Ultrafast Electrical Pulse Synthesis of Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Beyond-Industrial-Level Hydrogen Gas Batteries

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The high reliability and proven ultra-longevity make aqueous hydrogen gas (H2 ) batteries ideal for large-scale energy storage. However, the low alkaline hydrogen evolution and oxidation reaction (HER/HOR) activities of expensive platinum catalysts severely hamper their widespread applications in H2 batteries. Here, cost-effective, highly active electrocatalysts, with a model of ruthenium-nickel alloy nanoparticles in ≈3 nm anchored on carbon black (RuNi/C) as an example, are developed by an ultrafast electrical pulse approach for nickel-hydrogen gas (NiH2 ) batteries. Having a competitive low cost of about one fifth of Pt/C benckmark, this ultrafine RuNi/C catalyst displays an ultrahigh HOR mass activity of 2.34 A mg-1 at 50 mV (vs RHE) and an ultralow HER overpotential of 19.5 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 . As a result, the advanced NiH2 battery can efficiently operate under all-climate conditions (from -25 to +50 °C) with excellent durability. Notably, the NiH2 cell stack achieves an energy density up to 183 Wh kg-1 and an estimated cost of ≈49 $ kWh-1 under an ultrahigh cathode Ni(OH)2 loading of 280 mg cm-2 and a low anode Ru loading of ≈62.5 µg cm-2 . The advanced beyond-industrial-level hydrogen gas batteries provide great opportunities for practical grid-scale energy storage applications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) - 35(2023), 32 vom: 01. Aug., Seite e2300502

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Taoli [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zaichun [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Xinhua [VerfasserIn]
Park, Sunhyeong [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Shuyang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Linxiang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Yirui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinghao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Zhengxin [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Yahan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jifei [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Qia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

All-climate performance
Electrical pulse synthesis
Grid-scale energy storage
HER/HOR catalysts
Hydrogen gas batteries
Journal Article
Long life

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Date Revised 11.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/adma.202300502

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357513401