Aluminum-iodine flow battery

The batteries employ a mechanically rechargeable aluminum anode flooded with aqueous salt electrolytes or seawater, a cation-exchange membrane, and a carbonaceous porous cathode, where acidified alkali metal bromate, or iodate, is reduced in a six-electron process. The zinc–iodine flow battery works based on two relatively independent processes, including the reversible deposition/dissolution of zinc and the oxidation/reduction of iodine. ... [29] have been indicated to play a unique role in regulating the reaction process in the metal–sulfur battery. In addition, aqueous solution is currently the ...

How are rechargeable metal–iodine batteries fabricated?

In this study, rechargeable metal–iodine batteries, particularly aluminum/iodine batteries, were fabricated with novel active carbon cloth/polyvinylpyrrolidone (ACC/PVPI) composite cathodes prepared via a facile solution-adsorption method combined with freeze-drying.

What is a metal iodine battery?

Different from the complex electrochemical processes occurring in S and O 2 cathode-based batteries, metal-iodine batteries (MIBs) have relatively simple cathodic reactions and less parasitic disruption . Furthermore, iodine also has relatively high chemical stability in the majority of commonly available solvents, even water .

What is a lithium ion battery with a flow system?

Lithium-ion batteries with flow systems. Commercial LIBs consist of cylindrical, prismatic and pouch configurations, in which energy is stored within a limited space 3. Accordingly, to effectively increase energy-storage capacity, conventional LIBs have been combined with flow batteries.

What are cathode and anode materials in flow batteries?

When describing cathode and anode materials in flow batteries, the terminology of catholyte and anolyte is usually used because they are dissolved or exist in an electrolyte that can be circulated.

Are rechargeable iodine-based batteries a promising direction in energy storage/transfer systems?

These above-mentioned characteristics of metal–iodine (Li, Mg and Al/I 2) batteries, related electrochemical performance measurements and theoretical modeling analysis show that the rechargeable iodine-based batteries provide a promising direction in designing high-performance energy storage/transfer systems.

Why are metal iodine batteries so popular?

Metal–iodine batteries (MIBs) are becoming increasingly popular due to their intrinsic advantages, such as a limited number of reaction intermediates, high electrochemical reversibility, eco-friendliness, safety, and manageable cost.

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Progress and prospect of the zinc–iodine battery

The zinc–iodine flow battery works based on two relatively independent processes, including the reversible deposition/dissolution of zinc and the oxidation/reduction of iodine. ... [29] have been indicated to play a unique role in regulating the reaction process in the metal–sulfur battery. In addition, aqueous solution is currently the ...

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Rechargeable Iodine Batteries: Fundamentals, …

In contrast, rechargeable iodine batteries (RIBs) based on the conversion reaction of iodine stand out for high reversibility and satisfying voltage output characteristics no matter when dealing with both monovalent and …

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Accelerating the electrochemical kinetics of metal-iodine batteries ...

Rechargeable metal-iodine batteries (MIBs) have attracted tremendous attention, due to their merits of high-rate performance, remarkable energy density, and low cost. Nevertheless, the torpid electrochemical kinetics of iodine have encumbered the development of practically implementable MIBs technology. To circumvent these issues, various ...

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A sustainable aqueous Zn-I2 battery | Nano Research

Rechargeable metal-iodine batteries are an emerging attractive electrochemical energy storage technology that combines metallic anodes with halogen cathodes. Such batteries using aqueous electrolytes represent a viable solution for the safety and cost issues associated with organic electrolytes. A hybrid-electrolyte battery architecture has been adopted in a …

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Make it flow from solid to liquid: Redox-active …

In comparison to metal-based redox-active fluid stretchable batteries, our fluids are based on sustainable redox-active organic materials, and our battery performance showed comparatively better electrochemical cyclic …

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A high-energy and low-cost polysulfide/iodide redox flow battery

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) have been limited by low energy density and high cost. Here, we employ highly-soluble, inexpensive and reversible polysulfide and iodide species to demonstrate a high-energy and low-cost all-liquid polysulfide/iodide redox flow battery (PSIB). In contrast to metal-hybrid or semi-solid approaches that are usually adapted for high-energy …

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Material design and engineering of next-generation flow-battery ...

