可充电锌电极的研究进展

Development of rechargeable zinc electrode

因为可充电锌电极具有比能量高、原料丰富、成本低等优点,随着可充电锌锰电池和锌镍电池的发展,近年来对可充电锌电极的研究越来越受到重视,锌电极的性能有了明显的提高。概括了锌电极存在的一些问题,如变形、枝晶、腐蚀、钝化等,并提出了相应的解决途径,尤其是提高可充电锌电极电化学性能的途径,包括在电极和电解液中加入各种添加剂、改进隔膜和充电方式等。对近年来的研究进展进行了总结,并预测了可充电锌电极的应用前景。

With the development of rechargeable zinc-manganese battery and zinc-nickel battery, more attention was paid to the study for the rechargeable zinc electrodes due to the advantages of high specific energy, low cost and abundant raw materials, and the performance of zinc electrode were improved quickly. The problems of the zinc electrodes such as the deformation of electrode, dendrite, corrosion and passivation were reviewed, the ways to improve the electrode performance by using additives of electrode/electrolyte, novel separator and charge methods were reviewed. The progress and the application prospects of rechargeable zinc electrodes were forecasted.