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- the present invention relates to sodium oxygen cells comprising
- the present invention further relates to the use of the inventive sodium oxygen cells and to a process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02.
- Secondary batteries, accumulators or rechargeable batteries are just some embodiments by which electrical energy can be stored after generation and used when required. Due to the significantly better power density, there has been a move in recent times away from the water- based secondary batteries to development of batteries in which the charge transport in the electrical cell is accomplished by lithium ions.
- Gas diffusion electrodes are porous and have bifunctional actions.
- Alkali-metal-air batteries must enable the reduction of the atmospheric oxygen to oxide or peroxide ions in the course of discharging, and the oxidation of the oxide or peroxide ions to oxygen in the course of charging.
- the construction of gas diffusion electrodes on a carrier material composed of finely divided carbon is known, said carrier material comprising one or more catalysts for catalysis of the oxygen reduction or of the oxygen evolution.
- GB 1 ,136,823 describes the formation of sodium superoxide by oxygenation of a solution of sodium in liquid ammonia in the presence of bipyridyl.
- All the sodium-oxygen or sodium-air batteries known from the prior art cited above and their components can still be improved with respect to at least one of the following properties: opera- bility at room temperature, oxygen-evolution reaction during recharging at reduced overvoltage, oxygen reduction during discharging at reduced overvoltage, resistance to chemicals, electrochemical corrosion resistance, mechanical stability and lifetime of the electrochemical cells or batteries.
- Inventive cells comprise (A) at least one anode comprising sodium,
- the electrode where during discharging a net negative charge occurs is called the anode.
- Inventive sodium oxygen cells comprise at least one anode comprising sodium.
- this anode comprising sodium is also called anode (A) for short.
- the sodium of anode (A) is in the oxidation state zero.
- the source of the sodium in the oxidation state zero can be selected from the group consisting of metallic sodium, sodium amalgam, sodium-tin-alloy, sodium-silicon-alloy and intercalation products of metallic sodium with hard carbons and/or soft carbons, preferably metallic sodium.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the sodium of anode (A) is metallic sodium.
- anode (A) may have further constituents customary per se, for example an output conductor which may be configured in the form of a metal wire, metal grid, metal mesh, expanded metal, or metal foil or metal sheet.
- an output conductor which may be configured in the form of a metal wire, metal grid, metal mesh, expanded metal, or metal foil or metal sheet.
- a suitable output conductor is selected by the person skilled in the art depending on the nature of the sodium of anode (A).
- anode (A) has a thickness in the range from 15 to 1000 ⁇ , preferably from 30 to 100 ⁇ , based on the thickness without output conductor.
- the electrode where during discharging a net positive charge occurs is called the cathode.
- the cathodes of the present inventive electrochemical cells wherein molecular oxygen O2 is used as oxidant during discharging, are gas diffusion elec- trodes.
- Gas diffusion electrodes, which are permeable to oxidizing gases, in particular to molecular oxygen O2, are known.
- Inventive electrochemical cells comprise at least one gas diffusion electrode comprising at least one porous support.
- this gas diffusion electrode is also called electrode (B) or gas diffusion electrode (B) for short.
- the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode is such a material or composition through which oxygen or air can diffuse even without application of elevated pressure, for example metal meshes and gas diffusion media composed of carbon, especially activated carbon, and car- bon on metal mesh.
- the gas permeability can be determined, for example by the Gurley method in analogy to the measurement of the gas permeability of paper or paperboard or by the "through plane air permeability" according to DIN EN ISO 9273.
- oxygen, air or atmospheric oxygen can flow essen- tially unhindered through the porous support of electrode (B).
- the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode is a material or composition which conducts the electrical current.
- a material or composition comprises at least one electrically conductive material.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises at least one electrically conductive material.
- the porous support of electrode (B) is chemically inert with respect to the reactions which proceed in an electrochemical cell in standard operation, i.e. in the course of charging and in the course of discharging.
- the porous support of electrode (B) has an internal BET surface area in the range from 0.5 to 1500 m 2 /g, which is preferably referred to as the apparent BET surface area.
- the porous support of electrode (B) is selected from metal meshes, for example nickel meshes or tantalum meshes. Metal meshes may be coarse or fine.
- the porous support of electrode (B) is selected from electrically conductive fabrics, for example mats, felts or fibrous nonwoven webs of carbon fibers or carbon which comprise metal filaments, for example tantalum filaments, stainless steel filaments or nickel filaments.
- the porous support of electrode (B) or the electri- cally conductive material is selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, aluminum- doped zinc oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin dioxide and porous carbides or nitrides, for example WC, Mo 2 C, Mo 2 N, TiN, ZrN or TaC.
