Zinc-Air Batteries Introduction, Design Principles, and Emerging Technologies

by Shao, Zongping; Xu, Xiaomin

• ISBN13: 9783527350469
• ISBN10: 3527350462
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-10-17
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

Zinc–Air Batteries

Authoritative and comprehensive resource covering foundational knowledge of zinc–air batteries as well as their practical applications

Zinc–Air Batteries provides a comprehensive understanding of the history and development of Zn–air batteries, with a systematic overview of components, design, and device innovation, along with recent advances in the field, especially with regards to the cathode catalyst design made by cutting-edge materials, engineering processes, and technologies.

In particular, design principles regarding the key components of Zn–air batteries, ranging from air cathode, to zinc anode, and to electrolyte, are emphasized. Furthermore, industrial developments of Zn–air batteries are discussed and emerging new designs of Zn–air batteries are also introduced. The authors argue that designing advanced Zn–air battery technologies is important to the realization of efficient energy storage and conversion—and, going further, eventually holds the key to a sustainable energy future and a carbon-neutral goal.

Edited and contributed to by leading professionals and researchers in the field, Zinc–Air Batteries also contains information regarding:

• Design of oxygen reduction catalysts in primary zinc–air batteries, including precious metals, single-atoms, carbons, and transition metal oxides
• Design of bifunctional oxygen catalysts in rechargeable zinc–air batteries, covering specific oxygen redox reactions and catalyst candidates
• Design of three-dimensional air cathode in zinc–air batteries, covering loading of carbon-based and transition metal catalysts, plus design of the three-phase interface
• Design of electrolyte for zinc–air batteries, including liquid electrolytes (e.g., alkaline) and gel polymer electrolytes (e.g., PVA hydrogel)

For students, researchers, and instructors working in battery technologies, materials science, and electrochemistry, and for industry and government representatives for decision making associated with energy and transportation, Zinc–Air Batteries summarizes the research results on Zn–air batteries and thereby helps researchers and developers to implement the technology in practice.

Author Biography

Zongping Shao is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and also a professor at Nanjing Tech University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, in 2000. He worked as a Visiting Scholar at Institut de Researches Sur La Catalyse, CNRS, France, and then a Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology, USA, from 2000 to 2005. His current research interests include fuel cells, metal-air batteries, solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, and oxygen-permeable membranes. He has authored over 600 scientific publications and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2017.

Xiaomin Xu is currently a Research Associate at Curtin University, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University in 2021. His research interests include the development of perovskite oxide materials and other functional materials for applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 History of Zn-air battery
1.2 Structure and principle of Zn-air battery
1.3 Evaluation of Zn-air battery
1.4 Main issues of Zn-air battery

2. DESIGN OF ORR CATALYSTS IN PRIMARY ZN-AIR BATTERY
2.1 Overview of ORR catalysts
2.2 Precious metal catalysts
2.3 Single-atom catalysts
2.4 Carbon-based catalysts
2.5 Transition metal oxide catalysts
2.6 Miscellaneous catalysts

3. DESIGN OF BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS IN RECHARGEABLE ZN-AIR BATTERY
3.1 Overview of ORR/OER catalysts
3.2 Composite catalysts
3.3 Heterostructured catalysts
3.4 Transition metal oxide catalysts
3.5 Miscellaneous catalysts

4. DESIGN OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL AIR CATHODE
4.1 Overview of three-dimensional air cathode
4.2 Load of carbon-based catalyst
4.3 Load of transition metal compounds
4.4 Design of three-phase interface

5. DESIGN OF ZN ANODE
5.1 Electrolyte additive
5.2 Coating layer
5.3 Other protection methods

6. DESIGN OF ELECTROLYTE
6.1 Liquid electrolyte
6.2 Gel polymer electrolyte

7. NEW DESIGN OF ZN-AIR BATTERY
7.1 Flexible Zn-air battery
7.2 Hybrid Zn-air battery
7.3 Zn-air flow cell

8. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ZN-AIR BATTERY
8.1 Primary Zn-air battery
8.2 Rechargeable Zn-air battery

9. PROSPECT AND OUTLOOK