Aluminum-ion storage reversibility in a novel spinel Al2/3Li1/3Mn2O4 cathode for aqueous rechargeable aluminum batteries

Li，Ruichun1; Xu，Changhong1; Wu，Xibing1; Zhang，Jianglin1; Yuan，Xin1; Wang，Feng1; Yao，Qingrong1; Sadeeq (Jie Tang) Balogun，M.2; Lu，Zhouguang3; Deng，Jianqiu1

2022-12-01

10.1016/j.ensm.2022.09.034

Energy Storage Materials   Impact Factor & Quartile

2405-8297

Aqueous aluminum batteries (AABs) are a very promising supplementary energy storage device for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale energy storage, but the lack of cathode materials with high energy density and cycle stability greatly limits the development of AABs. Herein, a spinel AlLiMnO (ALMO) cathode material has been synthesized via an electrochemical conversion reaction using LiMnO (LMO) as the precursor. The ALMO cathode releases a discharge capacity of 151.8 mA h g under a current density of 100 mA g and a capacity retention of 64.1% over 1000 cycles. The full cell fabricated using the ALMO cathode exhibits a high energy density of 183 W h kg and an average operating voltage of about 1.31 V, demonstrating a promising device for large-scale energy storage. The Al ion storage mechanism of the ALMO cathode material is scrutinized by a series of ex-situ analysis techniques, indicating the Al ions can reversibly extract/insert out/into the ALMO cathode material with the oxidation/reduction of Mn. This work is expected to boost the development of the cathode materials for the low-cost and high-performance AABs.

Al ion storage mechanism Aqueous aluminum batteries Cathode material Cycle stability Spinel Al2/3Li1/3Mn2O4

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Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province[2019GXNSFBA245055];Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province[2019GXNSFDA245014];National Natural Science Foundation of China[21875097];National Natural Science Foundation of China[21875292];National Natural Science Foundation of China[51901054];Specific Research Project of Guangxi for Research Bases and Talents[AD19245030];

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1.School of Materials Science and Engineering & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials,Guilin University of Electronic Technology,Guilin,541004,China
2.College of Materials Science and Engineering,Hunan University,Changsha,410006,China
3.Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China

Li，Ruichun,Xu，Changhong,Wu，Xibing,et al. Aluminum-ion storage reversibility in a novel spinel Al2/3Li1/3Mn2O4 cathode for aqueous rechargeable aluminum batteries[J]. Energy Storage Materials,2022,53:514-522.

Li，Ruichun.,Xu，Changhong.,Wu，Xibing.,Zhang，Jianglin.,Yuan，Xin.,...&Deng，Jianqiu.(2022).Aluminum-ion storage reversibility in a novel spinel Al2/3Li1/3Mn2O4 cathode for aqueous rechargeable aluminum batteries.Energy Storage Materials,53,514-522.

Li，Ruichun,et al."Aluminum-ion storage reversibility in a novel spinel Al2/3Li1/3Mn2O4 cathode for aqueous rechargeable aluminum batteries".Energy Storage Materials 53(2022):514-522.