Journal
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages 265-271Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.036
Keywords
Yttria doped zirconia coatings; Potassium ferrate (VI) electrode; Alkaline super-iron battery; New energetic resource system; Power source; Coin cell
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21076143]
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry [2009-1341]
- RAEng Research Exchanges with China and India award
- UK Royal Academy of Engineering [2012-5502]
- Key Laboratory of Inorganic film materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences [KLICM-2010-06, KLICM-2011-07]
- innovation fund of Tianjin University [1107026]
- Hainan University [1107026]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B06006]
- Basic Research of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission [07JCYBJC00700]
- Petro China Innovation Fund [060511-6-3]
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To enhance the stability of potassium ferrate (VI) (K2FeO4) electrodes and their discharge capabilities in alkaline battery systems, yttria (Y2O3) doped zirconia (ZrO2) (denoted as Y2O3-ZrO2) coatings are utilized to protect the K2FeO4 electrode in alkaline electrolytes. The preparation conditions of Y2O3-ZrO2 coatings on K2FeO4 electrodes are investigated in detail and the optimum preparation conditions are determined. Results of discharge tests with open module batteries show that the Y2O3-ZrO2 coated K2FeO4 electrode (prepared under the optimum conditions) provides a superior discharge specific capacity than uncoated and ZrO2 coated K2FeO4 electrodes. Alternatively, to further explore the practical application of K2FeO4 electrodes, super-iron coin cells are assembled using a Y2O3-ZrO2 coated K2FeO4 electrode as the cathode and zinc foil as the anode. The discharge specific capacity and discharge specific energy of the coin cell with Y2O3-ZrO2 coated K2FeO4 cathode are 169.8 mA h g(-1), and 201.9 W h kg(-1) respectively, which are superior to the MnO2 coin cell. Therefore, the results indicate that Y2O3-ZrO2 coated K2FeO4 cathode is suitable for practical applications in alkaline battery systems. Consequently, the alkaline super-iron battery is expected to become a novel energy resource system that replaces present primary batteries in various electronic devices. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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