Metal-air batteries: progress and perspective

Yuhui Chen; Jijing Xu; Ping He; Yu Qiao; Shaohua Guo; Huijun Yang; Haoshen Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2022.11.027

Metal-air batteries: progress and perspective

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2022 Dec 15;67(23):2449-2486. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.11.027. Epub 2022 Nov 26.

Authors

Yuhui Chen¹, Jijing Xu², Ping He³, Yu Qiao⁴, Shaohua Guo³, Huijun Yang⁵, Haoshen Zhou⁶

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
³ Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
⁵ Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan.
⁶ Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. Electronic address: hszhou@nju.edu.cn.

PMID: 36566068
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.11.027

Abstract

The metal-air batteries with the largest theoretical energy densities have been paid much more attention. However, metal-air batteries including Li-air/O₂, Li-CO₂, Na-air/O_2, and Zn-air/O₂ batteries, are complex systems that have their respective scientific problems, such as metal dendrite forming/deforming, the kinetics of redox mediators for oxygen reduction/evolution reactions, high overpotentials, desolution of CO₂, H₂O, etc. from the air and related side reactions on both anode and cathode. It should be the main direction to address these shortages to improve performance. Here, we summarized recently research progress in these metal-air/O₂ batteries. Some perspectives are also provided for these research fields.

Keywords: Li-air battery; Na-air/Zn-air battery; Redox mediator; Sealed/closed Li-O(2) battery; Solid-state Li-air.

Publication types

Review