{"title":"Acoustic Particle Patterning Aided by Phase-inversion for Efficient Structuring of Low-Tortuosity Battery Electrodes","authors":"Yifan Zhang, M Shahriar, Shan Hu","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400745","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400745","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Texturing the battery electrode to create low-tortuosity ordered structures can significantly improve the sluggish mass transport in thick electrodes (areal mass loading>20 mg/cm<sup>2</sup>) during the energy storage electrochemical reactions. In this work, we presented an efficient and effective method to regulate the electrode structure by creating aligned channels throughout the thickness of the electrode. The method combines acoustic manipulation of particles and nonsolvent induced phase inversion and is highly compatible with a wide range of materials used in various battery chemistries. The textured electrodes show better structural integrity compared to electrodes of similar mass loading made with acoustic patterning only and with conventional solution casting. Compared with electrodes made with phase inversion only, it exhibits lower tortuosity, enhanced ion transport/kinetics, better rate capability and cyclic stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400745","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144811292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xingtai Liu, Jia Yao, Chao Xia, Xiaofang Wang, Lin Lv, Jun Zhang, Houzhao Wan, Hao Wang
{"title":"Electrolyte Strategies at Extreme Temperatures for Aqueous Zinc Batteries","authors":"Xingtai Liu, Jia Yao, Chao Xia, Xiaofang Wang, Lin Lv, Jun Zhang, Houzhao Wan, Hao Wang","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400811","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400811","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The state of aqueous zinc batteries at extreme temperature environment is an important parameter for their widespread application. However, low ionic conductivity and sluggish ionic diffusion at low temperature, and aggravated untoward reactions in the interface of electrode-electrolyte at high temperature, seriously limit the practical application of zinc-ion batteries. Currently, numerous zinc-ion batteries capable of operating within a broad temperature range have been proposed. Herein, the reason of the performance decline at extreme temperature is discussed from the perspective of thermodynamics and dynamics. Then, from the additives/co-solvents, high concentration salts, hydrogels and other aspects, the main strategies of electrolyte are introduced in detail. Finally, the possible directions to further improve the high and low temperature performance of zinc-ion batteries are proposed. It is hoped that this review will be helpful to the design and manufacture of wide temperature zinc-ion battery electrolyte and provide reference for the application of rechargeable zinc-ion battery in extreme environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144810936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roman Mysyk, Daniel Carriazo, Damien Saurel, Maria Arnaiz, Olivier Crosnier, Thierry Brousse, Kangkang Ge, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon, Sander Ratso, Einar Karu, Alberto Varzi, Juan Pablo Badillo, Andrea Hainthaler, Akshaya Sidharthan, Andrea Balducci, Obinna Egwu Eleri, Amaia Saenz de Buruaga, Javier Olarte, Juan Dayron Lopez Cardona, Fatemeh Bahmei, Sebastian P. Bautista, Marcel Weil, Jon Ajuria
{"title":"The Value Chain of Sustainable Dual Carbon Sodium Ion Capacitors","authors":"Roman Mysyk, Daniel Carriazo, Damien Saurel, Maria Arnaiz, Olivier Crosnier, Thierry Brousse, Kangkang Ge, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon, Sander Ratso, Einar Karu, Alberto Varzi, Juan Pablo Badillo, Andrea Hainthaler, Akshaya Sidharthan, Andrea Balducci, Obinna Egwu Eleri, Amaia Saenz de Buruaga, Javier Olarte, Juan Dayron Lopez Cardona, Fatemeh Bahmei, Sebastian P. Bautista, Marcel Weil, Jon Ajuria","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400807","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400807","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Now that fast action is needed to mitigate the effects of climate change, developing new technologies to reduce the worldwide carbon footprint is critical. Sodium ion capacitors can be a key enabler for widespread transport electrification or massive adoption of renewable technologies. However, a years-long journey needs to be made from the first proof-of-concept report to a degree of maturity for technology transfer to the market. To shorten this path, this work gathers all the stakeholders involved in the technical development of the sodium ion capacitor technology, covering the whole value chain from academics (TRL 1–3) and research centers (TRL3–5) to companies and end-users (TRL 6–9). A 360-degree perspective is given on how to focus the research and technology development of sodium ion capacitors, or related electrochemical energy storage technologies, from understanding underlying operation mechanisms to setting up end-user specifications and industrial requirements for materials and processes. This is done not only in terms of performance metrics, but mainly considering relevant practical parameters, i. e., processability, scalability, and cost, leading up to the final sustainability evaluation of the whole of the technology by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis, which is of utmost importance for society and policymakers.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400807","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mukhtiar Ahmed, Ashok Kushwaha, Andrei Filippov, Patrik Johansson, Faiz Ullah Shah
