Solid electrolyte interphases for high-energy aqueous aluminum electrochemical cells
Abstract
Electrochemical cells based on aluminum (Al) are of long-standing interest because Al is earth abundant, low cost, and chemically inert. The trivalent Al3+ions also offer among the highest volume-specific charge storage capacities (8040 mAh cm-3), approximately four times larger than achievable for Li metal anodes. Rapid and irreversible formation of a high-electrical bandgap passivating Al2O3oxide film on Al have, to date, frustrated all efforts to create aqueous Al-based electrochemical cells with high reversibility. Here, we investigate the interphases formed on metallic Al in contact with ionic liquid (IL)–eutectic electrolytes and find that artificial solid electrolyte interphases (ASEIs) formed spontaneously on the metal permanently transform its interfacial chemistry. The resultant IL-ASEIs are further shown to enable aqueous Al electrochemical cells with unprecedented reversibility. As an illustration of the potential benefits of these interphases, we create simple Al||MnO2aqueous cells and report that they provide high specific energy (approximately 500 Wh/kg, based on MnO2mass in the cathode) and intrinsic safety features required for applications.
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). School of Applied and Engineering Physics
- Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia).
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). School of Applied and Engineering Physics; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1626004
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AR0000750; SC0016082
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
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Zhao, Qing, Zachman, Michael J., Al Sadat, Wajdi I., Zheng, Jingxu, Kourkoutis, Lena F., and Archer, Lynden. Solid electrolyte interphases for high-energy aqueous aluminum electrochemical cells. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau8131.
Zhao, Qing, Zachman, Michael J., Al Sadat, Wajdi I., Zheng, Jingxu, Kourkoutis, Lena F., & Archer, Lynden. Solid electrolyte interphases for high-energy aqueous aluminum electrochemical cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau8131
Zhao, Qing, Zachman, Michael J., Al Sadat, Wajdi I., Zheng, Jingxu, Kourkoutis, Lena F., and Archer, Lynden. Thu .
"Solid electrolyte interphases for high-energy aqueous aluminum electrochemical cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau8131. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1626004.
@article{osti_1626004,
title = {Solid electrolyte interphases for high-energy aqueous aluminum electrochemical cells},
author = {Zhao, Qing and Zachman, Michael J. and Al Sadat, Wajdi I. and Zheng, Jingxu and Kourkoutis, Lena F. and Archer, Lynden},
abstractNote = {Electrochemical cells based on aluminum (Al) are of long-standing interest because Al is earth abundant, low cost, and chemically inert. The trivalent Al3+ions also offer among the highest volume-specific charge storage capacities (8040 mAh cm-3), approximately four times larger than achievable for Li metal anodes. Rapid and irreversible formation of a high-electrical bandgap passivating Al2O3oxide film on Al have, to date, frustrated all efforts to create aqueous Al-based electrochemical cells with high reversibility. Here, we investigate the interphases formed on metallic Al in contact with ionic liquid (IL)–eutectic electrolytes and find that artificial solid electrolyte interphases (ASEIs) formed spontaneously on the metal permanently transform its interfacial chemistry. The resultant IL-ASEIs are further shown to enable aqueous Al electrochemical cells with unprecedented reversibility. As an illustration of the potential benefits of these interphases, we create simple Al||MnO2aqueous cells and report that they provide high specific energy (approximately 500 Wh/kg, based on MnO2mass in the cathode) and intrinsic safety features required for applications.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aau8131},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 11,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Fig. 1: Surface characterization of metal Al before (named as Al) and after treatment of AlCl3-IL electrolyte (named as TAl). (A) ATR-FTIR spectra of Al and TAl foil. XPS spectra of (B) Al2p, (C) Cl2p, and (D) N1s on the surface of Al foil (red line) and TAl foil (bluemore »
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