Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have designed a low-cost Na–ZnCl2 battery with a planar β′′-Al2O3 solid electrolyte. They found that the ZnCl2-based chemical reactions were complex with multiple electrochemical reactions including liquid-phase formation occurring at temperatures above 253 °C. Their Na-ZnCl2 battery performs impressively, and offers several advantages over Na-NiCl2 batteries.
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A novel low-cost sodium–zinc chloride battery
Xiaochuan Lu, Guosheng Li, Jin Y. Kim, John P. Lemmon, Vincent L. Sprenkle and Zhenguo Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE24244G
