阅读说明：本技术 电解液、电池及电池组 (Electrolyte, battery and battery pack ) 是由 潘中来 于 2020-04-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于水系电池的电解液,以及利用该电解液的电池和电池组,属于二次电池技术领域。本发明解决的技术问题是提供一种电解液,该电解液,包括水性电解质和添加剂,其中,所述添加剂为中性碱金属盐和富氧化合物,所述水性电解质包括在充放电过程中能够在阳极还原沉积为金属且该金属能可逆氧化溶解的阳极金属离子。本发明通过在电解液中加入中性碱金属盐以及PEG等富氧化合物,从而原位溶解氢氧化锌沉淀,进一步重排氢氧化锌沉淀并疏通离子通道,抑制金属枝晶的形成,最终达到提高电池容量和循环寿命的目的。(The invention relates to an electrolyte for a water-based battery, and a battery pack using the electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of secondary batteries. The technical problem solved by the invention is to provide an electrolyte, which comprises an aqueous electrolyte and an additive, wherein the additive is a neutral alkali metal salt and an oxygen-enriched compound, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises anode metal ions which can be reduced and deposited into metal at an anode in the charge-discharge process and can be reversibly oxidized and dissolved. According to the invention, neutral alkali metal salt, PEG and other oxygen-enriched compounds are added into the electrolyte, so that zinc hydroxide precipitate is dissolved in situ, the zinc hydroxide precipitate is further rearranged, an ion channel is dredged, the formation of metal dendrites is inhibited, and the purposes of improving the capacity of the battery and prolonging the cycle life are finally achieved.)

1. An electrolyte, characterized by: the electrolyte comprises an aqueous electrolyte and an additive, wherein the additive is a neutral alkali metal salt and an oxygen-enriched compound, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises anode metal ions which can be reduced and deposited into metal at an anode during the charge and discharge processes and can be reversibly oxidized and dissolved.

2. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the neutral alkali metal salt is alkali metal sulfate; preferably, the neutral alkali metal salt is at least one of sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, rubidium sulfate and cesium sulfate.

3. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the molar concentration of the neutral alkali metal salt in the electrolyte is 0.1-0.8M.

4. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the oxygen-enriched compound is at least one of polyethylene glycol, polysorbate, nonylphenol polyglycol ether, polyoxyethylene octyl phenyl ether, polypropylene glycol, polyglycidyl glycerin and polyethyleneimine; preferably the oxygen-rich compound is polyethylene glycol; more preferably, the oxygen-enriched compound is polyethylene glycol with the weight-average molecular weight of 200-2000 Da.

5. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the oxygen-rich compound is 100 ppm-200000 ppm by weight in the electrolyte.

6. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the pH value of the electrolyte is 4-6.

7. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the anode metal ions are zinc ions.

8. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the aqueous electrolyte is zinc ion salt and lithium ion salt; preferably, the electrolyte solution has a molar concentration of zinc ions of 0.1 to 3M and a molar concentration of lithium ions of 0.1 to 3M.

9. The electrolyte of claim 1, wherein: the electrolyte also comprises a solvent, wherein the solvent is at least one of water and alcohol; preferably, the solvent is water.

10. A battery comprising a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte is the electrolyte of any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. The battery of claim 10, wherein: the cathode is a lithium-based electrode material.

12. The battery according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that: the anode is a zinc-based electrode material.

13. A battery pack comprising a plurality of cells, the cells being as defined in any one of claims 10 to 12.

Technical Field

The invention relates to an electrolyte for a water-based battery, and a battery pack using the electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of secondary batteries.

Background

As the demand for small portable devices continues to increase, the demand for power supplies also increases, and suitable, efficient, compact, lightweight, and safe sustainable power supplies are sought.

A secondary battery is also called a rechargeable battery or a secondary battery, and refers to a battery that can be continuously used by activating an active material by charging after the battery is discharged. Rechargeable batteries are commonly used as power sources and can be scaled to meet the needs of low cost and large grid-scale energy storage systems. Currently, research in the field of secondary batteries has mainly focused on lithium ion batteries, high-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries, sodium-nickel-chlorine batteries, vanadium flow batteries, and the like, but neither battery can simultaneously satisfy the requirements of low cost, safety, and long service life. While lithium ion batteries have the great advantage of rechargeable batteries due to their high energy density and low self-discharge rate. However, conventional lithium ion batteries are non-aqueous batteries, which are toxic and may pose an environmental risk.

