High-voltage Zn/LiMn 0.8 Fe0.2 PO4 aqueous rechargeable battery by virtue of “water-in-salt” electrolyte Jingwen Zhao, Yuqi Li, Xuan Peng, Shanmu Dong, Jun Ma, Guanglei Cui, Liquan Chen PII: DOI: Reference:
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Jingwen Zhaoa, Yuqi Lib, Xuan Pengc, Shanmu Donga, Jun Maa, Guanglei Cuia*,
Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of
Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and
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Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189
Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology,
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Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics,
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Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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*Corresponding author: Guanglei Cui Tel: +86-532-80662746; fax: +86-532-80662744 E-mail:
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Abstract A LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cathode and a Zn anode, for the first time, are combined in a full cell possessing a high operating voltage exceeding 1.8 V. By virtue of a water-in-salt electrolyte containing lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and ZnSO4, two reversible reactions of Li+ extraction/insertion (cathode) and Zn
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150 cycles (0.3 C) without obvious capacity fading. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the electrochemical characteristics of the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 is critically dependent on the pH value of the electrolyte.
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Keywords:
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Zinc-based batteries; LiMnxFe1−xPO4; water-in-salt electrolyte; aqueous batteries; high voltage
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1. Introduction
Among the modern electrochemical power sources, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
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have been a great success in advanced technologies ranging from electronics to transportation [1,2]. However, numerous incidents of catastrophic failure related to
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the toxic and flammable organic electrolyte demonstrate the hidden risks of this battery chemistry, making now an appropriate time to revisit historically safe battery systems [3,4]. Zn-based batteries offer a compelling alternative because of the extensive global reserves, the inherent safety advantages that arise from using aqueous electrolytes, and specific energy densities that are comparable to LIBs, for example with Zn-Ag (150 Wh/kg) and Zn-air (400 Wh/kg) [5,6]. Although several new types of Zn-based batteries with cation-(de)intercalated cathodes such as Zn/LiMnO4 and Zn/α-MnO2 have been proposed, the narrow electrochemical stability window of the aqueous electrolyte impedes their further applications requiring high
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT operating voltage [7-9]. Recently, C. Wang and K. Xu expanded the electrochemical window of aqueous electrolyte to 3.0 V based on the highly concentrated LiTFSI
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solution (water-in-salt), by which more cathode/anode couples can be achieved for
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aqueous rechargeable batteries [10,11].
Due to the structural stability and high theoretical capacity, the olivine-based phosphate family LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni) compounds have drawn huge interest
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as potential cathode materials [12,13]. Compared to the well-known LiFePO4,
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LiMnPO4 is more attractive primarily due to its higher redox potential of 4.1 V (LiFePO4: 3.4 V) versus Li/Li+ [12,14]. Unfortunately, its sluggish transport of
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electrons and Li+ leads to a poor kinetic behavior and irreversible capacity [15,16].
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Partial substitution of Mn2+ by Fe2+ in LiMnPO4 provides a practical way for
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integrating the excellent rate capability of LiFePO4 and high redox potential of LiMnPO4 [16-18]. Additionally, the presence of Fe2+ increases the solubility limits of
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LiMnxFe1−xPO4 and MnxFe1−xPO4 in each other, which is conducive to the Li+ extraction/insertion reactions, particularly at high rates [20,21]. To date, there is no report on the electrochemical properties of LiMn1-xFexPO4 cathodes in the Zn-based battery. Indeed, the electrochemical behavior of LiMnxFe1−xPO4 in the aqueous electrolyte is not totally understood. Since the redox potential of the Fe2+/Fe3+ in the olivine compounds is lower by ~0.6 V than that of the Mn2+/Mn3+, a high Mn/Fe ratio in LiMnxFe1−xPO4 is favorable for ensuring most of the capacity available in the high-potential domain. Herein, a new high-voltage Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 aqueous battery is developed based on a water-in-salt electrolyte
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exceeding 1.8 V yields an energy density of 183 Wh/kg.
