화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.76, 396-402, August, 2019
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.04.005  Export Citation
Improving self-discharge and anti-corrosion performance of Zn-air batteries using conductive polymer-coated Zn active materials
Yong Nam Jo, P. Santhoshkumar1, K. Prasanna2, Kumaran Vediappan3, and Chang Woo Lee1, †
  • Department of Advanced Materials & Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Halla University, 28 Halladeagil, Wonju, Gangwon, 26404, South Korea
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering & Center for the SMART Energy Platform, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Gihung, Yongin, Gyeonggi, 17104, South Korea
  • 2Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark
  • 3SRM Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankuthur, Tamilnadu, 603 203, India
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The corrosion and hydrogen evolution reactions of Zn anodes accelerate the self-discharge of a Zn-air battery. To suppress the corrosion reaction and improve the self-discharge behavior of a Zn-air battery, polyaniline (PANI) is synthesized with different amounts of 0.1 M sulfuric acid and coated on a Zn surface. The PANI-coated materials effectively suppress the corrosion reaction, and the Zn-air cells prepared with PANI-coated Zn materials exhibit enhanced self-discharge behavior. The specific discharge capacity after 24 h storage and capacity retention of Zn were 520.2 mA h/g and 74.4%, respectively. Whereas the PANI-coated Zn (100 ml sulfuric acid) shows 565.3 mA h/g of specific discharge capacity after 24 h storage, 75.8% corrosion inhibition efficiency and 96.9% capacity retention. Therefore, PANI-coated Zn materials are effective in suppressing the corrosion reaction and improving self-discharge behaviors in Zn-air batteries.
Keywords:Zn-air batteries;Polyaniline-coated Zn;Self-discharge;Corrosion;Hydrogen evolution reaction
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