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Title: Rechargeable Zinc-Aqueous Polysulfide Battery with a Mediator-Ion Solid Electrolyte

Abstract

Large scale energy storage for the electric grid will need low cost and high energy density solutions. We demonstrate in this letter a rechargeable zinc-aqueous polysulfide battery in which a metallic zinc anode is separated from a liquid aqueous polysulfide catholyte by an alkali-metal-ion solid-state electrolyte, wherein the alkali metal ion is Na+ or Li+. The solid-state electrolyte effectively separates the anode from the reactive polysulfide catholyte, preventing the crossover of the polysulfide species and maintaining good electrochemical performance with a reversible discharge capacity of 822 mA h g-1 with nearly 100% Coulombic efficiency.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1598148
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0005397
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Gross, Martha M., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Rechargeable Zinc-Aqueous Polysulfide Battery with a Mediator-Ion Solid Electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b00981.
Gross, Martha M., & Manthiram, Arumugam. Rechargeable Zinc-Aqueous Polysulfide Battery with a Mediator-Ion Solid Electrolyte. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00981
Gross, Martha M., and Manthiram, Arumugam. 2018. "Rechargeable Zinc-Aqueous Polysulfide Battery with a Mediator-Ion Solid Electrolyte". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00981. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598148.
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title = {Rechargeable Zinc-Aqueous Polysulfide Battery with a Mediator-Ion Solid Electrolyte},
author = {Gross, Martha M. and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Large scale energy storage for the electric grid will need low cost and high energy density solutions. We demonstrate in this letter a rechargeable zinc-aqueous polysulfide battery in which a metallic zinc anode is separated from a liquid aqueous polysulfide catholyte by an alkali-metal-ion solid-state electrolyte, wherein the alkali metal ion is Na+ or Li+. The solid-state electrolyte effectively separates the anode from the reactive polysulfide catholyte, preventing the crossover of the polysulfide species and maintaining good electrochemical performance with a reversible discharge capacity of 822 mA h g-1 with nearly 100% Coulombic efficiency.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.8b00981},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1598148}, journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
issn = {1944-8244},
number = 13,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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