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mAh/g (0.1 C) in the aqueous system. This battery with an operating voltage
2. Experimental
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Carbon-coated LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 powder was obtained from Dow Chemical Co. and no further treatment was performed. Cathode electrodes were prepared by
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pressing a mushy mixture of LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 (80 wt.%), Super P carbon (10 wt.%) and polytetrafluoroethylene (10 wt.%) dispersed in ethanol into a film, and cutting the
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film into disks (0.4 cm2). Then the disks were dried at 80 oC for 24 h. Anode electrodes comprised Zn power (70 wt.%), activated carbon (10 wt.%), Super P
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carbon (10 wt.%) and polyvinylidene fluoride (10 wt.%). Slurries containing these four components in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone were coated on the graphite foil, and then
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dried at 80 oC for 24 h. The anode electrodes were punched into discs with a diameter of 13 mm. The active mass loadings for cathode and anode were 5.0 mg/cm2 and 0.46 mg/cm2, respectively. The electrolytes were prepared by dissolving 21 m LiTFSI (Sigma-Aldrich Co.) and 0.5 m ZnSO4 (Alfa Aesar Co.) in deionized water and adjusting the pH value by titration with 0.5 m LiOH (note m is molality, mol-salt in kg-solvent). Coin cells were assembled in open atmosphere by sandwiching a glass fiber paper soaked with electrolyte between the prepared cathode and anode electrodes. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was carried on an electrochemical workstation
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT (VMP-300, Bio-Logic Science Instruments Co.). For the three-electrode setup, a saturated calomel electrode (SCE) and a Pt foil were employed as reference and
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counter electrodes, respectively. The electrochemical stability windows of the
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electrolytes were measured on the inert current collector (stainless steel). Galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements were performed with a LAND CT2001A Battery Cycler (Wuhan, China). Morphological and structural information
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of the materials was obtained from field emission scanning electron microscopy
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(SEM, HITACHI S-4800), combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) for the determination of element composition. X-ray diffraction (XRD)
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Fig. 1b presents the XRD pattern of the carbon-coated LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4. All the
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diffraction peaks agree well with the orthorhombic structure with pnmb(62) space group, which is similar to the Li(Mn,Fe)PO4 phase (JCPDS No. 13-0336). No other crystalline phase was detected, indicating the high purity of the sample. The SEM image shows clearly that the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 exists in a spherical shape with diameters of 3−5 μm (Fig. 1c). The EDS line scanning analysis demonstrates that Mn, Fe, P, and C are homogeneously distributed across the diameter of the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 sphere with the Mn/Fe molar ratio of ~4 (Fig. 1d). CV measurements were performed to evaluate the electrochemical stability for the aqueous electrolytes, and estimate the electrochemical properties of cathode and
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decomposition of water. In such an electrolyte, the potential of Li+ extraction in the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cathode is close to that of water oxidation, which would lead to preferential oxidation of water and sustained oxygen evolution. In contrast, the
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“water-in-salt” electrolyte containing LiTFSI (21 m) and ZnSO4 (0.5 m) at pH=4.0
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possesses an expanded stability window due to the substantially reduced electrochemical activity of water, which supports the electrochemical coupling of
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LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 and Zn used in our study. Two pairs of noticeable redox peaks related
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to Li+ extraction/insertion reactions can be observed for the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cathode
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in the LiTFSI-ZnSO4 electrolyte [14]. In the case of Zn anode, one set of redox peaks corresponds to the dissolution/deposition of zinc. Notably, the highly stable
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electrolyte exhibits a depressed activity of H2 evolution during the process of zinc deposition, which is different from the traditional aqueous electrolytes. Full cells using LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 and Zn electrodes were assembled in the LiTFSI-ZnSO4 electrolyte. Based on theoretical capacities of LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 (170 mAh/g) and Zn (825 mAh/g), the mass ratio of active materials in cathode and anode was set to 10:3 (50% w/w Zn excess) in order to ensure the full utilization of LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4. The typical galvanostatic charge/discharge profiles of the Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 full cell are displayed in Fig. 2b. The cut-off voltage of 2.35 V is much higher than those in traditional aqueous electrolytes. During discharge, two