Recently, aqueous electrolyte-based rechargeable batteries having safety, high power, and large capacity have been widely studied. In particular to an aqueous electrolyte battery (zinc ion battery) with a zinc metal anode, which has the characteristics of abundance, high stability, low cost and no toxicity, thereby having wide application prospect. However, this type of alkaline battery still has drawbacks.

In general, in aqueous alkaline batteries, these batteries may exhibit low cyclability due to the use of alkaline electrolyte, which may be highly corrosive and lead to reduced intercalation of the electrodes in the cathode and anode. Furthermore, the presence of alkaline electrolytes can be hazardous to both the environment and to humans if leaks occur.

In addition, aqueous zinc batteries have a potential to block ion channels during repeated charge and discharge processes due to dissolution of zinc and uneven accumulation of zinc metal precipitates deposited on the anode surface, thereby limiting the performance of the battery. In addition, zinc dendrites are inevitably formed in the battery, and the presence of zinc dendrites can lead to corrosion, self-discharge and potential short circuits, possibly posing a safety risk and shortening the battery cycle life.

To overcome the drawbacks, currently, additives may be added to rechargeable batteries to increase the charge capacity and suppress the formation of dendrites. Additives provide great advantages in rechargeable batteries due to the ability to modulate ion transport, and therefore have a significant impact on battery production, rate performance, and battery life. For example, patent nos. cn201810012406.x and CN201210286489.4 disclose that polyethylene glycol is added to the electrolyte, patent No. CN201510474585.5 discloses polyethylene glycol octylphenyl ether is added to the electrolyte, and patent No. CN201410307591.7 discloses polyvinyl alcohol is added to the electrolyte, and the addition of these organic oxygen-rich compounds can inhibit corrosion and dendrites, but such improvement is limited, and the applied battery is also a small-volume battery. Patent CN2017102430154 discloses that magnesium sulfate is added to an electrolyte to suppress the problems of dendrite, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution during charging and discharging of anode metal ions (such as zinc ions) in an aqueous solution.

In addition, the conventional aqueous zinc battery has a small volume and a small capacity, and if the volume is increased, the electrode is correspondingly increased, the current collector area is increased, and the following defects are caused: voltage and current distribution on a large-area battery pole plate are relatively uneven, so that over potential is locally generated on the surface of the positive electrode, and further a zinc salt precipitation side reaction is generated; local overpotential is generated on the surface of the negative electrode, dendritic crystal growth and zinc salt precipitation are promoted, and more side reactions are more easily generated due to larger current surface density. Therefore, if a large volume of aqueous zinc batteries is to be obtained, both dendrite and channel plugging problems need to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above drawbacks, the present invention provides an electrolyte solution, which is applied to an aqueous zinc battery and can dissolve zinc precipitates and inhibit dendritic crystal growth.

The electrolyte comprises an aqueous electrolyte and an additive, wherein the additive is a neutral alkali metal salt and an oxygen-enriched compound, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises anode metal ions which can be reduced and deposited into metal at an anode in the charge-discharge process and can be reversibly oxidized and dissolved.

Preferably, the neutral alkali metal salt is an alkali metal sulfate; preferably, the neutral alkali metal salt is at least one of sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, rubidium sulfate and cesium sulfate.

More preferably, the molar concentration of the neutral alkali metal salt in the electrolyte is 0.1 to 0.8M.

Preferably, the oxygen-enriched compound is at least one of polyethylene glycol, polysorbate, nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether, polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, polypropylene glycol, polyglycidyl and polyethyleneimine; more preferably the oxygen-rich compound is polyethylene glycol; more preferably, the oxygen-enriched compound is polyethylene glycol with the weight-average molecular weight of 200-2000 Da.

More preferably, the oxygen-rich compound is present in the electrolyte at a concentration of 100ppm to 200000ppm by weight.

Preferably, the pH value of the electrolyte is 4-6.

Preferably, the anode metal ions are zinc ions.

Preferably, the aqueous electrolyte is a zinc ion salt and a lithium ion salt; more preferably, the electrolyte solution has a molar concentration of zinc ions of 0.1 to 3M and a molar concentration of lithium ions of 0.1 to 3M.

Preferably, the electrolyte further comprises a solvent, and the solvent is at least one of water and alcohol; more preferably, the solvent is water.

The invention also provides a battery.

The battery comprises a cathode, an anode and electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte is the electrolyte.

Preferably, the cathode is a lithium-based electrode material.

Further preferably, the anode is a zinc-based electrode material.

