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Large scale applications of metal-iodine batteries working at sub-zero degree have been challenged by the limited capacity and performance degradation. Herein, we firstly propose a Zn-I2 battery working at low temperature with a carbon composite material/iodine (CCM-I2) cathode, a Zn anode and an environmentally tolerable Zn(ClO4)2-ACN electrolyte. The CCM framework with hierarchical porous structure endows a powerful iodine-anchoring to overcome undesirable dissolution of iodine in organic electrolyte, and the Zn(ClO4)2-ACN electrolyte with low freezing point and high ionic conductivity enhances the low temperature performance. The synergies enable an efficiently reversible conversion of Zn-I2 battery even at −40 °C. Therefore, the resultant Zn-I2 battery delivers a high specific capacity of 200 mAh·g−1, which is fairly approximate to the theoretical capacity of I2 (211 mAh·g−1) and a superior cycling stability with minimal capacity fading of 0.00043% per cycle over 7,000 times under 2C at −20 °C. Furthermore, even at −40 °C, this Zn-I2 battery still exhibits a good capacity retention of 68.7% compared to the capacity at 25 °C and a rapid capacity-recover ability with elevating temperature change. Our results distinctly indicate this Zn-I2 battery can be competent for the practical application under low temperature operation.
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High performance Zn-I2 battery with acetonitrile electrolyte working at low temperature
), Xizheng Liu(
)
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Large scale applications of metal-iodine batteries working at sub-zero degree have been challenged by the limited capacity and performance degradation. Herein, we firstly propose a Zn-I2 battery working at low temperature with a carbon composite material/iodine (CCM-I2) cathode, a Zn anode and an environmentally tolerable Zn(ClO4)2-ACN electrolyte. The CCM framework with hierarchical porous structure endows a powerful iodine-anchoring to overcome undesirable dissolution of iodine in organic electrolyte, and the Zn(ClO4)2-ACN electrolyte with low freezing point and high ionic conductivity enhances the low temperature performance. The synergies enable an efficiently reversible conversion of Zn-I2 battery even at −40 °C. Therefore, the resultant Zn-I2 battery delivers a high specific capacity of 200 mAh·g−1, which is fairly approximate to the theoretical capacity of I2 (211 mAh·g−1) and a superior cycling stability with minimal capacity fading of 0.00043% per cycle over 7,000 times under 2C at −20 °C. Furthermore, even at −40 °C, this Zn-I2 battery still exhibits a good capacity retention of 68.7% compared to the capacity at 25 °C and a rapid capacity-recover ability with elevating temperature change. Our results distinctly indicate this Zn-I2 battery can be competent for the practical application under low temperature operation.
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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFA0700104), the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20JCZDJC00280), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1804255).
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