CN113659156A - Rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on sunlight assistance and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

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CN113659156A
CN113659156A CN202110916458.1A CN202110916458A CN113659156A CN 113659156 A CN113659156 A CN 113659156A CN 202110916458 A CN202110916458 A CN 202110916458A CN 113659156 A CN113659156 A CN 113659156A
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The invention relates to a rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on sunlight assistance and a preparation method thereof. The technical scheme is as follows: preparing an air photoelectrode: preparing a mixed solution of potassium iodide and bismuth nitrate pentahydrate, adjusting the pH value with dilute nitric acid, dropwise adding the prepared p-benzoquinone ethanol solution into the mixed solution, stirring, depositing the BiOI on conductive glass by an electrodeposition method, washing, airing, finally dropwise adding a dimethyl sulfoxide solution of vanadyl acetylacetonate onto the BiOI, calcining, cooling to room temperature, immersing into a NaOH solution, washing with deionized water, and naturally airing to obtain the bismuth oxyacetylacetonateTo BiVO4And a photoelectrode. The material prepared by the invention has excellent photocatalytic activity and stability, and the charging voltage can be greatly reduced by introducing sunlight. The invention realizes the synergistic conversion of solar energy, chemistry and electric energy, and opens up a new way for the rechargeable aluminum-air battery.

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Rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on sunlight assistance and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of metal-air batteries, in particular to a sunlight-assisted rechargeable aluminum-air battery and a preparation method thereof.
Background
In modern society, efficient, environmentally friendly, sustainable energy storage devices are the pursuit of researchers due to the rapid depletion and shortage of fossil energy and the growing environmental concerns. At present, Lithium Ion Batteries (LIBs) are the most advanced and mature devices, and have the advantages of long service life and high energy density, but the application of the lithium ion batteries in large-scale energy storage is limited due to the problems of lithium resource shortage, poor safety, insufficient energy density of rechargeable lithium ion batteries and the like. Metal-air batteries are attracting attention because of their low cost, good safety, and extremely high energy density. Among these metal-air batteries, the aluminum-air battery is low in cost because of (1). Aluminum is the highest metal content in the crust and accounts for 7.73% of the crust. (2) Ultra high theoretical capacity and energy density. The multivalent ion conversion reaction has higher theoretical specific capacity energy density. (3) Safety and sustainability. Aluminum has a better environmental stability as an anode material than metallic lithium and is considered a promising candidate material.
Light energy has been widely used in electrochemical devices, but has been less used in aluminum air cell systems. The light energy is introduced into the aluminum-air battery, the solar energy can be fully utilized, the conversion from the solar energy to the electric energy is realized, and meanwhile, the noble metal electrode is replaced by the semiconductor electrode material, so that the cost of the aluminum-air battery is obviously reduced. The invention adopts the traditional semiconductor material-bismuth vanadate as the air electrode of the aluminum-air battery, can obviously reduce the charging voltage under the irradiation of sunlight, but has no obvious change of the discharging voltage. Therefore, it is a difficult problem to design and find a dual-functional photocatalyst.
Disclosure of Invention
The bismuth vanadate thin-film electrode material with excellent photocatalytic activity is prepared by an electrochemical deposition method and a calcination method, is assembled into an aluminum air battery, and is subjected to photoelectrochemical tests, and tests show that the material can greatly reduce the charging voltage of the battery under illumination. The invention realizes the cooperative conversion of the sun, chemical energy and electric energy.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance is prepared by the following steps: preparing a BiOI film by an electrochemical deposition method, dripping dimethyl sulfoxide solution containing vanadyl acetylacetonate, and calcining to obtain BiVO4And (3) assembling the prepared photoelectrode film and an aluminum sheet to obtain the aluminum-air battery.
Preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum-air cell based on solar light assistance, the preparation method of the BiOI thin film comprises the following steps: preparing a solution containing potassium iodide and bismuth nitrate pentahydrate, adjusting the pH value of the solution to acidity by using nitric acid, dropwise adding a p-benzoquinone ethanol solution into the solution, stirring for 30min, depositing the BiOI on conductive glass by using an electrochemical deposition method, washing with deionized water, and airing under natural conditions.
