电化学
水溶液
无定形固体
溶解
电化学动力学
化学
氧化还原
动力学
价(化学)
材料科学
化学工程
化学物理
电极
纳米技术
物理化学
结晶学
无机化学
物理
有机化学
量子力学
工程类
作者
Yanyan Zhang,Wanhai Zhou,Boya Wang,Tengsheng Zhang,Xiaoyu Yu,Xinran Li,Guangming Li,Hongrun Jin,Minghua Chen,Wei Li,Dongyuan Zhao,Xin Liu,Dongliang Chao
标识
DOI:10.1002/ange.202424056
摘要
Tellurium (Te), with its rich valence states (–2 to +6), could endow aqueous batteries with potentially high specific capacity. However, achieving complete and stable hypervalent Te0/Te4+ electrochemistry in an aqueous environment poses significant challenges, owing to the sluggish reduction kinetics, the easy dissolution of Te4+ species, and a controversial energy storage mechanism. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrate an amorphous strategy for robust aqueous TeO2/Te electrochemistry. With strong hydrogen bonding, NH4Ac confines free water, prompting TeO2 amorphous (a‐TeO2). In‐situ synchrotron characterization, spectroscopy analysis, electrochemical evaluation, and theoretical calculations reveal a specific 4 e− solid‐solid transition pathway (Te to a‐TeO2) with accelerated diffusion and charge transfer kinetics, attributed to a closer unoccupied electron orbital to the Fermi level and a reduced water desorption energy barrier in a‐TeO2. Impressively, the a‐TeO2/Te electrochemistry exhibits a high reversible capacity of 834 mAh g−1 (99% of Te redox utilization), superior rate performance (644 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1), and an ultralong lifespan (over 3000 cycles). These findings prove a new tactic to advance aqueous Te electrochemistry toward high‐energy aqueous batteries.
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