechargeable Seawater Battery and Its Electrochemical Mechanism. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1002/celc.201402344.
Kim, Jae-Kwang, Lee, Eungje, Kim, Hyojin, Johnson, Christopher, Cho, Jaephil, & Kim, Youngsik. Rechargeable Seawater Battery and Its Electrochemical Mechanism. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402344
Kim, Jae-Kwang, Lee, Eungje, Kim, Hyojin, Johnson, Christopher, Cho, Jaephil, and Kim, Youngsik. Tue .
"Rechargeable Seawater Battery and Its Electrochemical Mechanism". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402344. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337148.
@article{osti_1337148,
title = {Rechargeable Seawater Battery and Its Electrochemical Mechanism},
author = {Kim, Jae-Kwang and Lee, Eungje and Kim, Hyojin and Johnson, Christopher and Cho, Jaephil and Kim, Youngsik},
abstractNote = {Abstract Herein, we explore the electrochemical mechanism of a novel rechargeable seawater battery system that uses seawater as the cathode material. Sodium is harvested from seawater while charging the battery, and the harvested sodium is discharged with oxygen dissolved in the seawater, functioning as oxidants to produce electricity. The seawater provides both anode (Na metal) and cathode (O 2 ) materials for the proposed battery. Based on the discharge voltage (∼2.9 V) with participation of O 2 and the charge voltage (∼4.1 V) with Cl 2 evolution during the first cycle, a voltage efficiency of about 73 % is obtained. If the seawater battery is constructed using hard carbon as the anode and a Na super ion conductor as the solid electrolyte, a strong cycle performance of 84 % is observed after 40 cycles.},
doi = {10.1002/celc.201402344},
journal = {ChemElectroChem},
number = 3,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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