The ever-growing demands for green and sustainable power sources for ap-plications in grid-scale energy storage and portable/wearable devices have enabled the continual development of advanced aqueous electrochemical ...The ever-growing demands for green and sustainable power sources for ap-plications in grid-scale energy storage and portable/wearable devices have enabled the continual development of advanced aqueous electrochemical energy storage(EES)systems.Aqueous batteries and supercapacitors made of iron-based anodes are one of the most promising options due to the remark-able electrochemical features and natural abundance,pretty low cost and good environmental friendliness of ferruginous species.Though impressive ad-vances in developing the state-of-the-art ferruginous anodes and designing various full-cell aqueous devices have been made,there still remain key issues and challenges on the way to practical applications,which urgently need discussing to put forwards possible solutions.In this review,rather than focusing on the detailed methods to optimize the iron anode,electrolyte,and device performance,we first give a comprehensive review on the charge storage mechanisms for ferruginous anodes in different electrolyte systems,as well as the newly developed iron-based aqueous EES devices.The deep in-sights,involving the inherent failure mechanisms and corresponding modification/optimization strategies toward iron anodes for the development of high-performance aqueous EES devices,will then be discussed.The advances in applying iron-based aqueous EES devices for emerging fields such as flexible/wearable electronics and functionalized building materials will be further outlined.Last,future research trends and perspectives for maximizing the potential of current iron anodes and devices as well as exploiting brand-new iron-based aqueous EES systems are put forward.展开更多
Aqueous iron-ion batteries are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for grid applications owing to their low cost,high theoretical capacity,and excellent stability of iron in aqueous electrolytes.However,t...Aqueous iron-ion batteries are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for grid applications owing to their low cost,high theoretical capacity,and excellent stability of iron in aqueous electrolytes.However,the slow Fe(de)insertion caused by the high polarity of Fe^(2+)makes it difficult to match suitable cathode materials.Herein,defect-rich MoS_(2)with abundant 1T phase is synthesized and successfully applied in aqueous iron-ion batteries.Benefit from abundant active sites generated by the heteroatom incorporation and S vacancy,as well as the highly conductive 1T phase,it can deliver a specific capacity of 123 mAh/g at a current density of 100mA/g,and demonstrates an impressive capacity retention of 88%after 600 cycles at 200mA/g.This work presents a novel pathway for the advancement of cathode materials for aqueous iron-ion batteries.展开更多
Highly efficient and stable iron electrodes are of great significant to the development of iron-air battery(IAB).In this paper,iron nanoparticle-encapsulated C–N composite(NanoFe@CN)was synthesized by pyrolysis using...Highly efficient and stable iron electrodes are of great significant to the development of iron-air battery(IAB).In this paper,iron nanoparticle-encapsulated C–N composite(NanoFe@CN)was synthesized by pyrolysis using polyaniline as the C–N source.Electrochemical performance of the NanoFe@CN in different electrolytes(alkaline,neutral,and quasi-neutral)was investigated via cyclic voltammetry(CV).The IAB was assembled with NanoFe@CN as the anode and IrO_(2)+Pt/C as the cathode.The effects of different discharging/charging current densities and electrolytes on the battery performance were also studied.Neutral K_(2)SO_(4)electrolyte can effectively suppress the passivation of iron electrode,and the battery showed a good cycling stability during 180 charging/discharging cycles.Compared to the pure nano-iron(NanoFe)battery,the NanoFe@CN battery has a more stable cycling stability either in KOH or NH_(4)Cl+KCl electrolyte.展开更多
基金This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51802269,51972257,and 52172229)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0202602)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:2021IVA115).
文摘The ever-growing demands for green and sustainable power sources for ap-plications in grid-scale energy storage and portable/wearable devices have enabled the continual development of advanced aqueous electrochemical energy storage(EES)systems.Aqueous batteries and supercapacitors made of iron-based anodes are one of the most promising options due to the remark-able electrochemical features and natural abundance,pretty low cost and good environmental friendliness of ferruginous species.Though impressive ad-vances in developing the state-of-the-art ferruginous anodes and designing various full-cell aqueous devices have been made,there still remain key issues and challenges on the way to practical applications,which urgently need discussing to put forwards possible solutions.In this review,rather than focusing on the detailed methods to optimize the iron anode,electrolyte,and device performance,we first give a comprehensive review on the charge storage mechanisms for ferruginous anodes in different electrolyte systems,as well as the newly developed iron-based aqueous EES devices.The deep in-sights,involving the inherent failure mechanisms and corresponding modification/optimization strategies toward iron anodes for the development of high-performance aqueous EES devices,will then be discussed.The advances in applying iron-based aqueous EES devices for emerging fields such as flexible/wearable electronics and functionalized building materials will be further outlined.Last,future research trends and perspectives for maximizing the potential of current iron anodes and devices as well as exploiting brand-new iron-based aqueous EES systems are put forward.
基金supported by Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(No.GXWD20201231165807007-20200802205241003).
文摘Aqueous iron-ion batteries are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for grid applications owing to their low cost,high theoretical capacity,and excellent stability of iron in aqueous electrolytes.However,the slow Fe(de)insertion caused by the high polarity of Fe^(2+)makes it difficult to match suitable cathode materials.Herein,defect-rich MoS_(2)with abundant 1T phase is synthesized and successfully applied in aqueous iron-ion batteries.Benefit from abundant active sites generated by the heteroatom incorporation and S vacancy,as well as the highly conductive 1T phase,it can deliver a specific capacity of 123 mAh/g at a current density of 100mA/g,and demonstrates an impressive capacity retention of 88%after 600 cycles at 200mA/g.This work presents a novel pathway for the advancement of cathode materials for aqueous iron-ion batteries.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.22379042 and 21875062)the Research and Development Planning Projects in Key Areas of Hunan Province(Grant No.2019GK2034).
文摘Highly efficient and stable iron electrodes are of great significant to the development of iron-air battery(IAB).In this paper,iron nanoparticle-encapsulated C–N composite(NanoFe@CN)was synthesized by pyrolysis using polyaniline as the C–N source.Electrochemical performance of the NanoFe@CN in different electrolytes(alkaline,neutral,and quasi-neutral)was investigated via cyclic voltammetry(CV).The IAB was assembled with NanoFe@CN as the anode and IrO_(2)+Pt/C as the cathode.The effects of different discharging/charging current densities and electrolytes on the battery performance were also studied.Neutral K_(2)SO_(4)electrolyte can effectively suppress the passivation of iron electrode,and the battery showed a good cycling stability during 180 charging/discharging cycles.Compared to the pure nano-iron(NanoFe)battery,the NanoFe@CN battery has a more stable cycling stability either in KOH or NH_(4)Cl+KCl electrolyte.
