A chemically self-charging aqueous zinc-ion battery

Yan Zhang; Fang Wan; Shuo Huang; Shuai Wang; Zhiqiang Niu; Jun Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16039-5

Nature Communications (May 2020)

A chemically self-charging aqueous zinc-ion battery

Yan Zhang,
Fang Wan,
Shuo Huang,
Shuai Wang,
Zhiqiang Niu,
Jun Chen

Affiliations

Yan Zhang: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Fang Wan: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Shuo Huang: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Shuai Wang: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Zhiqiang Niu: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Jun Chen: Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16039-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Self-charging power systems integrating energy generation and storage are receiving consideration attention. Here the authors report an aqueous Zn-ion battery that can be self-recharged by the spontaneous redox reaction between cathode and oxygen from ambient environment without external power supply.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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