Preferably, the rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance comprises the following components in molar ratio: potassium iodide: bismuth nitrate pentahydrate: benzoquinone 10: 1: 2.
preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum air cell based on solar light assistance, the pH value is adjusted to be acidic by adjusting the pH value to 1-2 by using nitric acid.
Preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance, the electrochemical deposition method is to deposit under a specified bias voltage by using Ag/AgCl as a reference electrode, Pt wires as a counter electrode and conductive glass as a working electrode.
Preferably, the above rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance, BiVO4The preparation method of the film comprises the following steps: 0.2ml of vanadyl acetylacetonate in dimethylDripping sulfoxide solution on the BiOI film, calcining for 2h in a muffle furnace, cooling to room temperature, immersing in NaOH solution, washing with deionized water, and naturally drying to obtain BiVO4A film.
Preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar assist, the volume of the solution of vanadyl acetylacetonate in dimethyl sulfoxide is 0.2mL, and the concentration is 2 mol/L.
Preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum air battery based on solar light assistance, the calcination temperature is 400-500 ℃.
Preferably, in the rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance, the aluminum-air battery takes 4M NaOH solution as electrolysis, takes an aluminum sheet as a metal electrode, and takes BiVO as a metal electrode4And (3) assembling the film serving as an air electrode, and placing the assembled battery in a container with quartz glass to obtain the aluminum-air battery.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following remarkable advantages:
according to the invention, the semiconductor material is used for replacing noble metal, so that the cost is greatly saved.
The invention introduces solar energy into the cell, and realizes the conversion from the solar energy to the electric energy.
According to the invention, the air electrode is made of bismuth vanadate which is a traditional semiconductor, so that the charging voltage of the battery is remarkably reduced, and the discharging current is effectively improved. The conversion of solar energy to electric energy is realized.
The solar cell has the obvious advantages that solar energy is introduced into a cell system, the existing renewable resources are fully utilized, the charging voltage of the cell is reduced under the condition of not consuming other non-renewable energy sources, the discharging current is improved, and the green energy source road is widened.
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FIG. 1 is an XRD pattern of a bismuth vanadate film.
FIG. 2 is a scanning electron micrograph of a bismuth vanadate thin film.
Fig. 3 is a test chart of charge and discharge performance of an aluminum air battery based on a bismuth vanadate film as a photoelectrode.
Fig. 4 is a structure of a rechargeable aluminum-air cell based on photo-assist.
Fig. 5 is a charge and discharge test of an aluminum air battery based on a bismuth vanadate thin film as a photoelectrode.
Fig. 6 shows that three series-connected aluminum-air batteries based on bismuth vanadate films as photoelectrodes light up LED bulbs under simulated sunlight.
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In order to better illustrate the invention, the invention is further illustrated by the following examples:
example 1 a method for growing a bismuth vanadate thin film photoelectrode on FTO conductive glass (one) includes the steps of:
1) preparing a BiOI film by an electrochemical deposition method: 20mmol of potassium iodide and 2mmol of bismuth nitrate pentahydrate are dissolved in 50mL of deionized water, the pH is adjusted to 1.6 by dilute nitric acid, 20mL of 0.2M p-benzoquinone ethanol solution is dropwise added into the solution, and the solution is stirred for 30 min. And (3) depositing under the bias of-0.12V by using Ag/AgCl as a reference electrode and Pt wires as a counter electrode, washing with deionized water, and airing under natural conditions.
2) Preparing a bismuth vanadate film by a calcination method: dripping 0.2mL of 2M dimethyl sulfoxide solution of vanadyl acetylacetonate onto the BiOI film, calcining the film for 2h at 500 ℃ in a muffle furnace, cooling the film to room temperature, immersing the film into NaOH solution, washing the film with deionized water, and naturally drying the film to obtain BiVO4A film.
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1) XRD test
XRD test is carried out on the bismuth vanadate film to characterize the crystalline phase structure of the bismuth vanadate film, the XRD characteristic spectrum of the sample is shown in figure 1, the sample can be obtained from the graph, the sample shows a more obvious characteristic diffraction peak of the bismuth vanadate, the peak shape is sharp, and the obtained product is the bismuth vanadate film with higher crystallinity.
