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Salty Ice Electrolyte with Superior Ionic Conductivity Towards Low‐Temperature Aqueous Zinc Ion Hybrid Capacitors
Author(s) -
Sun Yinglun,
Ma Hongyun,
Zhang Xiaqing,
Liu Bao,
Liu Lingyang,
Zhang Xu,
Feng Jianze,
Zhang Qingnuan,
Ding Yunxia,
Yang Bingjun,
Qu Liangti,
Yan Xingbin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202101277
Subject(s) - electrolyte , ionic conductivity , materials science , aqueous solution , conductivity , ion , electrochemistry , capacitor , ionic bonding , chemical engineering , zinc , chemistry , metallurgy , electrode , voltage , organic chemistry , electrical engineering , engineering
Aqueous electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices have attracted considerable attention due to their advantages of low cost and high safety. However, the freeze of aqueous electrolytes usually causes the dramatic loss of ionic conduction capacity, thereby seriously restricting the low‐temperature application of such EES devices. Herein, different from traditional frozen electrolytes, a Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 salty ice with superior ionic conductivity (1.3 × 10 −3 S cm −1 even at −60 °C) is discovered. It is attributed to the unique 3D ionic transport channels inside such ice, which enables the fast transport of both Zn 2+ ions and ClO 4 − ions inside the ice at low temperatures. Using this Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 salty ice as an electrolyte, as‐built zinc ion hybrid capacitor is able to work even at −60 °C (with 74.2% of the room temperature capacity), and exhibits an ultra‐long cycle life of 70 000 cycles at low temperature. This discovery provides a new insight for constructing low‐temperature EES devices using salty ices as electrolytes.