Controlling the sustainability and shape change of the zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous Zn/LiMn2O4 battery

dc.contributor.authorXiong, Wenlong
dc.contributor.authorYang, Dongjie
dc.contributor.authorHoang, Tuan K. A.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Moin
dc.contributor.authorZhi, Jian
dc.contributor.authorQiu, Xueqing
dc.contributor.authorChen, Pu
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T16:43:24Z
dc.date.available2018-11-14T16:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-01
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Elsevier via https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.023 © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractThe use of thixotropic gel electrolytes in the rechargeable hybrid aqueous battery improves the battery performance but it is required to have a corrosion inhibitor in the gel electrolyte. These inhibitors are not always friendly to the environment. In this work, we use lignin – a renewable material – to neutralize strong acid sites of the fumed silica gelling agent prior to gel preparation. Linear polarization, chronoamperometry, and ex-situ scanning electron microscopy examinations show that the new gel electrolyte reduces the corrosion on zinc (up to 43%) and supports planar zinc deposit. In other words, the shape of the zinc surface is controlled and it is further confirmed by the XRD and SEM of post-battery run anodes. Moreover, the battery using this new lignin coated fumed silica based gel electrolyte exhibits a float charge current as low as 0.0025 mA after 24 h of monitoring, which is 30.6% lower than the reference. The capacity retention of gelled battery is as high as 82% after 1000 cycles at 4 C, which is 14% higher than the reference battery using reference liquid electrolyte under the same CC-CV test, complemented by lower self-discharge and higher rate capability. The results lead the team nearer to a commercializable gelled battery system.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Natural Science Foundation of China ["21576106","21436004"]en
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province ["2017A030308012"]en
dc.description.sponsorshipPositec Canada Ltd., Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC), Mitacs ["IT06145"]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/14115
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCorrosionen
dc.subjectAqueous batteryen
dc.subjectGel electrolyteen
dc.subjectLignin/silica compositeen
dc.titleControlling the sustainability and shape change of the zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous Zn/LiMn2O4 batteryen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationXiong, W., Yang, D., Hoang, T. K. A., Ahmed, M., Zhi, J., Qiu, X., & Chen, P. (2018). Controlling the sustainability and shape change of the zinc anode in rechargeable aqueous Zn/LiMn2O4 battery. Energy Storage Materials, 15, 131–138. doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2018.03.023en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Engineeringen
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Scienceen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Chemical Engineeringen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)en
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
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