Volume 62, Issue 45 e202309430
Research Article

An Organic Coordination Manganese Complex as Cathode for High-Voltage Aqueous Zinc-metal Battery

Feifan Zhang

Feifan Zhang

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China

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Gege Wang

Gege Wang

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China

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Jing Wu

Jing Wu

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China

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Prof. Xiaowei Chi

Corresponding Author

Prof. Xiaowei Chi

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 China

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Prof. Yu Liu

Corresponding Author

Prof. Yu Liu

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 China

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First published: 16 September 2023
Citations: 3

Graphical Abstract

Benefiting from the coordination stabilization of PAL ligands, the highly reversible high-voltage solid-phase Mn3+/Mn2+ redox couple is realized in near-neutral aqueous Zn−Mn batteries.

Abstract

Aqueous Zn−Mn battery has been considered as the most promising scalable energy-storage system due to its intrinsic safety and especially ultralow cost. However, the traditional Zn−Mn battery mainly using manganese oxides as cathode shows low voltage and suffers from dissolution/disproportionation of the cathode during cycling. Herein, for the first time, a high-voltage and long-cycle Zn−Mn battery based on a highly reversible organic coordination manganese complex cathode (Manganese polyacrylate, PAL−Mn) was constructed. Benefiting from the insoluble carboxylate ligand of PAL−Mn that can suppress shuttle effect and disproportionationation reaction of Mn3+ in a mild electrolyte, Mn3+/Mn2+ reaction in coordination state is realized, which not only offers a high discharge voltage of 1.67 V but also exhibits excellent cyclability (100 % capacity retention, after 4000 cycles). High voltage reaction endows the Zn−Mn battery high specific energy (600 Wh kg−1 at 0.2 A g−1), indicating a bright application prospect. The strategy of introducing carboxylate ligands in Zn−Mn battery to harness high-voltage reaction of Mn3+/Mn2+ well broadens the research of high-voltage Zn−Mn batteries under mild electrolyte conditions.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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