The Promises and Challenges of Aqueous Zinc-Sulfur Batteries. Citation: Bin-Wei Zhang, Liu-Yue Cao, Hua-Kun Liu, Shi-Xue Dou, Yun-Xiao Wang. The Promises and Challenges of Aqueous Zinc-Sulfur Batteries. Materials Lab 2022, 1, 210002. doi: 10.54227/mlab.20210002.
The successful development of flexible and wearable electronic devices has created an ever-increasing demand for electrochemically-efficient flexible/stretchable energy storage devices. 3D kirigami-inspired energy …
Sulfur cathodes have been under intensive study in various systems, such as Li/S, Na/S, Mg/S, and Al/S batteries. However, to date, Zn/S chemistry has never been reported. The first reliable aqueous Zn/polysulfide system activated by a "liquid film" comprising 4-(3-butyl-1-imidazolio)-1-butanesulfoni ionic liquid (IL) encapsulated within PEDOT:PSS.
It was determined that WC''s binding energy against Li 2 S 8 was 3.56 eV per sulfur atom, while TiC''s binding energy was 3.68 eV per sulfur atom. In contrast, graphene exhibited a binding energy of 0.11 eV per sulfur atom, underscoring the significant influence of different chemical bonding approaches can have on the binding …
The new zinc–sulfur hybrid battery possesses merits of ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity (3350 mAh g S −1) and volumetric energy density (3868 Wh L −1), low cost, ecofriendliness, and ease of fabrication and is a promising next-generation aqueous energy
We demonstrate a rechargeable aqueous alkaline zinc–sulfur flow battery that comprises environmental materials zinc and sulfur as negative and positive active …
The introduction of structural energy storage devices into emerging markets, such as electric vehicles, is predominately hindered by weak energy density, safety concerns, and immaturity of the field in materials. Herein, fabrication and testing of a freeze-resistant, multifunctional quasi-solid-state zinc–sulfur battery (ZnS) are reported. To this …
Manganese dioxide (MnO 2) is a highly desirable cathode material for aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) due to its eco-friendliness, affordability, high voltage operation, and theoretical storage capacity.However, the limited diffusion of zinc ions within the MnO 2 cathode typically hampers the achievement of high electrochemical performance.
The amount of electrolyte was controlled with an electrolyte/sulfur (E/S) ratio of 15 μL mg −1 for cells with a sulfur loading of 1∽2 mg. E/S ratio is crucial to realize high-energy density batteries [46, 47], but our work mainly revealed the catalytic mechanism of nano-HEA, thus the E/S ratio keep constant to avoid any inconsistency.
Freestanding flexible multilayered sulfur–carbon nanotubes for lithium–sulfur battery cathodes. Energy, 212 (2020), p. 118779, 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118779. ... An aqueous hybrid electrolyte for low-temperature zinc-based energy storage devices. Energy Environ. Sci., 13 (2020), pp. 3527-3535, …
Large-scale energy storage for the electric grid will require 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 …
Aqueous rechargeable zinc-sulfur (Zn-S) batteries are a promising, cost-effective, and high-capacity energy storage technology. Still, they are challenged by the poor reversibility of S cathodes, sluggish redox kinetics, low S utilization, and unsatisfactory areal capacity. This work develops a faci …
The designed hybrid electrolyte enables the fabricated Zn/S battery to deliver an unprecedented capacity of 1435 mAh g-1 and an excellent energy density of 730 Wh kg-1 at 0.1 Ag-1 . In addition ...
Uncovering sulfur doping effect in MnO 2 nanosheets as an efficient cathode for aqueous zinc ion battery. Author links open overlay panel Yajun Zhao a, Pengjun Zhang b, Jinrui Liang a, ... Advanced battery technologies are highly desired for electric energy storage due to the ever-increasing energy demands for portable and …
In this work, carbon nanotubes supported 50 wt% sulfur (denoted as S@CNTs-50), as a conversional cathode, is employed and a high energy density aqueous zinc–sulfur (Zn–S) battery is constructed .
By utilizing the optimized electrolyte, the symmetrical Zn battery can stably cycle over 3920 h, which also confers on the Zn–S battery an ultrahigh specific …
For power storage, "Lithium-ion is the 800-pound gorilla," says Michael Burz, CEO of EnZinc, a zinc battery startup. But lithium, a relatively rare metal that''s only mined in a handful of countries, is too scarce and expensive to back up the world''s utility grids. (It''s also in demand from automakers for electric vehicles.)