2) Scanning electron microscope
And performing electron microscope scanning characterization test on the bismuth vanadate film, wherein the obtained bismuth vanadate product consists of mutually communicated columnar particles as shown in figure 2.
3) Ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy detection
The ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflection test was performed on the bismuth vanadate film, and the results are shown in fig. 3. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the bismuth vanadate film has light absorption at about 524nm and a band gap width of about 2.56eV, which shows that the bismuth vanadate film of the invention has a good response to visible light.
Embodiment 2 a rechargeable aluminum air cell based on sunlight is supplementary
As shown in fig. 4, a structure of a light-assisted-based rechargeable aluminum-air battery is as follows: the method is characterized in that a bismuth vanadate thin film electrode based on FTO conductive glass is used as a photoelectrode (working electrode), an aluminum sheet is used as a metal electrode, and an electrolyte is 4M sodium hydroxide solution and is carried out under simulated sunlight (a xenon lamp is used as a light source).
1) Measurement of Charge and discharge Properties
As shown in fig. 5, the charge voltage of the aluminum-air battery using the bismuth vanadate film as the air electrode was reduced to 1.23V under the simulated sunlight condition, which was 1.5V lower than the charge voltage of about 2.73V under the dark condition, and the solar energy utilization efficiency was about 45%. From this, it was confirmed that the electrode material of the present invention has excellent photocatalytic activity.
2) After the cell is assembled, as shown in fig. 6, under simulated sunlight, three series-connected aluminum air cells based on bismuth vanadate film as photoelectrode light the LED small bulb.

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1. A rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance is characterized in that: the preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a BiOI film by an electrochemical deposition method, dripping dimethyl sulfoxide solution containing vanadyl acetylacetonate, and calcining to obtain BiVO4And (3) assembling the prepared photoelectrode film and an aluminum sheet to obtain the aluminum-air battery.
2. The solar-assisted-based rechargeable aluminum-air cell as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method for preparing the BiOI thin film comprises the following steps: preparing a solution containing potassium iodide and bismuth nitrate pentahydrate, adjusting the pH value of the solution to acidity by using nitric acid, dropwise adding a p-benzoquinone ethanol solution into the solution, stirring for 30min, depositing the BiOI on conductive glass by using an electrochemical deposition method, washing with deionized water, and airing under natural conditions.
3. The rechargeable aluminum-air battery based on solar light assistance as claimed in claim 2, wherein the molar ratio is: potassium iodide: bismuth nitrate pentahydrate: benzoquinone 10: 1: 2.
4. the sunlight-assisted rechargeable aluminum air cell of claim 3 wherein the pH adjustment to acidity with nitric acid is to adjust the pH to 1-2.
5. The sunlight-assisted rechargeable aluminum-air cell as claimed in claim 4, wherein the electrochemical deposition method is to deposit under a specified bias by using Ag/AgCl as a reference electrode, Pt wires as a counter electrode and conductive glass as a working electrode.
6. The solar-assisted-based rechargeable aluminum air cell as claimed in claim 5, wherein BiVO4The preparation method of the film comprises the following steps: dripping 0.2ml of dimethyl sulfoxide solution of vanadyl acetylacetonate on the BiOI film, calcining for 2h in a muffle furnace, cooling to room temperature, immersing in NaOH solution, washing with deionized water, and naturally drying to obtain BiVO4A film.
7. The solar-assisted rechargeable aluminum-air cell of claim 6, wherein the volume of the dimethylsulfoxide solution of vanadyl acetylacetonate is 0.2mL and the concentration is 2 mol/L.
8. The solar-assisted-based rechargeable aluminum-air cell of claim 7, wherein: the calcination temperature is 400-500 ℃.
9. A sun based according to claim 8Light-assisted rechargeable aluminum-air cell, characterized in that: the aluminum-air battery takes 4M NaOH solution as electrolysis, aluminum sheet as metal electrode and BiVO4And (3) assembling the film serving as an air electrode, and placing the assembled battery in a container with quartz glass to obtain the aluminum-air battery.
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