Enabling safe aqueous lithium ion open batteries by suppressing oxygen reduction reaction

Despite the non-flammable nature of water-based electrolytes, aqueous lithium-ion batteries still carry an explosion risk due to the sealing structure. Here the authors report a safe aqueous battery with an open configuration, utilizing highly concentrated electrolytes and Al2O3 coated anodes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Long Chen, Longsheng Cao, Xiao Ji, Singyuk Hou, Qin Li, Ji Chen, Chongyin Yang, Nico Eidson, Chunsheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16460-w
Description
Summary:Despite the non-flammable nature of water-based electrolytes, aqueous lithium-ion batteries still carry an explosion risk due to the sealing structure. Here the authors report a safe aqueous battery with an open configuration, utilizing highly concentrated electrolytes and Al2O3 coated anodes.
ISSN:2041-1723