High-entropy electrolytes for aqueous batteries: A new frontier
Shibo Chai,
Jiale Xia,
Yuanyuan Li,
Jinping Liu
Affiliations
Shibo Chai
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Jiale Xia
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; Corresponding authors.
Yuanyuan Li
School of Integrated Circuits, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Jinping Liu
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, and School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; Corresponding authors.
The discovery and design of versatile high-entropy electrolytes are instrumental in enabling advanced aqueous energy storage devices. Precisely regulating the intermolecular forces of anion-cation, ion-dipole and dipole-dipole, which enhance the microscopic disorder of electrolytes, is the core of high-entropy aqueous electrolyte research. In this perspective, the progress in reshaping the electrolyte structure and constructing high-entropy aqueous electrolytes via additional salt or/and solvent engineering is briefly outlined. Further, the next chapter of high-entropy aqueous electrolyte design and optimization is proposed to provide guidance for the development of future high-performing and multi-functional aqueous batteries.
