As an effective energy storage technology, rechargeable batteries have long been considered as a promising solution for grid integration of intermittent renewables(such as solar and wind energy). However,their wide ap...As an effective energy storage technology, rechargeable batteries have long been considered as a promising solution for grid integration of intermittent renewables(such as solar and wind energy). However,their wide application is still limited by safety issue and high cost. Herein, a new battery chemistry is proposed to satisfy the requirements of grid energy storage. We report a simple Cu-Mn battery, which is composed of two separated current collectors in an H2SO4-CuSO4-MnSO4 electrolyte without using any membrane. The Cu-Mn battery shows an energy density of 40.8 Wh L-1, a super-long life of 10,000 cycles(without obvious capacity decay) and negligible self-discharge. And the capital cost of US$ 11.9 kWh-1 based on electrolyte is lower than any previous batteries. More importantly, the battery can still work smoothly during thermal abuse test and drill-through test, showing high safe nature. Furthermore, a combination system integrating the Cu-Mn battery and hydrogen evolution is also proposed, which is able to avoid the generation of explosive H2/O2 mixture, and presents an efficient approach for grid energy storage and conversion.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21622303, 21333002, 21805126)National Key Research and Development Plan (2016YFB0901500, 2016YFA0203302)
文摘As an effective energy storage technology, rechargeable batteries have long been considered as a promising solution for grid integration of intermittent renewables(such as solar and wind energy). However,their wide application is still limited by safety issue and high cost. Herein, a new battery chemistry is proposed to satisfy the requirements of grid energy storage. We report a simple Cu-Mn battery, which is composed of two separated current collectors in an H2SO4-CuSO4-MnSO4 electrolyte without using any membrane. The Cu-Mn battery shows an energy density of 40.8 Wh L-1, a super-long life of 10,000 cycles(without obvious capacity decay) and negligible self-discharge. And the capital cost of US$ 11.9 kWh-1 based on electrolyte is lower than any previous batteries. More importantly, the battery can still work smoothly during thermal abuse test and drill-through test, showing high safe nature. Furthermore, a combination system integrating the Cu-Mn battery and hydrogen evolution is also proposed, which is able to avoid the generation of explosive H2/O2 mixture, and presents an efficient approach for grid energy storage and conversion.