The invention also provides a battery pack.

The battery pack comprises a plurality of batteries, and the batteries are the batteries of the invention.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

according to the invention, neutral alkali metal salt, PEG and other oxygen-enriched compounds are added into the electrolyte, so that zinc hydroxide precipitate is dissolved in situ, the zinc hydroxide precipitate is further rearranged, an ion channel is dredged, the formation of metal dendrites is inhibited, and the purposes of improving the capacity of the battery and prolonging the cycle life are finally achieved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a graph of the change in soluble salt concentration in a zinc lithium battery without additives before cycling and after 100 charge-discharge cycles.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of additive channeling plugged channels.

Fig. 3 shows the constant current ratio retention of the battery of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a graph of the 0.2C cycle performance of the four cells of example 1.

Fig. 5 shows the cycle performance of the cell of example 2 at different rates.

Fig. 6 is a graph showing the cycle performance of the battery in example 3.

Fig. 7 shows the cycle performance of the cell of example 4.

Fig. 8 is a graph showing the cycle performance of the battery in example 5.

Fig. 9 is a graph showing the cycle performance of the battery in example 6.

Fig. 10 is a graph showing the cycle performance of the battery in example 7.

Fig. 11 is a graph showing cycle performance of the battery in example 8.

Fig. 12 is a graph showing cycle performance of the battery in example 9.

Detailed Description

In the description given below, reference may be made to an aqueous zinc-ion battery. However, the described electrolyte may be applicable to other cells and batteries that are not based on zinc.

In general, in an aqueous battery including, but not limited to, a zinc lithium battery (i.e., a lithium-based cathode zinc-based anode), when charging, deintercalation of lithium ions occurs at a cathode, and reduction and precipitation of zinc ions occur at an anode; during discharge, intercalation of lithium ions occurs at the cathode, and oxidation and dissolution of zinc ions occurs at the zinc anode. Due to the charge and discharge principle, the performance of the zinc lithium battery is generally limited during cycling, and poor cycling performance is exhibited during constant charge and discharge, which is attributable to the formation of insoluble zinc hydroxide precipitates that will deposit in the porous electrode, thereby reducing the capacity of the battery.

Fig. 1 shows the change in the concentration of soluble salts in the electrolyte, which was measured using an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analyzer (EDX-LE XRF), before recycling and after 100 cycles of charging and discharging in a conventional zinc lithium battery. As is apparent from FIG. 1, Zn in the electrolyte was present after 100 cycles²⁺And SO₄ ^2-The ion is obviously reduced, which shows that the battery forms insoluble Zn after a plurality of cycles₂(OH)₂SO₄And (4) precipitating. This precipitation will enter the porous electrode, block the ion channels in the electrode, affect ion transport, and increase the internal resistance of the electrode, reducing capacity.

Furthermore, since the anode metal ions will undergo reduction and precipitation of ions at the anode (i.e., negative electrode), which will inevitably produce metal dendrites, particularly in zinc lithium batteries, during charging and discharging, zinc dendrites may form on the surface of the anode, which may grow outward from the anode due to repeated charge and discharge cycles, and further, will pierce the separator even near the cathode. When the zinc dendrites reach the cathode, an electrical short can be established between the electrodes via the zinc metal including the zinc dendrites. Such electrical shorts can lead to battery failure, and overheating of the battery due to the short can further lead to safety hazards, which can further lead to "fires". Therefore, in a zinc lithium battery, it is necessary to suppress the growth of dendrites.

However, the present inventors have found that the simultaneous addition of a neutral alkali metal salt and an oxygen-rich compound to the electrolyte not only helps to dissolve and rearrange Zn₂(OH)₂SO₄The precipitation and the dredging of the channels in the electrode enable the electrode to maintain better capacity, and also can inhibit and/or prevent dendrite formation and maintain good cycle performance of the battery.

The electrolyte solution of the invention therefore comprises an aqueous electrolyte and an additive, wherein the additive is a neutral alkali metal salt and an oxygen-rich compound, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises anodic metal ions which are capable of reductive deposition to a metal at the anode during charging and discharging and which are capable of reversible oxidative dissolution.

