TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineering strategies for low-cost and high-power density aluminum-ion batteries
AU - Xu, Xiaolong
AU - San Hui, Kwan
AU - Nam Hui, Kwun
AU - Shen, Jianxing
AU - Zhou, Guowei
AU - Liu, Jinhua
AU - Sun, Yucheng
PY - 2021/8/15
Y1 - 2021/8/15
N2 - Aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) for electrochemical energy storage technologies are relatively new research hotspots because of their advantages, such as high theoretical specific capacity, lightweightness, zero pollution, safety, inexpensive and rich resource. Especially, AIBs possess the potential to achieve ultrafast charge and discharge speed because of three-electron redox reactions, becoming the most promising candidate for high power density rechargeable batteries. However, several serious drawbacks, such as passive film formation, anode corrosion, and cathode selection and preparation, hinder the large-scale application of these systems. Here, we introduce the principles of AIBs and review the challenges and outlooks of AIBs from various perspectives, including anode design and protection, electrolyte exploitation and battery design, and cathode selection and preparation. We comprehensively discuss the acquisition of green and low-cost carbonaceous cathode materials with high electrochemical performance. Furthermore, several perspectives on potential research directions for the development of high-power density AIBs are proposed.
AB - Aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) for electrochemical energy storage technologies are relatively new research hotspots because of their advantages, such as high theoretical specific capacity, lightweightness, zero pollution, safety, inexpensive and rich resource. Especially, AIBs possess the potential to achieve ultrafast charge and discharge speed because of three-electron redox reactions, becoming the most promising candidate for high power density rechargeable batteries. However, several serious drawbacks, such as passive film formation, anode corrosion, and cathode selection and preparation, hinder the large-scale application of these systems. Here, we introduce the principles of AIBs and review the challenges and outlooks of AIBs from various perspectives, including anode design and protection, electrolyte exploitation and battery design, and cathode selection and preparation. We comprehensively discuss the acquisition of green and low-cost carbonaceous cathode materials with high electrochemical performance. Furthermore, several perspectives on potential research directions for the development of high-power density AIBs are proposed.
KW - Aluminum-ion battery
KW - Challenge
KW - Electrochemical energy storage
KW - High-power density
KW - Low-cost carbonaceous cathode
KW - Research direction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129385
DO - 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129385
M3 - Article
VL - 418
JO - Chemical Engineering Journal
JF - Chemical Engineering Journal
SN - 1385-8947
M1 - 129385
ER -