1 · Recent advances in aqueous zinc–sulfur batteries: overcoming challenges for sustainable energy storage J Mater Chem A, 11 ( 2023 ), pp. 18029 - 18045 CrossRef …
Herein a polysulfide-free aqueous zinc-sulfur (Zn S) rechargeable battery is explored, which offers a low-cost and environmentally friendly energy storage system being Zn and Sulfur (S) highly abundant with high theoretical capacity.
Metal sulfur batteries have become a promising candidate for next-generation rechargeable batteries because of their high theoretical energy density and low cost. However, the issues of sulfur cathodes and metal anodes limited their advantages in electrochemical energy storage. Herein, we summarize various metal sulfur batteries …
This work addresses the problem of sulfur side reactions and zinc dendrite growth simultaneously by developing a unique hybrid aqueous electrolyte using ethylene glycol as a co-solvent. The designed hybrid electrolyte enables the fabricated Zn/S battery to deliver an unprecedented capacity of 1435 mAh g −1 and an excellent energy …
This work addresses the problem of sulfur side reactions and zinc dendrite growth simultaneously by developing a unique hybrid aqueous electrolyte using ethylene glycol as a co-solvent. The designed hybrid electrolyte enables the fabricated Zn/S battery to deliver an unprecedented capacity of 1435 mAh g −1 and an excellent energy …
Aqueous rechargeable zinc-sulfur (Zn-S) batteries are a promising, cost-effective, and high-capacity energy storage technology. Still, they are challenged by the …
In practice, the SoC range used determines the energy of the battery that is actually available; e.g., between SoC 90–25%, only 65% of the stored energy is used. The Ragone plot ( Figure 16.9 ) illustrates specific energies of 160–190 Wh kg −1 for current and near-future lithium-ion batteries in applications that require low specific power at small …
Aqueous zinc batteries based on the conversion-type sulfur cathodes are promising in energy storage system due to the high theoretical energy density, low cost, and good safety. However, the multi-electron solid-state intermediate conversion reaction of sulfur cathodes generally possess sluggish kin …
Rechargeable metal–sulfur batteries (RMSBs) represent one of the most attractive electrochemical systems in terms of energy density and cost. In most of the proposed systems, the anode side is metallic and the cathode side is elemental sulfur impregnated in a porous matrix. Despite the relatively low voltage of these systems, they …
Despite the significant enhancements in the performance of AZIBs achieved through various strategic augmentations, the energy storage mechanisms of cathode materials remain a subject of debate, owing to the complexity of the electrochemical reactions occurring in aqueous electrolytes [76].Fortunately, MOFs feature a well-defined …
While energy density may be a less concern for grid scale energy storage, a battery with a high cell-level energy density would make it more competitive for practical application. For example, sodium ion batteries were reported to reach 150 Wh kg −1, making them promising high-energy-density alternatives to LIBs that utilize LiFePO 4 …
Herein a polysulfide-free aqueous zinc-sulfur (Zn─S) rechargeable battery is explored, which offers a low-cost and environmentally friendly energy storage system being Zn and Sulfur (S) highly abundant with high theoretical capacity. However, the stability of Zn anode is quite challenging due to dendritic growth and corrosion leading to …
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level for grid-scale energy storage. We consider the industri-al benchmark of 150 Wh kg 1 reported for sodium-ion batteries,[1a,5] as a high energy density value for grid-scale energy storage. We are suggesting cathode alternatives in …
Zinc-based electrolytes, such as Zn(OTF) 2, ZnSO 4, Zn(CH 3 COO) 2, and ZnCl 2, that are used in aqueous zinc ion batteries can also be utilized in zinc–sulfur batteries.The performance of a 1 M ("M" stands for mol L −1) ZnCl 2 aqueous electrolyte in a battery system with a zinc foil negative electrode, Ketjen Black–Sulfur (KB–S) …
The incorporation of earth-abundant and environmentally friendly sulfur cathodes, zinc anodes, and aqueous electrolytes, coupled with the high theoretical energy density, …
Zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) that use Zn metal as anode have emerged as promising candidates in the race to develop practical and cost-effective grid-scale energy storage systems. 2 ZIBs have potential to rival and even surpass LIBs and LABs for grid scale energy storage in two key aspects: i) earth abundance of Zn, ensuring a stable …
The high energy density and low cost of the aqueous Zn–S battery endow it as a cheap, green, safe, and high performance energy storage technology. The influence of sulfur content on the …
High-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries operating at 300–350 C have been commercially applied for large-scale energy storage and conversion. However, the safety concerns greatly inhibit their ...
Although current high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have taken over the commercial rechargeable battery market, increasing concerns about limited lithium resources, high cost, and insecurity of organic electrolyte scale-up limit their further development. Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs), an alternative battery …