Aug 25, 2021 · A new type of rechargeable alkali metal-chlorine battery developed at Stanford holds six times more electricity than the commercially available rechargeable lithium-ion batteries commonly used today.

Mar 11, 2022 · Here, we report a reversible chlorine redox flow battery starting from the electrolysis of aqueous NaCl electrolyte and the as-produced Cl 2 is extracted and stored in the carbon tetrachloride...

As an ancient battery system born ≈140 years ago, chlorine (Cl)–based batteries have been actively revisited in recent years, because of their impressive electrochemical performance with the low–cost and sustainable features, making them highly attractive candidates for energy storage applications.

Jul 15, 2024 · In this review, the emerging AM–Cl 2 batteries are comprehensively summarized for the first time. The development history and advantages of Li–SOCl 2 batteries are traced, followed by the critical working mechanisms for achieving high rechargeability.

Jul 16, 2023 · Reversible Si redox has been unlocked in Cl-based batteries through rational electrolyte dilution and anode passivation, which demonstrates excellent electrochemical performance and high practicability.

Aug 25, 2021 · The new so-called alkali metal-chlorine batteries, developed by a team of researchers led by Stanford chemistry Professor Hongjie Dai and doctoral candidate Guanzhou Zhu, relies on the back-and-forth chemical conversion of sodium chloride (Na/Cl2) or lithium chloride (Li/Cl2) to chlorine.

Aug 30, 2021 · Stanford University scientists experimenting with a decades-old, single-use battery architecture have developed a new version that is not only rechargeable, but offers around six times the...

Mar 15, 2023 · Rechargeable Li-Cl2 batteries are an emerging and promising high-energy battery technology. We develop metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with functional groups for the nanoconfinement of chlorine by chemisorption in the Li-Cl2 battery.

Dec 5, 2023 · To achieve Li–Cl 2 batteries with high discharge capacity and CE, herein, we propose and design an imine-functionalized porous organic nanocage (POC) to enrich Cl 2 molecules. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the imine group sites in host cages strongly interact with Cl 2 molecules, facilitating the rapid capture of Cl 2 .

May 1, 2024 · Chlorine-based electrochemical energy storage is a promising candidate for sustainable battery technology. The anionic redox reaction of Cl 0/−1 is of interest due to its superior redox potential (1.36 V vs. standard hydrogen electrode [SHE]), capacity (756 mAh g −1), high power, and low cost.