Utilizing solar energy to improve the oxygen evolution reaction kinetics in zinc–air battery

The authors here report a sunlight-promoted rechargeable zinc–air battery in which photoelectrode is used as the air electrode to substantially lower the charge potential under illumination. Notably, the battery can be initially charged with an extremely low voltage of ~1.20 V.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaorui Liu, Yifei Yuan, Jie Liu, Bin Liu, Xu Chen, Jia Ding, Xiaopeng Han, Yida Deng, Cheng Zhong, Wenbin Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12627-2