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This book covers every aspect of the Zn-air battery, ranging from its historical development to the design of its components and devices and to the new trends of research.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 INTRODUCTION TO ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
1.1 Introduction
1.2 History of Zn-air battery
1.3 Structure and principle of Zn-air battery
1.4 Evaluation of Zn-air battery
1.5 Main issues of Zn-air battery
2 DESIGN OF OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS IN PRIMARY ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
2.1 Overview of oxygen reduction catalysts
2.2 Precious metal catalysts
2.3 Single-atom catalysts
2.4 Carbon-based catalysts
2.5 Transition metal oxide catalysts
2.6 Miscellaneous catalysts
3 DESIGN OF BIFUNCTIONAL OXYGEN CATALYSTS IN RECHARGEABLE ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
3.1 Oxygen redox reactions and catalyst candidates
3.2 Carbon
3.3 Metal oxides
3.4 Heterostructured catalysts
3.5 Carbon-based composites
3.6 Other emerging catalysts
3.7 Binder-free catalysts
4 DESIGN OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL AIR CATHODE IN ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
4.1 Overview of three-dimensional air cathode
4.2 Load of carbon-based catalysts
4.3 Load of transition metal compounds
4.4 Design of three-phase interface
4.5 Conclusions
5 DESIGN OF ZN ANODE FOR ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods to optimize Zn anode for Zn-air batteries
5.3 Conclusion and perspectives
6 DESIGN of ELECTROLYTE FOR ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
6.1 Liquid electrolytes
6.2 Gel polymer electrolyte
7 NEW DESIGN of ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
7.1 Flexible Zn-air battery
7.2 Hybrid Zn-air battery
7.3 Zn-air flow battery
8 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ZN-AIR BATTERIES
8.1 History of Zn-air batteries
8.2 Primary Zn-air batteries
8.3 Rechargeable Zn-air batteries
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Zongping Shao is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and also a professor at Nanjing Tech University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, in 2000. He worked as a Visiting Scholar at Institut de Researches Sur La Catalyse, CNRS, France, and then a Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology, USA, from 2000 to 2005. His current research interests include fuel cells, metal-air batteries, solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, and oxygen-permeable membranes. He has authored over 600 scientific publications and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2017.
Xiaomin Xu is currently a Research Associate at Curtin University, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University in 2021. His research interests include the development of perovskite oxide materials and other functional materials for applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion.
Zusammenfassung
This book covers every aspect of the Zn-air battery, ranging from its historical development to the design of its components and devices and to the new trends of research.
