Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries

Abstract The environmental challenges and growing energy demand have promoted the development of renewable energy, including solar, tidal, and wind. The next‐generation electrochemical energy storage (EES), incorporating flow battery (FB) and metal‐based battery (MB, Li, Na, Zn, Mg, etc.) received m...

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Main Authors: Jiajie Zhang, Yonghui Zhang, Jie Fu, Xianfeng Li, Changkun Zhang
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Published: Wiley 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/elt2.57
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Yonghui Zhang
Jie Fu
Xianfeng Li
Changkun Zhang
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Changkun Zhang
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description Abstract The environmental challenges and growing energy demand have promoted the development of renewable energy, including solar, tidal, and wind. The next‐generation electrochemical energy storage (EES), incorporating flow battery (FB) and metal‐based battery (MB, Li, Na, Zn, Mg, etc.) received more attention. The flammable electrolytes in nonaqueous batteries have raised serious safety hazards and more unconventional electrolyte systems have been proposed recently. An emerging class of electrolytes, eutectic electrolytes have been reported in many batteries due to the facile preparation, concentrated states, and unique ion transport properties. In FB, eutectic electrolytes can significantly increase the energy density by promoting the molar ratio of redox active materials. In MB, eutectic electrolytes reduce the vapor pressure and toxicity, inhibit metal dendrites growth, and enlarge the electrochemical window. In this review, we summarize the progress status of different eutectic electrolytes on both FBs and MBs. We expect this review can supply the guidance for the application of eutectic electrolytes in EES.
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spelling doaj-art-de77a82da13f4192aa2a00a40b2898362025-08-20T03:31:00ZengWileyElectron2751-26062751-26142024-08-0123n/an/a10.1002/elt2.57Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteriesJiajie Zhang0Yonghui Zhang1Jie Fu2Xianfeng Li3Changkun Zhang4School of Materials Science and Engineering Dalian Jiaotong University Dalian ChinaAtomic‐scale Characterisation Institute for Materials Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Ruhr‐Universität Bochum Bochum GermanySchool of Materials Science and Engineering Dalian Jiaotong University Dalian ChinaDivision of Energy Storage Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDivision of Energy Storage Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaAbstract The environmental challenges and growing energy demand have promoted the development of renewable energy, including solar, tidal, and wind. The next‐generation electrochemical energy storage (EES), incorporating flow battery (FB) and metal‐based battery (MB, Li, Na, Zn, Mg, etc.) received more attention. The flammable electrolytes in nonaqueous batteries have raised serious safety hazards and more unconventional electrolyte systems have been proposed recently. An emerging class of electrolytes, eutectic electrolytes have been reported in many batteries due to the facile preparation, concentrated states, and unique ion transport properties. In FB, eutectic electrolytes can significantly increase the energy density by promoting the molar ratio of redox active materials. In MB, eutectic electrolytes reduce the vapor pressure and toxicity, inhibit metal dendrites growth, and enlarge the electrochemical window. In this review, we summarize the progress status of different eutectic electrolytes on both FBs and MBs. We expect this review can supply the guidance for the application of eutectic electrolytes in EES.https://doi.org/10.1002/elt2.57electrochemical energy storageeutectic electrolytesflow batteriesmetal‐based batteries
spellingShingle Jiajie Zhang
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Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
Electron
electrochemical energy storage
eutectic electrolytes
flow batteries
metal‐based batteries
title Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
title_full Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
title_fullStr Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
title_full_unstemmed Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
title_short Perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next‐generation batteries
title_sort perspective on eutectic electrolytes for next generation batteries
topic electrochemical energy storage
eutectic electrolytes
flow batteries
metal‐based batteries
url https://doi.org/10.1002/elt2.57
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