Roadmap for advanced aqueous batteries: From design of materials to applications

Dongliang Chao, Wanhai Zhou, Fangxi Xie, Chao Ye, Huan Li, Mietek Jaroniec, Shi‐Zhang Qiao · Science Advances · 2020 · engineering · 10.1126/sciadv.aba4098 · record chao2020-roadmap-for-advanced-aqueous-batte
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Aqueous batteries metal-ion ABs areal capacity mass loading WISE salt-in-water electrolyte Grotthuss proton conduction conduction of metal ions electrochemical stability window proton batteries operating voltage non-metal-ion ABs migration ions capacity review
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object_of_studyaqueous batteries - water-based electrochemical storage - and what stands between them and grid-scale deployment
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research_questionwhat has to be solved, from material design to commercialisation, before aqueous batteries can replace organic-media ones
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contributiona roadmap that starts at material design and ends at commercialisation, with the challenges of different aqueous systems related to one another
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phenomenonion migration in aqueous electrolyte, safe and cheap, and short of the voltage and energy density the application needs
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mechanismsthe ionic radius sets which compounds can host the ion: Na+ (0.95 A) and K+ (1.33 A) are much larger than Li+ (0.60 A), which NARROWS THE SELECTION CRITERION to a few compounds capable of de/intercalation in aqueous media
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mechanismsthe HYDRATED radius runs the other way - solvated K+ is smaller, so the electrolyte conducts better and the rate capability is higher for K+ than for Li+ or Na+
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limitationsTHE LABORATORY-TO-INDUSTRY GAP IS STATED WITH A NUMBER: materials that would need high gravimetric capacity, high rate capability and long life AT HIGH MASS LOADING simultaneously remain difficult to achieve, against an industrial-level areal capacity of about 35 mAh/cm2
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limitationslarge-scale application is plagued by limited output voltage and inadequate energy density - the two properties the safety argument is traded against
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limitationsenergy density, power density and long-standing stability all have to be pushed further before the requirements of practical applications are met
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controlsthe proposed systems are compared against the incumbents that actually hold the market - LIBs, Ni/MH and lead-acid - rather than against each other
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eliminates: a new chemistry looking good against other new chemistries while losing to the battery already in the product · outcome: held
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controlslaboratory areal capacity is stated against the INDUSTRIAL-LEVEL figure rather than against other laboratory results
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conceptsAqueous batteries
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sensesaqueous battery - AS USED HERE: a battery whose electrolyte is water, classified by WHICH ION MIGRATES rather than by anything about its chemistry in the abstract. The defining property is the one the measurement observes, which is why this paper hedges its taxonomy nowhere
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claim_relationscritiques → organic-media lithium-ion batteries, on safety grounds, with dated incidents - Boeing 787 in 2013, Samsung Note 7 in 2016, Tesla Model S in 2019
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concept_edgesGrotthuss proton conduction —distinct-from→ conduction of metal ions
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concept_edgeselectrochemical stability window —causes→ operating voltage
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content_tagsaqueous batteries are classified into two types by the migrating ion: metal-ion and non-metal-ion
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content_tagsthe smaller hydrated radius of solvated K+ gives higher ionic conductivity and rate capability than for Li+ and Na+
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content_tagslaboratory areal capacity is far below the industrial-level ~35 mAh/cm2, and no material yet combines high gravimetric capacity, high rate capability and long life at high mass loading
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content_tagslead-acid aqueous batteries still hold a major share of the global battery market
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content_tagsbatteries based on water as the electrolyte - environmentally benign, safe, cost-effective and scalable, with high power density and tolerance against mishandling
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content_tagsthe two types ABs are classified into, by the nature of the migrating ion
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content_tagsthe two types ABs are classified into, by the nature of the migrating ion
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content_tagsmAh/cm2 - the industrial-level areal capacity laboratory results fall far below
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content_tagsparts per million - the crustal abundance of lithium, given as the reason it cannot carry grid storage
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content_tagsangstroms - the bare ionic radii of Li+, Na+ and K+, which set which compounds can host them
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content_tagsmass loading
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content_tagsmigration ions
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