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profile, at around 1.8 V. The CV test of the Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cell (Fig. 2c) further
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demonstrates 80% of its total capacity arises from the Mn2+/Mn3+ region (shown from the shaded areas), in agree with the high Mn/Fe ratio in the LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4. Because
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of the high operating voltage and the acceptable capacity, the energy density of our
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battery reaches up to 183 Wh/kg according to the total mass of active electrode
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materials, exceeding most rechargeable aqueous batteries [9]. In terms of rate capability as presented in Fig. 2d and e, the Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4
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cell delivers reversible capacities of 137, 112, 93, 75 and 59 mAh/g at 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1.5 and 3 C, respectively. After continuous cycling at varying rates, 98.9% of the initial capacitance can be recovered when the rate was turned back to 0.1 C. Note that the sloping potential profiles at high rates relate to the slow reaction kinetics at the highly concentrated electrolyte [22]. Therefore, there is still room for improving the rate capability by further optimization of the electrolyte composition and electrode structure. The cycle performance of the fabricated Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cell at 0.3 C rate is illustrated in Fig. 2f. After 150 cycles, the cell shows an excellent capacity retention with coulombic efficiency above 99.3%.
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2θ values in comparison with the ones from the initial state [12,17]. On discharge, the reverse process takes place, and no other process was detected. This typical phase evolution for LiMnxFe1−xPO4 according to the Li+ extraction/insertion further
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confirms the reversibility and stability of the system.
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The critical factor differentiating the behavior of nonaqueous and aqueous electrolytes is the action of H+ and OH−. It is demonstrated that the activity of LIBs
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[9,13]. The charge/discharge evolution for Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 cells in the
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LiTFSI-ZnSO4 electrolytes with various pH values is shown in Fig. 4. The potential plateau of the Fe2+/Fe3+ redox couple almost remains constant in the pH range of
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3.0−7.5, which is in well agreement with the previous report that the protonation reaction in olivine LiFePO4 is unfavorable because of the large required distortion of the Fe and P coordination polyhedra [13]. In contrast, the Mn2+/Mn3+ redox couple is significantly sensitive to the pH value. For the electrolyte at pH=3.0, an obvious capacity fading for first 10 cycles can be observed, which is perhaps due to the dissolution of Mn2+ in the acid environment. From the results in Fig. 4b–f, it can be demonstrated that the pH values between 4.0 and 5.5 are most appropriate for the Li+ extraction/insertion in the host of LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4. The electrochemical performance gets deteriorated with increasing pH value, and the electrolyte at pH=8.5 leads to a
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4. Conclusions
A new high-voltage Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 aqueous rechargeable battery with a
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water-in-salt electrolyte is proposed for the first time. The battery has an operating voltage more than 1.8 V by combining two different electrode reactions: Li+
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insertion/extraction at cathode and zinc dissolution/deposition at anode. Based on the total weight of the active electrode materials, its energy density reaches up to 183
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Acknowledgments
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21271180, 21301185), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, No. 2013AA050905).
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Fig. 1 (a) Schematic illustration of the Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 battery. (b) XRD pattern,
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(c) SEM image and (d) EDS line scanning analysis of the carbon-coated
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Fig. 2 (a) CV curves of Zn at a scan rate of 0.2 mV/s and LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 at 0.1 mV/s
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ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Highlights First demonstration of a high-voltage (>1.8 V) aqueous Zn/LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 battery.
A “water-in-salt” solution with wide potential window is used as the electrolyte.
Designed aqueous battery shows a high energy density of 183 Wh/kg.
The activity of LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 depends on the pH value of the electrolyte.
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