Sustainable aqueous metal-air batteries: An insight into electrolyte system

L Wang, D Snihirova, M Deng, B Vaghefinazari… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
To meet the growing demand for sustainable and endurable energy sources, various novel
energy conversion and storage systems have emerged and been developed rapidly over …

Recent advances and challenges in divalent and multivalent metal electrodes for metal–air batteries

Y Sun, X Liu, Y Jiang, J Li, J Ding, W Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–air batteries (MABs), which possess exceptionally high energy density and exhibit
other ideal features such as low cost, environmental benignity and safety, are regarded as …

Improving the performance of primary aluminum-air batteries through suppressing water activity by hydrogen bond-rich glycerol solvent additive

TH Pham, WH Lee, JH Byun, JG Kim - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, glycerol is introduced as a low-cost and eco-friendly electrolyte additive for
primary aluminum-air (Al-air) battery. Glycerol molecules form hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) …

A review of the Al-gas batteries and perspectives for a “Real” Al-air battery

Z Zhang, L Xiong, S Wang, Y Xie, W You, X Du - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminum-gas battery is a special kind of fuel cell that converts chemical energy directly into
electrical energy, possessing the advantages of high specific energy density, higher safety …

Influence of an imidazole-based ionic liquid as electrolyte additive on the performance of alkaline Al-air battery

Q Zhang, L Guo, Y Huang, R Zhang, AG Ritacca… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
Al-air battery is a kind of chemical battery exhibiting high theoretical energy density.
However, the hydrogen evolution corrosion is the primary barrier to its widespread …

Corrosion inhibition of L-tryptophan on Al-5052 anode for Al-air battery with alkaline electrolyte

Y Huang, W Shi, L Guo, Q Zhang, K Wang… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, the inhibition effect of l-tryptophan for Al-air battery in 4 M NaOH solution
was evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), potentiodynamic …

Synergistic construction of bifunctional interface film on anode via a novel hybrid additive for enhanced alkaline Al-air battery performance

L Luo, C Zhu, L Yan, L Guo, Y Zhou, B Xiang - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aluminum-air battery is considered to be a hopeful source of clean energy. However, the
serious self-corrosion of Al anode hinders its commercial application. Herein, we propose an …

Modified alkaline electrolyte with 8-hydroxyquinoline and ZnO complex additives to improve Al-air battery

C Zhu, H Yang, A Wu, D Zhang, L Gao, T Lin - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
The behaviours of AA5052 alloy anode of the Al-air battery in alkaline electrolytes are
investigated by the hydrogen gas evolution test and the electrochemical measurements. The …

Effect of nonionic surfactant as an electrolyte additive on the performance of aluminum-air battery

MA Deyab - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the aluminum-air battery performance is improved by adding nonionic surfactant
(nonoxynol-9) to battery electrolyte (4.0 M NaOH). The efficiency of nonoxynol-9 is …

Anode interfacial layer construction via hybrid inhibitors for high-performance Al–air batteries

H Cheng, T Wang, Z Li, C Guo, J Lai… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The self-corrosion of aluminum anodes is one of the key issues that hinder the development
and application of low-cost and high-energy-density Al–air batteries (AABs). Herein, a hybrid …