{"title":"Saccharinate-Based Ionic Liquids and Lithium Battery Electrolytes","authors":"Mukhtiar Ahmed, Ashok Kushwaha, Andrei Filippov, Patrik Johansson, Faiz Ullah Shah","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400758","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400758","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fluorine-free ionic liquids (ILs) and electrolytes based on ether-functionalized pyrrolidinium or imidazolinium cations coupled with a “greener”, non-basic, and hydrolytically stable saccharinate (Sac) anion, are herein presented with their thermal, transport and electrochemical properties. The thermal stability, glass transition temperature, and electrochemical stability of the imidazolinium based ILs surpasses the pyrrolidinium IL, while the latter offer better (ion) transport properties. Ether-functionalization of the IL cation improves the transport properties with negligible effects on the thermal and electrochemical stabilities. The Li<sup>+</sup> conducting electrolytes – created by adding 10 mol % of lithium saccharinate (LiSac) to the neat (BMMIm)(Sac) and (C<sub>201</sub>MMIm)(Sac) ILs show an as low initial overpotential as ±0.05 V and outstanding Li stripping/plating performance over 100 hours at 60 °C for the latter, but a very large polarization interfacial resistance, 4730 Ω cm<sup>2</sup>, impeding the kinetics of stripping/plating, even at these elevated temperatures for the former. Hence the rather modest modification has an enormous impact in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400758","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tailoring the Composition of Ternary NiCoFe Layered Double Hydroxide with Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Positive Electrode Material for High-Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors","authors":"Elaiyappillai Elanthamilan, Sea-Fue Wang","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400754","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400754","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work reports a simple hydrothermal-assisted method to prepare a high-performance nickel cobalt iron layered double hydroxide/graphitic carbon nitride (NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>) composite for supercapacitor (SC) applications. Various spectral and analytical techniques were used to confirm the formation of NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composite. The NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composite demonstrates battery-like SC behavior in the three-electrode measurements. The NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composite has a maximum specific capacity (366 C g<sup>−1</sup> at 1 A g<sup>−1</sup>) compared to the individual NiCoFe LDH and g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> electrode materials. Further, the NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composite electrode shows 89 % capacity retention even after 8000 galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) cycles at 6 A g<sup>−1</sup>. In addition, a hybrid supercapacitor (HSC) is fabricated by using NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composite as a positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) as a negative electrode. The as-fabricated NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>//AC HSC demonstrates an impressive energy density of 76.44 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> and a power density of 1279.9 W kg<sup>−1</sup>, along with excellent long-term cycle stability of 83 % capacity retention even after 6000 GCD cycles at 6 A g<sup>−1</sup>. Considering its simplicity of fabrication and exceptional energy storage capabilities, the as-fabricated NiCoFe LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>//AC hybrid supercapacitor has significant promise for practical use in the near future.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Progress and Challenges of Water-in-Salt Electrolytes: Exploring Physical Chemistry Properties and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation Mechanisms","authors":"Xuanze Wang, Rossukon Jommongkol, Jie Deng, Kexin Liu, Jiangfeng Qian, Yachao Zhu, Olivier Fontaine","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400722","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400722","url":null,"abstract":"<p>“Water-in-salt” (WIS) electrolytes endow the possibility of commercial aqueous devices due to the extending electrochemical stability window (ESW). However, there is still a long way to address current issues until future practical applications, such as the high cost of salts, the cathodic limit, and the controversial mechanism of solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). In this review, we first introduce cutting-edge WIS electrolytes and display their current issues. After, the reported tactics of solving issues and achievements in our group are listed, including four sections: 1) physical structure; 2) SEI formation analysis; 3) additives contributions; and 4) devices. In the end, we focus on the current challenges and perspectives of WIS electrolytes for aiming at the practical applications of aqueous energy storage devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144635649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Texturing (002)-Oriented Zinc Atop a Cotton Cloth for High-Performance Zn-Ion Batteries","authors":"Napat Kiatwisarnkij, Zehao Song, Chanin Tangpongkitjaroen, Suttipong Wannapaiboon, Xinyu Zhang, Panyawat Wangyao, Jiaqian Qin","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400727","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400727","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zn-ion batteries emerge as a promising alternative to conventional Li-ion batteries due to their superior environmental friendliness and high safety, making them suitable for sustainable energy storage in various applications. However, concerns persist regarding the limitations of Zn-ion batteries, such as uncontrolled dendrite growth and side reactions. In this study, the electroplating method was employed to deposit (002) plane-dominated textures on a modified cotton cloth substrate, which consists of a silver conductive layer atop a cotton supporting layer. The electroplating current density and time are critical for the fabrication of dense and compact (002) Zn textures. The optimized condition for this process involves a current density of 40 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> and an electroplating time of 30 minutes. Compared to (101)-dominated Zn anodes, the (002)-dominated electrode demonstrates faster deposition kinetics and lower charge transfer resistance, enabling denser and more uniform Zn deposition. Additionally, the (002)-dominated electrode also exhibits an enhanced ability to inhibit side reactions in the mild aqueous electrolyte, further improving the lifespan of Zn-ion batteries. This work demonstrates the feasibility of using ordinary cotton cloth as a substrate for electroplating (002)-dominated Zn, thereby expanding the potential applications of Zn-ion batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144635652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johannes Kühn, Florian Schmidt, Pascal Seete, Tom Boenke, Florian S. Hoffmann, Arthur Dupuy, Benjamin Schumm, Thomas Abendroth, Holger Althues, Stefan Kaskel
