Eco-friend air electrode for flexible quasi-solid-state electrolyte zinc-air battery based on spherical glucose biochar derived from biorefinery process

H. R. Kim; Y. Ji; Y. Chun; J. H. Lee; H. Y. Yoo; S. Kim; C. Park; S. W. Kim

doi:10.1016/j.mtsust.2023.100456

Eco-friend air electrode for flexible quasi-solid-state electrolyte zinc-air battery based on spherical glucose biochar derived from biorefinery process

H. R. Kim
, Y. Ji
, Y. Chun
, J. H. Lee
, H. Y. Yoo
, S. Kim
, C. Park
, S. W. Kim^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Biorefinery using waste biomass is a key technology for sustainable development and is widely used in renewable energy production. However, biorefineries for energy storage applications have rarely been studied. In this study, a zinc-air battery (ZAB), which is one of the eco-friendlier energy storage devices, is proposed using the biorefinery process. The spherical glucose biochar (SGBC) was produced by a two-step process. The first step was the saccharification which included NaOH pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. The second step was the carbonization including hydrothermal reactions and carbonization. The SGBC/MnO₂/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) composite (SMP) was produced by in-situ polymerization with Fe(ClO₄)₃. The SMP exhibited excellent oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) comparable to Pt/C due to the complementary effects of each component. Therefore, the fabricated flexible quasi-solid-state electrolyte SMP-based ZAB (SMP-ZAB) displayed high performance. The SMP-ZAB exhibited a peak power density of 101.2 mW/cm³. The discharge was maintained for 9.6 h at 5 mA/cm³ and the charge-discharge cycle was maintained for 16 h without remarkable potential change (5 min each for charge and discharge at 5 mA/cm³). In addition, the SMP-ZAB could theoretically produce 9540 cells from 1000 g of chestnut shell (CNS), demonstrating the potential of mass production for industrial-scale production (electrode area: 4 cm²). These results suggest that the SMP-ZAB could be applied as a future wearable energy device with an eco-friendly process.

Original language	English
Article number	100456
Journal	Materials Today Sustainability
Volume	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2023.100456
Publication status	Published - 2023 Sept

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Keywords

Bifunctional catalyst
Energy storage
MnO
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)
Spherical glucose biochar (SGBC)
Sustainable process

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General Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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Eco-friend air electrode for flexible quasi-solid-state electrolyte zinc-air battery based on spherical glucose biochar derived from biorefinery process

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