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A High‐Performance Room‐Temperature Li||Ga–Sn Liquid Metal Battery for Grid Energy Storage
Author(s) -
Wang Kaizhao,
Hu Jin,
Chen Tianyou,
Tang Jingtao,
Wang Zhiyi,
Fan Ningning,
Zhang Weijun,
Wang Kaijun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.202100330
Subject(s) - materials science , anode , cathode , battery (electricity) , tin , electrochemistry , electrode , energy storage , separator (oil production) , electrolyte , electrochemical kinetics , capacity loss , lithium iron phosphate , gallium , alloy , chemical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , thermodynamics , power (physics) , engineering , physics
Herein, a room‐temperature liquid metal battery (LMB) with a solid lithium anode electrode and gallium–tin (Ga–Sn) alloy cathode electrode is reported. With the improved wettability of the electric collector and grain‐refined liquid metal droplets cathode, the aforementioned LMB exhibits good cyclic reversibility and negligible self‐discharge. The result shows that the assembled Li||Ga–Sn battery has a satisfactory specific capacity (409 mAh g −1 ) and high energy efficiency (up to 92%). The low melting point Ga–Sn alloy can construct fast kinetics for the redox reaction and improve the electrode reaction kinetics, imparting the Li||Ga–Sn system with high discharge voltage (0.77 V at 1C) and smaller polarization voltage at different current densities, which ensure the high Coulomb efficiency and good rate performance of the battery. Moreover, the battery stably cycles at 35 °C for 60 cycles at the 1C rate, with no significant capacity degradation. With good electrochemical performance, simple structure, easy maintenance, and high safety, this room‐temperature Li||Ga–Sn battery may be a promising choice for power grid energy storage applications.