The electrolyte solution of the invention, besides the aqueous electrolyte which plays a role of ion conduction, needs to be additionally added with neutral alkali metal salt and oxygen-enriched compound to play a role in dissolving zinc precipitate, inhibiting zinc dendrite and improving the cycle performance of the battery.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the neutral alkali metal salt is an alkali metal sulfate, and the addition of sulfate releases alkali metal ions in the electrolyte solution without introducing other anions to affect the electrochemical performance, and when hydroxide anions are present, it can dissolve the zinc hydroxide precipitate in situ, further rearrange the zinc hydroxide precipitate and unblock the tunnel, as shown in fig. 2. The principle is as follows:

wherein M is⁺Is an alkali metal ion.

Preferably, the neutral alkali metal salt is at least one of sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, rubidium sulfate and cesium sulfate. The trend for increasing metallicity and increasing basicity of the corresponding hydroxide of the neutral alkali metal salt increased progressively from Na, K, Ru to Cs, indicating that the hydrozincate precipitate was more readily dissolved in situ. In practical use, other parameters such as solubility of neutral alkali metal salts, hydrated ionic radius of basic atoms and cost should be taken into account. Preferably, the molar concentration of the neutral alkali metal salt in the electrolyte is 0.1-0.8M. M in the invention is a abbreviation of mol/L unit of molar concentration.

In some embodiments, the molar concentration of the neutral alkali metal salt in the electrolyte may be 0.1M, 0.15M, 0.2M, 0.25M, 0.3M, 0.35M, 0.4M, 0.45M, 0.5M, 0.55M, 0.6M, 0.65M, 0.7M, 0.75M, 0.8M, and the like.

The oxygen-enriched compound is a compound with oxygen atoms in the molecules, and the oxygen-enriched compound is added into the electrolyte of the battery, so that zinc ions can be guided to be uniformly deposited, zinc is prevented from being aggregated, and the growth of dendrites between electrodes of the battery is prevented, thereby preventing the short circuit of the battery and improving the cycle performance. Any oxygen-rich compound can be used, and as a preferred embodiment, the oxygen-rich compound can be polyethylene glycol and derivatives of polyethylene glycol, such as polysorbate, nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether, polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, and the like, or other oxygen-rich compounds such as polypropylene glycol, polyglycidyl, and heteroatom nitrogen compounds such as polyethyleneimine.

Preferably, the oxygen-enriched compound is polyethylene glycol, more preferably, the oxygen-enriched compound is a weight average molecular weight M_wIs polyethylene glycol of 200-2000 Da. Unless otherwise specified, the molecular weights in the present invention are weight average molecular weights.

Preferably, the oxygen-rich compound is present in the electrolyte at a concentration of 100ppm to 200000ppm by weight. In some embodiments of the invention, the oxygen-rich compound may be present in the electrolyte at a concentration of 100ppm, 500ppm, 1000ppm, 1500ppm, 2000ppm, 5000ppm, 10000ppm, 15000ppm, 20000ppm, 50000ppm, 100000ppm, 130000ppm, 150000ppm, 180000ppm, 200000ppm, etc. by weight.

The neutral alkali metal salt and the oxygen-rich compound may be combined in any combination without affecting the effect of the present invention. For example, including, but not limited to, a combination of sodium sulfate and polyethylene glycol, a combination of sodium sulfate and polysorbate, a combination of sodium sulfate and nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether, a combination of sodium sulfate and polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, a combination of sodium sulfate and polypropylene glycol, a combination of sodium sulfate and polyglycidyl, a combination of sodium sulfate and polyethyleneimine, a combination of potassium sulfate and polyethylene glycol, a combination of potassium sulfate and polysorbate, a combination of potassium sulfate and nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether, a combination of potassium sulfate and polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, a combination of potassium sulfate and polypropylene glycol, a combination of potassium sulfate and polyglycidyl, a combination of potassium sulfate and polyethyleneimine, a combination of rubidium sulfate and polyethylene glycol, a combination of rubidium sulfate and polysorbate, a combination of rubidium sulfate and nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether, a combination of rubidium sulfate and polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether, a combination of rubidium sulfate and polypropylene glycol, Rubidium sulfate and polyglycidyl, rubidium sulfate and polyethyleneimine in combination, cesium sulfate and polyethylene glycol in combination, cesium sulfate and polysorbate in combination, cesium sulfate and nonylphenol polyglycol ether in combination, cesium sulfate and polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether in combination, cesium sulfate and polypropylene glycol in combination, cesium sulfate and polyglycidyl, cesium sulfate and polyethyleneimine in combination.

