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Title: Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries

Abstract

Batteries based on multivalent metals have the potential to meet the future needs of large-scale energy storage, due to the relatively high abundance of elements such as magnesium, calcium, aluminium and zinc in the Earth’s crust. However, the com- plexity of multivalent metal-ion chemistries has led to rampant confusions, technical challenges, and eventually doubts and uncertainties about the future of these technologies. In this Review, we clarify the key strengths as well as common misconceptions of multivalent metal-based batteries. We then examine the growth behaviour of metal anodes, which is crucial for their safety promises but hitherto unestablished. We further discuss scrutiny of anode efficiency and cathode storage mechanism pertaining to complications arising from electrolyte solutions. Lastly, we critically review existing cathode materials and discuss design strategies to enable genuine multivalent metal-ion-based energy storage materials with competitive performance.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
  2. Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan (Israel)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office. Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1856674
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0008234
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Batteries; Electrochemistry; Energy storage

Citation Formats

Liang, Yanliang, Dong, Hui, Aurbach, Doron, and Yao, Yan. Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0655-0.
Liang, Yanliang, Dong, Hui, Aurbach, Doron, & Yao, Yan. Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0655-0
Liang, Yanliang, Dong, Hui, Aurbach, Doron, and Yao, Yan. Thu . "Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0655-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1856674.
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abstractNote = {Batteries based on multivalent metals have the potential to meet the future needs of large-scale energy storage, due to the relatively high abundance of elements such as magnesium, calcium, aluminium and zinc in the Earth’s crust. However, the com- plexity of multivalent metal-ion chemistries has led to rampant confusions, technical challenges, and eventually doubts and uncertainties about the future of these technologies. In this Review, we clarify the key strengths as well as common misconceptions of multivalent metal-based batteries. We then examine the growth behaviour of metal anodes, which is crucial for their safety promises but hitherto unestablished. We further discuss scrutiny of anode efficiency and cathode storage mechanism pertaining to complications arising from electrolyte solutions. Lastly, we critically review existing cathode materials and discuss design strategies to enable genuine multivalent metal-ion-based energy storage materials with competitive performance.},
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