{"title":"Towards Scalable Production of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Solvent-Free Layered-Oxide Cathodes and Aqueous-Processed Hard Carbon Anodes for Cost-Effective Full-Cell Manufacturing","authors":"Johannes Kühn, Florian Schmidt, Pascal Seete, Tom Boenke, Florian S. Hoffmann, Arthur Dupuy, Benjamin Schumm, Thomas Abendroth, Holger Althues, Stefan Kaskel","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400572","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400572","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Achieving commercial viability for more sustainable sodium-ion batteries (SIB) necessitates reducing the environmental impact of production, particularly originating from electrode drying and the use of toxic solvents like N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). This study presents the dry-processing of commercial P2-type Na<sub>0.75</sub>Ni<sub>0.25</sub>Fe<sub>0.25</sub>Mn<sub>0.50</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (NFM) via the DRYtraec® process, aiming to lower the binder content of 1 wt.% polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and eliminating the need for electrode drying and NMP recovery. Assessments of electrode morphology and active material crystallinity were conducted to gauge the effects of mechanical stress during processing. The resulting cathodes, loaded at a commercially relevant 2.3–2.7 mAh cm<sup>−2</sup> loading, were successfully paired with aqueous-processed hard carbon (HC) anodes, demonstrating stable performance in full-cells. Comparative analysis with entirely wet-processed electrodes revealed comparable capacity accessibility and comparable long-term stability. This showed the competitiveness of dry-processed cathodes. Finally, the integration of NMP-free, dry-processed cathodes and aqueous-processed anodes was scaled to the commercially relevant prototype pouch-cell. The cell demonstrates stable cycling for 400 cycles with an energy density of 102 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> as well as reduced processing costs and environmental footprint.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400572","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144100951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Cantera, Koray Cavusoglu, Lara Lubián, Rubén Rubio-Presa, Roberto Sanz, Virginia Ruiz, Jose María Cámara, Edgar Ventosa
{"title":"New Non-Invasive Method to Monitor and Reverse Faradaic Imbalance in Redox Flow Batteries","authors":"Miguel Cantera, Koray Cavusoglu, Lara Lubián, Rubén Rubio-Presa, Roberto Sanz, Virginia Ruiz, Jose María Cámara, Edgar Ventosa","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400737","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400737","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries (AORFBs) have received much attention due to the accessibility of their active materials. However, among the key performance indicators that require improvement for AORFBs to become competitive against mature technologies, lifespan is especially critical for stationary energy storage. Faradaic imbalance driven by the occurrence of irreversible electrochemical processes decreases lifespan, so monitoring and correction of this parameter is required to prolong lifespan. This work presents a novel, simple and non-invasive automatized method to monitor the Faradaic imbalance. This method is based on detecting the variation of the minimum derivative of the cell voltage upon cycling, and it is used as the activation criterion for a rebalancing device. The system is tested using an alkaline flow battery consisting of ferrocyanide and 2,6-dihydroxyanthraquinone (2,6-DHAQ), extending the cycle life of the battery to 400 cycles (235 h) without any capacity decay and without Ar-filled glovebox. This demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed system to monitor the state-of-health (SOH) due to Faradaic imbalance and recover the capacity loss.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400737","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raphael Schoof, Lukas Köbbing, Prof. Dr. Arnulf Latz, Prof. Dr. Birger Horstmann, Prof. Dr. Willy Dörfler
{"title":"Elliptical Silicon Nanowire Covered by the SEI in a 2D Chemo-Mechanical Simulation","authors":"Raphael Schoof, Lukas Köbbing, Prof. Dr. Arnulf Latz, Prof. Dr. Birger Horstmann, Prof. Dr. Willy Dörfler","doi":"10.1002/batt.202400604","DOIUrl":"10.1002/batt.202400604","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the mechanical interplay between silicon anodes and their surrounding solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) is essential to improve the next generation of lithium-ion batteries. We model and simulate a 2D elliptical silicon nanowire with SEI via a thermodynamically consistent chemo-mechanical continuum ansatz using a higher order finite element method in combination with a variable-step, variable-order time integration scheme. Considering a soft viscoplastic SEI for three half cycles, we see at the minor half-axis the largest stress magnitude at the silicon nanowire surface, leading to a concentration anomaly. This anomaly is caused by the shape of the nanowire itself and not by the SEI. Also for the tangential stress of the SEI, the largest stress magnitudes are at this point, which can lead to SEI fracture. However, for a stiff SEI, the largest stress magnitude inside the nanowire occurs at the major half-axis, causing a reduced concentration distribution in this area. The largest tangential stress of the SEI is still at the minor half-axis. In total, we demonstrate the importance of considering the mechanics of the anode and SEI in silicon anode simulations and encourage further numerical and model improvements.</p>","PeriodicalId":132,"journal":{"name":"Batteries & Supercaps","volume":"8 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/batt.202400604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144100838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}