Lithium-metal-based flow batteries have only one electrolyte tank with either a non-aqueous or an aqueous catholyte, containing metal oxide, iodine, polysulfide or organic active materials 4.

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Material design and engineering of next-generation flow-battery ...

In this Review, we present a critical overview of recent progress in conventional aqueous redox-flow batteries and next-generation flow batteries, highlighting the latest …

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Iodine Redox Chemistry in Rechargeable Batteries

Halogens have been coupled with metal anodes in a single cell to develop novel rechargeable batteries based on extrinsic redox reactions. Since the commercial introduction of lithium-iodine batteries in 1972, they have shown great potential to match the high-rate performance, large energy density, and good safety of advanced batteries.

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A high-power aqueous rechargeable Fe-I2 battery

Aqueous Fe-I 2 rechargeable batteries are highly desirable for large-scale energy storage because of their intrinsic safety, cost effective, and wide abundance of iron and iodine. However, their development suffers from Fe dendrite growth and severe shuttle effect during cycling. Herein, we demonstrate a high-performance Fe-I 2 rechargeable battery using metal …

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Flow Batteries: Current Status and Trends | Chemical Reviews

Effective Enhancement of Energy Density of Zinc-Polyiodide Flow Batteries by Organic/Penta-iodide Complexation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15 (41), ... Ion Selective Bifunctional Metal–Organic Framework-Based Membrane for Lithium Metal-Based Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2023, 6 (1), ...

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Iodine conversion chemistry in aqueous batteries: Challenges ...

This review mainly focuses on aqueous iodine-based static batteries (AISBs) because iodine-based redox-flow batteries (RFBs) are a distinct system with circulation devices involving tanks, pumps, pipes, and the progress of iodine-based RFBs was already summarized [27], [28], [29].Other reviews about AISBs either introduce too briefly [30], [31], [32] or pay too …

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Progress and challenges of zinc‑iodine flow batteries: From …

Fortunately, zinc halide salts exactly meet the above conditions and can be used as bipolar electrolytes in the flow battery systems. Zinc poly-halide flow batteries are promising candidates for various energy storage applications with their high energy density, free of strong acids, and low cost [66].The zinc‑chlorine and zinc‑bromine RFBs were demonstrated in 1921, …

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Elucidating and tackling capacity fading of zinc-iodine redox flow ...

Elucidating and tackling capacity fading of zinc-iodine redox flow batteries. Author links open overlay panel Mahboubeh Mousavi, Haozhen Dou, Hamed Fathiannasab ... Tetraethyl orthosilicate steam induced silicon-based anticorrosion film enables highly reversible zinc metal anodes for zinc-iodine batteries. Journal of Power Sources, Volume 550 ...

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Flow Battery

A flow battery contains the anodic and cathodic electrolytes in the form of liquids, separated by a membrane that, ideally, allows for the transport of protons only, hence a cationic exchange membrane. ... aluminium-bromine batteries based on polybromide ionic-liquid electrolytes studied by Krossing and co-workers, 297 an aluminium-iodine ...

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Sustainable ultra-long cycle life aqueous Zn-I2 battery …

Highly stable zinc-iodine single flow batteries with super high energy density for stationary energy storage. Energy Environ. Sci., 12 (2019), pp. 1834-1839. ... Toward sustainable metal-iodine batteries: materials, electrochemistry and design strategies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 135 (2023), Article e202308397. View in Scopus Google Scholar

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A tripartite synergistic optimization strategy for zinc-iodine batteries

High-voltage and dendrite-free zinc-iodine flow battery ... L. et al. Highly-reversible and recyclable zinc metal batteries achieved by inorganic/organic hybrid separators with finely tunable ...

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Aluminum/Bromate and Aluminum/Iodate …

Al/bromate and Al/iodate flow batteries are proposed as new power supply units for use in oxygen-deficient environments. The batteries employ a mechanically rechargeable aluminum anode flooded with aqueous salt …

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Starch-mediated colloidal chemistry for highly reversible zinc …

The Raman peaks at 120 and 137.16 cm −1 can be ascribed to the skeletal vibrations of metal-iodine ... to construct a 1-MW zinc-iodine flow battery stack based on the Nafion 117 ...