In order to optimize the performance of the battery, the pH value of the electrolyte is 4-6. The weak acid battery system with the pH value of 4-6 can prevent the generation of zinc hydroxide precipitate on the one hand. On the other hand, after the additive is added, the in-situ dissolution of the zinc hydroxide precipitate can be promoted, the zinc hydroxide precipitate is further rearranged, and the channel is dredged. The range of pH can be adjusted by buffers.

In some embodiments of the invention, the pH of the electrolyte may be pH4, pH4.3, pH4.5, pH4.7, pH5, pH5.3, pH5.5, pH5.8, pH6, and the like. Preferably, the electrolyte has a pH of 4.7.

The anode metal ions in the electrolyte can be reduced and deposited into metal at the anode in the charging process, and the metal can be reversibly oxidized into metal ions in the discharging process. Namely, when the battery is charged, anode metal ions in the electrolyte are reduced into metal and deposited on the anode; during discharge of the battery, the metal is oxidized into metal ions, which are eluted from the anode into the electrolyte. Preferably, the anode metal ions are zinc ions. Preferably, the molar concentration of zinc ions is 0.1M to 3M. In some embodiments of the invention, the molar concentration of zinc ions may be 0.1M, 0.3M, 0.5M, 0.7M, 1M, 1.2M, 1.5M, 1.8M, 2M, 2.1M, 2.4M, 2.5M, 2.8M, 3M, and the like.

The anodic metal ions may be present in the electrolyte in the form of chlorate, sulphate, nitrate, acetate, formate, phosphate and the like, preferably the anodic metal ions are present in the electrolyte in the form of sulphate.

The electrolyte also includes cathode ions that participate in the cathode reaction. The cathode ions may be metal ions that intercalate and deintercalate at the cathode of the battery or ions that participate in the cathode redox reaction during charging and discharging.

In an embodiment of the invention, the cathode ions are metal ions that intercalate and deintercalate at the cathode of the battery. During charging of the battery, the cathode ions in the cathode are extracted into the electrolyte; when the battery is discharged, the ions removed during charging are again embedded in the cathode material from the electrolyte. Preferably, the cathode ions are lithium ions. Preferably, the molar concentration of lithium ions is 0.1M to 3M. In some embodiments of the invention, the molar concentration of lithium ions may be 0.1M, 0.3M, 0.5M, 0.7M, 1M, 1.2M, 1.5M, 1.8M, 2M, 2.1M, 2.4M, 2.5M, 2.8M, 3M, and the like.

The cathode ions may be present in the electrolyte in the form of chlorate, sulfate, nitrate, acetate, formate, phosphate, etc., preferably, the cathode ions are present in the electrolyte in the form of sulfate.

The electrolyte of the invention also comprises a solvent. The purpose of the solvent is to dissolve the aqueous electrolyte and additives and to ionize the electrolyte in the solvent, eventually generating free-moving cations and anions in the electrolyte.

In a preferred embodiment, the solvent of the present invention is preferably at least one of water and alcohol. Wherein the alcohol includes, but is not limited to, methanol or ethanol. More preferably, the solvent is water in order to save costs while reducing the risk of environmental pollution.

The invention also provides a battery, wherein the battery unit comprises a cathode, an anode and the electrolyte, and the electrolyte is the electrolyte disclosed by the invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cathode may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material.

The present invention is not particularly limited to the cathode current collector, and those skilled in the art can select it as desired. The cathode current collector is generally used as a carrier for electron conduction and collection, and does not participate in electrochemical reaction, namely, the cathode current collector can stably exist in the electrolyte within the working voltage range of the battery without side reaction basically, so that the battery is ensured to have stable cycle performance. The size of the cathode current collector may be determined according to the use of the battery. For example, if used in a large battery requiring high energy density, a cathode current collector having a large area may be used. The thickness of the cathode current collector is not particularly limited, and is usually about 1 to 100 μm. The shape of the cathode current collector is also not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a rectangle or a circle. The material constituting the cathode current collector is not particularly limited, and for example, a metal, an alloy, a carbon-based material, or the like may be used.

The cathode current collector has a cathode active material thereon. The cathode active material may be formed on one surface of the current collector, or may be formed on both surfaces of the cathode current collector.

