Design and analysis of aluminum/air battery system for electric vehicles

Yang, Shuai; Knickle, Harold N.

doi:10.1016/s0378-7753(02)00370-1

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“…For example some surveys covering the variety of aluminium energy storage systems devote a subsection to the aluminiumeair battery electrochemistry [2,3]. Others focus solely on aluminiumeair batteries and detail the advances made together with their developing applications [13e20], such as a power source for electric vehicles [21,22]. There are specialised reviews that examine aluminium corrosion mechanisms in saline solutions for the cathodic protection of marine structures [23] and under opencircuit conditions in alkaline solutions with relevance to nuclear engineering [24].…”

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Developments in electrode materials and electrolytes for aluminium–air batteries

Egan¹,

León²,

Wood³

et al. 2013

Journal of Power Sources

402

191

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h i g h l i g h t s< Discussion of the rationale to choose a suitable alloy for Aleair battery. < Effect of the properties and preparation route to enhance the oxidation of Al. < Effect of the inhibitors on the anode oxidation in the alkaline electrolyte. This review shows the influence of the materials, including: aluminium alloy, oxygen reduction catalyst and electrolyte type, in the battery performance. Two issues are considered: (a) the parasitic corrosion of aluminium at open-circuit potential and under discharge, due to the reduction of water on the anode and (b) the formation of a passive hydroxide layer on aluminium, which inhibits dissolution and shifts its potential to positive values. To overcome these two issues, super-pure (99.999 wt%) aluminium alloyed with traces of Mg, Sn, In and Ga are used to inhibit corrosion or to break down the passive hydroxide layer. Since high-purity aluminium alloys are expensive, an alternative approach is to add inhibitors or additives directly into the electrolyte. The effectiveness of binary and ternary alloys and the addition of different electrolyte additives are evaluated. Novel methods to overcome the self-corrosion problem include using anionic membranes and gel electrolytes or alternative solvents, such as alcohols or ionic liquids, to replace aqueous solutions. The air cathode is also considered and future opportunities and directions for the development of aluminiumeair cells are highlighted.

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Developments in electrode materials and electrolytes for aluminium–air batteries

Egan¹,

León²,

Wood³

et al. 2013

Journal of Power Sources

402

191

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“…The price of Al is very low as long as the Al(OH) 3 can be recycled as pure Al. [142] However, Al/air cells in aqueous electrolyte also suffer from rapid self-discharge causing heat-generation as is the case for Mg/air cells.…”

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Li‐Ion Batteries and Beyond: Future Design Challenges

Hwa

Cairns

2015

Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

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Light metals have been widely used as electrode materials for batteries owing to their low standard redox potential, their low equivalent weight, large specific capacity, and great abundance. Both primary and secondary cells including light metals as electrode material have influenced all aspects of our lives, e.g., electrically operated toys, power tools, and portable electronics such as cell phones, smart pads, and laptop computers. Among all battery systems, rechargeable lithium (Li) ion cells have been used most widely in recent years owing to their high specific power, high energy density, and ambient temperature operation. However, Li‐ion cells are facing difficult challenges in satisfying the emerging market for advanced applications demanding high‐performance rechargeable batteries for applications such as electric vehicles, high‐performance portable electronics, and large‐scale electrical energy storage systems. Unfortunately, current Li‐ion cells cannot satisfy demands such as low cost, much improved safety, larger energy density, faster charge/discharge rates, and longer service life, so intensive effort is necessary to develop the next generation of cells. In this article, the limitations of current Li‐ion cells and various advanced materials for each component of the Li‐ion cell, in addition to other promising candidates for cells beyond Li ion, such as the Li/S cell and Na‐ and Mg‐based rechargeable cells, and metal/air cells are discussed.

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“…The fuel cell with its high efficiency, low pollution of the unique advantages of clean energy has become the focus of research in recent years, its working principle is similar with conventional batteries, the electrochemical reaction will be stored in the chemical energy of the fuel and oxidant into electricity [2].The metal air battery takes the oxygen in the air as the positive electrode active material, and take the metal alloy as negative electrode active material, the oxygen in the air reaches the electrochemical reaction interface through the gas diffusion and react with metal alloy to release the electrical energy. According to the current research of the mainstream metal alloy, fuel cell can be divided into: zinc air battery, aluminum air battery, magnesium air battery and lithium air battery [3,4]. In several kinds of metal air battery, magnesium is very active metal, and its autolysis speed is very fast, which will produce large amounts of hydrogen resulting in reducing efficiency of anode; as an anode chemical power supply, zinc has the advantages of high energy density, abundant raw materials, but its activity is low, and the ability of large current discharge is poor [5]; lithium air battery is one of the hot spots in the research of new chemical energy, and its theoretical specific energy is more than 13.3 kWh/kg, but the high activity of the lithium metal leads to the high security risk.…”

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Design and research on discharge performance for aluminum-air battery

Zhao

Cai

et al. 2017

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Abstract. As a kind of clean energy, the research of aluminum air battery is carried out because aluminum-air battery has advantages of high specific energy, silence and low infrared. Based on the research on operating principle of aluminumair battery, a novel aluminum-air battery system was designed composed of aluminum-air cell and the circulation system of electrolyte. A system model is established to analyze the polarization curve, the constant current discharge performance and effect of electrolyte concentration on the performance of monomer. The experimental results show that the new energy aluminum-air battery has good discharge performance, which lays a foundation for its application.

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Design and analysis of aluminum/air battery system for electric vehicles

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Developments in electrode materials and electrolytes for aluminium–air batteries

Developments in electrode materials and electrolytes for aluminium–air batteries

Li‐Ion Batteries and Beyond: Future Design Challenges

Design and research on discharge performance for aluminum-air battery

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