Papers by Keyword: Zinc Air Battery

Abstract: MnO₂/C composites were synthesized in a microwave oven using the activated carbon as a carrier, manganese sulfate as manganese source, ammonium persulfate as an oxidant, ammonium sulfate as conductive agent. The effects of activated carbon and ammonium sulfate concentration on the MnO₂/C composite crystalstructure and assembly of the zinc-air battery were studied. The results show that the mixed crystal MnO₂/C has the best catalytic oxygen reduction effect. The reaction changes from chemical reaction to electrochemical reaction because of activated carbon. The power of MnO₂/C air battery is increased first and then decreased with the active carbon concentration increased. When the carbon concentration was 30gL^-1, the power reaches a maximum value. With the ammonium sulfate concentration increases the battery energy is first increased and then decreased. The power reaches a maximum value as the concentration of ammonium sulfate is 0.25molL^-1.

Abstract: A sago-based gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) was prepared by mixing native sago with potassium hydroxide (KOH) aqueous in order to investigate the applicability of GPE to zinc-air (Zn-air) battery. The viscosity and conductivity of the sago GPE were evaluated using varying sago amounts and KOH concentrations. The viscosity of the sago GPE was kept as a reserve in the region of ~ 0.2 Pa s as the KOH concentration was increased from 2 to 8 M. Sago GPE was found to have an excellent ionic conductivity of (4.45  0.1) x 10-1 S cm-1 with 6 M KOH. GPE was also employed in an experimental Znair battery using porous Zn electrode as the anode. The battery shows outstanding discharge capacity and practical capacity obtained of 505 mA h g-1.

Abstract: We prepared nano-sized La1-xSrxMnO3 (x=0.2~0.5) cathode catalyst for the zinc air secondary batteries by citrate method and measured cathode’s electrochemical characteristics according to content of strontium compose the cathode catalyst. We heat treated the prepared precursor at various calcination temperature (500~900
), and examined the optimum calcinations temperature by XRD analysis and electrochemical evaluation. We examined the ORR (oxygen reduction reaction) and OER (oxygen evolution reaction) performance of the prepared La1-xSrxMnO3 catalyst powder. La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 catalyst has shown the best performance in the ORR. But in the OER, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 catalyst has shown better performance. When we consider ORR and OER performance simultaneously, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 catalyst has shown the best performance because of its lowest voltage difference between charge and discharge.