An Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc‐Organic Battery with Hybrid Mechanism

By Fang Wan, Linlin Zhang, Xinyu Wang, S. Bi, Zhiqiang Niu, Jun Chen. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018

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Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries have been considered as potential energy storage devices owing to their high safety and low cost. Traditional zinc‐ion batteries often implement a typical Zn2+ insertion/extraction mechanism. Compared with traditional Zn2+ insertion/extraction mechanism, supercapacitor‐liked dual‐ion mechanism often endow the batteries with higher operating voltage, better rate capability, and longer cycle life. Herein, aqueous Zn/polyaniline batteries are developed, which can combine the Zn2+ insertion/extraction and dual‐ion mechanisms. The Zn/polyaniline batteries deliver excellent electrochemical performance, especially a long cycle life up to 3000 cycles with high‐capacity retention of 92%. This hybrid mechanism provides a promising battery chemistry. Furthermore, Zn/polyaniline batteries can be assembled into quasi‐solid‐state soft‐packaged and cable‐type configurations and display stable electrochemical performance even under different bending states, showing potential applications for flexible electronics.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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