- the electrode (B) comprises carbon, in particu- lar carbon in a polymorph comprising at least 60% sp 2 -hybridized carbon atoms, as described in WO 201 1/148357, page 4, line 21 to page 5, line 25.
- this carbon is in the form of particles having a diameter in the range from 0.1 to 100 ⁇ , preferably 2 to 20 ⁇ .
- the particle diameter is understood to mean the mean diameter of the secondary particles, determined as the volume average.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises at least one carbonaceous electrically conductive material, like graphite, activated carbon, carbon black, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene or mixtures of at least two of the aforementioned substanc- es, in particular carbon fibers.
- the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises at least one carbonaceous electrically conductive material, like graphite, activated carbon, carbon black, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene or mixtures of at least two of the aforementioned substanc- es, in particular carbon fibers.
- the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises at least a catalyst enabling the reduction of oxygen to oxide species like superoxide, peroxide or oxide ions in the course of discharging and at least a catalyst enabling the oxidation of the neg- atively charged oxide species to oxygen in the course of charging. It is possible to use the same catalyst for both reactions or to use different catalysts for both reactions.
- Suitable catalysts are, in particular, mixed oxides, for example cobalt oxides, nickel oxides, iron oxides, chromium oxides, tungsten oxides, and also noble metals, in particular silver.
- a catalyst combination of a catalyst which catalyzes the reduction of oxygen and a bifunctional catalyst as described in WO 2007/065899 A1 , page 7, line 14 to page 8, line 27, is used.
- a preferred catalyst which both catalyzes the oxygen oxidation and also reduction is La203.
- Preferred catalysts for the reduction of oxygen are ⁇ 2, KMn0 4 , MnS0 4 , Sn02, Fe203, C03C , Co, CoO, Fe, Pt, Pd, Ag20, Ag, spinels and perovskites.
- a particularly preferred discharging catalyst is silver (Ag), in particular as powder having a surface area of from 0.1 to 80 m 2 /g.
- a particularly preferred charging catalyst is Fe2(W0 4 )3.
- the necessary molecular oxygen O2 can be used in form of a gas with a high purity, for example in purity of higher than 99.9 %, or diluted with one or more additional gases, preferably chemically inert gases.
- a preferred form of diluted oxygen is air.
- the porous support of electrode (B) does not comprise a catalyst enabling the reduction of molecular oxygen.
- the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises sodium superoxide NaC"2, in particular solid sodium superoxide NaC"2, after discharging the cell.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that after discharging the cell the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises sodium superoxide NaC"2, in particular solid sodium superoxide NaC"2.
- Solid sodium superoxide may be amorphous or crystalline.
- the solid sodium superoxide is crystalline.
- cathode (B) may have further constituents customary per se, for example an output conductor which may be configured in the form of a metal wire, metal grid, metal mesh, expanded metal, or metal foil or metal sheet, wherein a preferred metal is stainless steel.
- an output conductor which may be configured in the form of a metal wire, metal grid, metal mesh, expanded metal, or metal foil or metal sheet, wherein a preferred metal is stainless steel.
- Inventive sodium oxygen cells comprise a liquid electrolyte comprising at least one aprotic glycol diether with a molecular weight M n of not more than 350 g/mol.
- the liquid electrolyte is also called liquid electrolyte (C) or electrolyte (C) for short.
- the characteristics of aprotic solvents are the absence of hydrogen bonding, the absence of acidic hydrogen bound to an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom and the ability to stabilize ions.
- the molecular weight M n of the aprotic glycol diether is in the range from 88 g/mol to 350 g/mol.
- aprotic glycol diethers are mono- or oligoalkylene glycol diethers, preferably mono- or oligo-Ci-C 4 -alkylene glycol diethers and especially mono- or oligoethylene glycol diethers.
- Preferred aprotic glycol diethers are based on the monomers ethylene oxide or propylene oxide or mixtures of these two monomers. Particularly preferred aprotic glycol diethers are based on the monomer ethylene oxide.
- the aprotic glycol diethers are preferably doubly capped with alkyl groups, particularly preferably capped with methyl or ethyl groups, in particular capped with two methyl groups.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the aprotic glycol diether is a polyether of formula I
- R 1 , R 2 are identical or different, and are each methyl or ethyl, preferably methyl and n is 1 , 2, 3 or 4, preferably 2 or 3, in particular 2.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) which comprises at least one aprotic glycol diether with a molecular weight M n of not more than 350 g/mol, may also comprise a mixture of said aprotic glycol dieth- ers, for example a mixture of diglyme and triglyme or a mixture of diglyme, triglyme and tetraglyme.