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Advances and issues in developing metal-iodine batteries

Here, a comprehensive overview related to the design of advanced electrode structures and battery models for MIBs is presented, beginning with the current understanding …

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A zinc–iodine hybrid flow battery with enhanced

Zinc–Iodine hybrid flow batteries are promising candidates for grid scale energy storage based on their near neutral electrolyte pH, relatively benign reactants, and an exceptional energy density based on the solubility of zinc iodide (up to 5 M or 167 Wh L −1).However, the formation of zinc dendrites generally leads to relatively low values for the zinc plating capacity, …

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Bromide makes the potential difference to flow battery …

However, the energy densities of flow batteries lag behind more developed technologies like lithium-ion batteries. Researching a zinc–iodide flow battery, Yi-Chun Lu''s group from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have come up with an ingenious yet simple solution to exploit its full potential. ''We pushed the limits of this system, and ...

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Progress and prospect of the zinc–iodine battery

The zinc–iodine battery has the advantages of high energy density and low cost owing to the flexible multivalence changes of iodine and natural abundance of zinc resources. Compared with the flow battery, it has simpler components and more convenient installation, yet it still faces challenges in practical applications.How to select suitable materials as the cathode …

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Ambipolar zinc-polyiodide electrolyte for a high-energy ...

Here we report a high-energy density aqueous zinc-polyiodide flow battery. Using the highly soluble iodide/triiodide redox couple, a discharge energy density of 167 Wh l−1 is demonstrated with a ...

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5 itiating a composite membrane with localized high iodine concentration layer based on adduct chemistry to enable highly reversible zinc-iodine flow batteries Yichan Hu, Tao Hu, Yuanwei Zhang,Haichao Huang, …

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Review of the Research Status of Cost-Effective Zinc–Iron Redox Flow ...

We wish to highlight the research progress of the most environmentally friendly ZIRFBs in zinc-based flow batteries, which is different from the possible volatilization of iodine and bromine in zinc–halogen flow batteries [16,47]. At the same time, its cost is significantly lower than other zinc–metal flow batteries . Therefore, we think it ...

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Towards Stable Metal–I2 Battery: Design of Iodine…

Here a halogen bond (XB)– enhanced design concept is proposed between I 2 molecules to achieve stable cycling performances, as exemplified by the Na–I 2 battery.

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Electrodeposition chemistry for high-performance I2 cathode

Unlocking the capacity of iodide for high-energy-density zinc/polyiodide and lithium/polyiodide redox flow batteries. Energy Environ. Sci., 10 (2017), pp. 735-741, 10.1039/c6ee03554j. View in Scopus Google Scholar [5] ... Rechargeable Aluminum/Iodine Battery Redox Chemistry in Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. ACS Energy Lett., 2 (2017), pp. 1170-1176 ...

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Perspectives on zinc-based flow batteries

Compared with the energy density of vanadium flow batteries (25∼35 Wh L-1) and iron-chromium flow batteries (10∼20 Wh L-1), the energy density of zinc-based flow batteries such as zinc-bromine flow batteries (40∼90 Wh L-1) and zinc-iodine flow batteries (∼167 Wh L-1) is much higher on account of the high solubility of halide-based ions ...

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Metal–iodine batteries: achievements, challenges, and future

This review details past attempts and breakthroughs in developing iodine cathode-based (rechargeable) metal battery technology, while also presenting key innovations, deficiencies, …

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This review summarizes recent developments in metal-iodine batteries, including zinc-iodine batteries, lithium-iodine batteries, sodium-iodine batteries, etc. The challenges in …

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Aqueous sulfur-based redox flow battery

Metal sulfides, such as cobalt-based (CoS and CoS 2), ... Ma, D. et al. Highly active nanostructured CoS2/CoS heterojunction electrocatalysts for aqueous polysulfide/iodide redox flow batteries.

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