电解质
膜
电化学
离子交换
化学
化学工程
阴极
硫酸
阳极
离子电导率
无机化学
材料科学
离子
电极
有机化学
物理化学
工程类
生物化学
作者
Wenju Dong,Luping Li,Longjun Huang,Lijun Meng,Xu Ji,Shuang Cheng
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2022.136435
摘要
Herein, a cost-effective cation exchange membrane (CEM), sulfonated polyether ether ketone membrane (SPEEK-M), is prepared through heat sulfuric acid treatment followed by evaporation induced thermal phase separation. Negative charged sulfonic acid functional groups can be grafted on the polymer chains during this process. Exchange of cations, and repulsion of anions are hence realized using this membrane. To further improve the performance of the SPEEK-M, SiO2 is introduced in. It is found that ionic conductivity is increased to 46.79 mS·cm−1 for the SiO2-SPEEK-M from 19.17 mS·cm−1 for the SPEEK-M. Compared with commercial CEMs, such as DuPont N117 and Huamotech, volume expansion of the SPEEK-M is rather small after immersed in water. The membranes are then used as separators in Zn-ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs) with decoupled aqueous electrolytes, which includes a Zn foil anode in an alkaline electrolyte, and an activated carbon (AC) cathode in a neutral electrolyte. The electrolyte decoupling strategy maximizes the operating window of this system to 0.5 ∼ 2.2 V. The specific capacity of the AC can reach 390.0C·g−1 at a current density of 0.5 A·g−1. An energy density of 46.2 Wh·kg−1 at a power density of 3416.1 W·kg−1 can be achieved (counting the weight of AC). After gelation of the electrolytes, the growth of Zn dendrite is successfully eliminated, and capacity retention along cycling is increased to 94.3 % using the SiO2-SPEEK-M, which is better than that using the commercial DuPont N117 and Huamotech. The raw materials used here to prepare the CEMs are cheap and eco-friendly, which makes the membranes promising candidates as separators for decoupled electrolyte systems.
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