- the electrolyte (C) of the inventive sodium oxygen cell comprises in the range from 50 to 99.5% by weight, preferably 80 to 95% by weight, of the sum of aprotic glycol diethers with a molecular weight M n of not more than 350 g/mol.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) of the inventive sodium oxygen cell is preferably used in the so-called water-free state, i.e. at a water content in the range from 1 ppm to 0.1 % by weight, as can be determined by Karl Fischer titration for example.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the liquid electrolyte (C) additionally comprises at least one sodium-containing conductive salt.
- Suitable sodium-containing conductive salts are NaPF6, NaBF 4 , NaCI0 4 , NaAsF6, NaCFsS03, NaC(C n F2n+iS02)3, sodium bis-(oxalato)borate, sodium difluoro (oxalate)borate, sodium imides such as NaN(C n F2n+iS02)2, where n is an integer in the range from 1 to 20, NaN(S0 2 F) 2 , Na 2 SiF 6 , NaSbF 6 , NaAICU, and salts of the general formula (C n F 2 n + iS02)mXNa, where m is defined as follows:
- Preferred conducting salts are selected from NaCF 3 S0 3 , NaC(CF 3 S0 2 ) 3 , NaN(CF 3 S0 2 ) 2 , NaPF 6 , NaBF 4 , NaCI0 4 , and particular preference is given to NaPF6 and NaCF 3 S0 3
- the liquid electrolyte (C), which comprises at least one sodium-containing conductive salt may also comprise a mixture of said sodium-containing conductive salts, for example a mixture of NaCFsSOs and (C 4 F 9 S0 2 )ONa.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) of the inventive sodium oxygen cell preferably comprises in the range from 0.5 to 20% by weight, preferably 4 to 15% by weight, of the sum of sodium-containing conductive salts.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) which preferably comprises at least one aprotic glycol diether with a molecular weight M n of not more than 350 g/mol and at least one sodium-containing conductive salt, may also comprise additional components like DMSO, an ionic liquid or a crown ether like 15-crown-5.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) is preferably liquid in a temperature range from -30 °C to 50 °C. In or- der to provide sufficient ion conductivity the liquid electrolyte preferably has a viscosity of less than 100 cP at 20 °C.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the liquid electrolyte has a viscosity of less than 80 cP, preferably less than 40 cP, in par- ticular a viscosity in the range from 0.2 to 20 cP at 20 °C.
- the viscosity stated in cP is the dynamic viscosity.
- the dynamic viscosity of a liquid is calculated by multiplying the kinematic viscosity with the density of the liquid.
- the kinematic viscosity is determined according to DIN 51562-1 with a Ubbelohde type viscometer.
- inventive sodium oxygen cell comprise one or more separators by which the electrodes are mechanically separated.
- Suitable separators are polymer films, especially porous polymer films, which are unreactive toward metallic sodium and towards oxygen and lithium oxide species like Na02 or Na202 and towards the components of the electrolyte .
- Particularly suitable materials for separators are polyolefins, especially porous polyethylene in film form and porous polypropylene in film form.
- Separators made from polyolefin especially made from polyethylene or polypropylene, may have a porosity in the range from 35 to 45%. Suitable pore diameters are, for example, in the range from 30 to 500 nm.
- the separators selected may be separators made from PET nonwovens filled with inorganic particles. Such separators may have a porosity in the range from 40 to 55%. Suitable pore diameters are, for example, in the range from 80 to 750 nm. In another embodiment of the present invention, the separators selected may be separators made from inorganic nonwovens such as glass fiber nonwovens and ceramic fiber nonwovens.
- the separators selected may be separators made from thin layers of inorganic materials which are permeable to sodium ions like beta- alumina or NaSICON (Na 3 Zr 2 Si2POi2).
- sodium superoxide Na02 is formed at the gas diffusion electrode (B).
- the formed superoxide ions can be oxidized to molecular oxygen during charging the cell.
- the inventive sodium oxygen cell is characterized in that the sodium oxygen cell is a rechargeable sodium oxygen cell.
- inventive sodium oxygen cells are notable for particularly high capacitances, improved mechanical stability, high performance even after repeated charging, improved charging and discharging rates at low overvoltages, and/or significantly delayed cell death.
- inventive electrical cells are very suitable for use in automobiles, electric bicycles, aircraft, ships or stationary energy stores.
- the inventive electrical cells are also suitable for use in portable mobile devices such as computers, especially laptops, telephones, hearing aids or electrical power tools, for example from the construction sector, especially drills, battery-driven screwdrivers or battery-driven tack- ers. Such uses in mobile and stationary applications form a further part of the subject matter of the present invention.
