Research progress of cathode materials for aluminum-ion batteries

CHENG Cheng; LEI Xin; SUN Tao; FAN Hongyu; SHEN Xuejing; WU Zhanjun

doi:10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240015.003

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CHENG Cheng, LEI Xin, SUN Tao, et al. Research progress of cathode materials for aluminum-ion batteries[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2024, 41(8): 3839-3865. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240015.003

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CHENG Cheng, LEI Xin, SUN Tao, et al. Research progress of cathode materials for aluminum-ion batteries[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2024, 41(8): 3839-3865. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240015.003

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Research progress of cathode materials for aluminum-ion batteries

doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20240015.003

CHENG Cheng¹,
LEI Xin¹,
SUN Tao^{1
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FAN Hongyu^{2
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SHEN Xuejing³,
WU Zhanjun^{1, 4
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1.
School of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
2.
School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
3.
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Funds: Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (YESS20200084); National Natural Science Foundation of China (12302218); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M721851)

Received Date: 2023-11-08
Accepted Date: 2024-01-08
Rev Recd Date: 2023-12-26

Available Online: 2024-01-16

Publish Date: 2024-08-01

Abstract

Abstract

With high theoretical specific capacity, high safety, low cost, and sufficient raw material sources, aluminum-ion batteries have been regarded as potential alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. However, the shortcomings of the inherent characteristics of the cathode material have greatly limited the further development of aluminum-ion batteries. In this paper, the important role of cathode materials in the application filed of aluminum ion battery was summarized, the mechanism of action and research progress of aluminum ion electrode materials were reviewed, and the effects of various cathode materials such as carbon-based, transition metal oxides and sulfides, organic materials and metal-organic skeletal compounds on the electrochemical performance of aluminum ion batteries were summarize. Finally, the problems that need to be solved urgently in the field of positive electrode materials for aluminum ion batteries are discussed, and the future development direction of positive electrode materials for aluminum ion batteries is proposed.
- Al ion batteries,
- cathode material,
- reaction mechanism,
- electrochemical performance,
- new energy
Long Abstrsct
Innovation Points

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