Cryogenic electrolytes and catalysts for zinc air batteries

Minshen Zhu

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Cryogenic electrolytes and catalysts for zinc air batteries

Minshen Zhu^{¹^,²}()

Research Center for Materials, Architectures, and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), TU Chemnitz, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany

Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, TU Chemnitz, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany

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Abstract

The challenges of enabling zinc air batteries to operate at ultralow temperatures are twofold. The Prerequisite is preventing the electrolyte from freezing while maintaining high ionic conductivity. Secondly, the catalyst has to work efficiently at low temperatures. This highlight presents the latest development to resolve the challenges by tuning the structures of the electrolyte and catalyst, offering a new paradigm to widen the working temperature range of zinc air batteries.

Keywords

single atom catalyst anti-freezing zinc air battery low temperature

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Nano Research Energy

Volume 2 Issue 1,
March 2023

Article number: e9120038

DOI: 10.26599/NRE.2023.9120038

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Zhu M. Cryogenic electrolytes and catalysts for zinc air batteries. Nano Research Energy, 2023, 2: e9120038. https://doi.org/10.26599/NRE.2023.9120038