- the present invention further provides for the use of inventive sodium oxygen cells as described above in automobiles, electric bicycles, aircraft, ships or stationary energy stores.
- inventive sodium oxygen cells as described above can be used to produce sodium superoxide of formula Na02, in particular solid sodium superoxide of formula Na02 during discharging the inventive cell.
- the present invention further provides a process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02, in particular solid sodium superoxide of formula Na02 comprising at least one electrochemical reaction step wherein molecular oxygen O2 is reduced to O2 during discharging the inventive sodium oxygen cell as described above.
- inventive sodium oxygen cell in particular anode (A), gas diffusion electrode (B) and liquid electrolyte (C) are each as defined above, especially also with regard to preferred embodiments thereof.
- the present invention likewise also provides a process for preparing sodium superoxide of for- mula Na02, in particular solid sodium superoxide of formula Na02, comprising at least one electrochemical reaction step wherein in an electrochemical cell comprising (A) at least one anode comprising sodium,
- Na is oxidized to Na + at the anode (A) and molecular oxygen O2 is reduced to O2 at the gas diffusion electrode (B).
- the inventive process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02 is characterized in that the electrochemical cell in which the at least one electrochemical reaction step takes place, is the inventive sodium oxygen cell described above.
- the components of the electrochemical cell preferably the inventive sodium oxygen cell, in particular anode (A), gas diffusion electrode (B) and liquid electrolyte (C) are each as defined above, especially also with regard to preferred embodiments thereof.
- the inventive process for preparing sodium super- oxide of formula Na02 is characterized in that the porous support of the gas diffusion electrode (B) comprises at least one electrically conductive material, preferably at least one electrically conductive carbonaceous material, in particular a material comprising carbon fibers.
- the liquid electrolyte (C) comprises at least one aprotic glycol diether with a molecular weight Mn of not more than 350 g/mol and at least one sodium-containing conductive salt.
- aprotic glycol diether with a molecular weight Mn of not more than 350 g/mol
- sodium-containing conductive salt Preferred aprotic glycol diethers and preferred sodium-containing conductive salt have been described above.
- the inventive process for preparing sodium super- oxide of formula Na02 is characterized in that the aprotic glycol diether is a polyether of formula I
- the inventive process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02 is characterized in that the liquid electrolyte has a viscosity of less than 80 cP, preferably less than 40 cP, in particular a viscosity in the range from 0.2 to 20 cP at 20 °C.
- the electrochemical reaction step of the process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02 is carried out in a temperature range between -30 °C to 50 °C, particularly preferably between 0 °C and 40 °C.
- the inventive process for preparing sodium superoxide of formula Na02 is characterized in that the electrochemical reaction step takes place at a temperature in the range from 0 °C up to 40 °C.
- sodium superoxide of formula Na02 may be dissolved in the liquid electrolyte or crystalizes directly at the gas diffusion electrode during discharging.
- Sodium su- peroxide may be isolate in solid form, in particular in crystalline form, from the gas diffusion electrode by mechanical means after disassembling the electrochemical cell.
- Another option is the isolation of sodium superoxide from the liquid electrolyte around the gas diffusion electrode for example by crystallization.
- the isolation of sodium superoxide from the liquid electrolyte may be done batch-wise or continuously. For example in a continuous process new liquid electrolyte is added to the cathode region while liquid electrolyte comprising sodium superoxide is removed during discharging in such a manner, that the total volume of the electrolyte in the cell is kept constant.
- the used cell hardware was a modified 1 ⁇ 4 inch Swagelok design, consisting of sodium metal foil (thickness: 500 ⁇ ) as anode, glass microfiber filters (GF/A, Whatman) as separator, and a gas diffusion layer made from carbon fibers (non-woven fabric of carbon fibers; area weight: 95 g/m 2 ; thickness at 0.025 MPa: 210 ⁇ ; average diameter of the carbon fibers: 10 ⁇ ; commercially available as Freudenberg gas diffusion layer H2315 from Quintech,) as porous support of the cathode. No additional catalyst was used. The average cathode area, thickness and mass were 1.13 cm 2 , 210 ⁇ and 1 1 mg, respectively.
- Sodium superoxide was characterized by 1 ) x-ray diffraction of a discharged cathode. All reflec- tions could be assigned to either, the carbon cathode, the stainless steel sample holder or sodium superoxide according to JCPDS card No. 01-077-0207.
- a single particle of the discharge product was analyzed in a Raman microscope. The obtained Raman spectrum showed a single characteristic intensity maximum at 1 156 cm- 1 that was also observed for NaC"2 single crystals by Bosch et al. (Phys. Kondens Matter 16 (1973) 107-1 12).
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