Preferably, the cathode is a lithium-based electrode material, i.e., the reversibly deintercalating-intercalating metal ions are lithium ions. In this case, the cathode active material may be preferably selected from lithium manganate, lithium nickel cobalt manganate, or lithium iron phosphate.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cathode may comprise a binder. Typically, binders are compounds that hold lithium ion battery components together, and are known to improve the life and capacity of these types of batteries. The binder may be any conventional binder available at the time and may be obtained from commercial sources known to those skilled in the art. The binder may be selected from one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride, styrene butadiene rubber, carboxymethyl cellulose, and the like.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cathode may further comprise carbon black. In one embodiment of the invention, carbon black may be used as a conductive additive in a composite cathode of a lithium ion battery. Carbon black is known to help enhance the recyclability of the cathode. Carbon black may be obtained from any commercial source known to those skilled in the art. In particular embodiments of the present invention, the electrode composite may comprise carbon black in an amount of 0.1 wt% to about 30 wt%.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the anode may include an anode current collector and an anode active material.

The present invention has no particular requirements for the anode current collector. The anode current collector only serves as a carrier for electron conduction and collection and does not participate in electrochemical reaction. The material of the anode current collector may be selected from metal Ni, Cu, Ag, Pb, Mn, Sn, Fe, Al or at least one of the above metals subjected to passivation treatment, or elemental silicon, or a carbon-based material, or stainless steel subjected to passivation treatment.

The anode current collector has an anode active material thereon. The anode active material may be formed on one surface of the current collector or on both surfaces of the anode current collector, and the anode active material is not particularly limited in the present invention and may be appropriately selected by those skilled in the art as needed.

In a preferred embodiment, the anode is a zinc-based electrode material. I.e. the anode active material is zinc.

In one embodiment, the anode active material may be zinc powder, and is coated on the anode current collector with a binder. In another embodiment, the anode active material may be adhered to the current collector using a zinc plate.

In a preferred embodiment, a zinc sheet is used directly as the anode, both as anode current collector and as anode active material. In this case, the zinc sheet is a carrier for anode charge and discharge.

In a preferred embodiment, the cell of the invention employs a lithium-based electrode material as the cathode and a zinc-based electrode material as the anode, thereby forming a zinc lithium cell.

In the present invention, the battery may not contain a separator. Of course, in order to provide better safety performance, it is preferred that a separator is further provided between the cathode and the anode in the electrolyte. The diaphragm can avoid short circuit caused by connection of the anode and the cathode caused by other accidental factors.

The separator of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it allows an electrolyte and ions to pass therethrough and is electrically insulated. Various separators employed in the organic lithium ion battery can be applied to the present invention. Typically, the separator allows at least some of the ions, including zinc ions, to be transported between the electrodes. Preferably, the separator may inhibit and/or prevent dendrite formation and cell shorting. The separator may be a porous material and may be obtained from any commercial source. The separator may be at least one selected from the group consisting of glass fiber, non-woven fabric, asbestos film, non-woven polyethylene film, nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyacrylonitrile, polyethylene/propylene double-layer separator, polypropylene/polypropylene triple-layer separator.

As an embodiment of the invention, the electrolyte of the invention is adopted to assemble a large-volume battery, wherein the size of a battery current collector is 7.35cm by 4.45cm, and the surface density of a cathode material is 0.07g/cm²The 0.2C current areal density is 1.1mA/cm². Theoretical calculation and experimental test results show that the voltage difference between the upper end and the lower end of the positive current collector is about 12mV, and the 0.2C charging current of the battery is 36 mA.

The voltage and current distribution on the large-area battery pole plate is relatively uneven, so that overpotential is locally generated on the surface of the positive electrode, and a zinc salt precipitation side reaction is further generated, and the difficulty in maintaining the circulation retention rate is higher. NAMS helps to dissolve insoluble zinc salt precipitates generated by side reactions on the surface of the positive electrode, slows down the increase of internal resistance of the battery (the constant current ratio retention rate is improved), enables the electrode to keep stable, and prolongs the cycle life, and the constant current ratio retention rate is shown in detail in figure 3. In FIG. 3, D1-1 is an electrolyte without any additive, D1-2 is an electrolyte with neutral alkali metal salt, D1-3 is an electrolyte with polyethylene glycol, and S1 is an electrolyte with both neutral alkali metal salt and polyethylene glycol.

In addition, local overpotential is generated on the surface of the negative electrode, and side reactions such as dendritic crystal growth and zinc salt precipitation are promoted.

Greater current areal density tends to produce more side reactions, and therefore the difficulty of stable cycling is higher due to the larger cell size. Additives need to be added to the electrolyte to improve cycle stability.

The invention also provides a battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries. The battery pack may include a battery module composed of a plurality of batteries. The cells may be connected in series or in parallel. In particular, they are connected in series.

The following examples are provided to further illustrate the embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.