“The study of aluminum batteries is an exciting field of research with great potential for future energy storage systems,” says Gauthier Studer. “Our focus lies on developing new organic redox-active materials that exhibit high performance and reversible properties.
Rechargeable batteries are the most widely used option, and this field of technological development is being energised by an influx of innovation from all over the world. Yet not many research projects have focused on the novel aluminium-ion technology, which could generate a wave of greener, more efficient batteries.
Despite their long history, Al batteries are still in the nascent stages of development. The critical first step towards practical applications of various Al batteries is to establish a comprehensive understanding of the underlying system.
The idea of making batteries with aluminum isn't new. Researchers investigated its potential in the 1970s, but it didn't work well. When used in a conventional lithium-ion battery, aluminum fractures and fails within a few charge-discharge cycles, due to expansion and contraction as lithium travels in and out of the material.
Aluminum-ion batteries are emerging as a potential successor to traditional batteries that rely on hard-to-source and challenging-to-recycle materials like lithium. This shift is attributed to aluminum’s abundance in the Earth’s crust, its recyclability, and its comparative safety and cost-effectiveness over lithium.
Flow Aluminum batteries store more energy and provide a powerful discharge of electricity, with only a fraction of their energy storage and discharge capacity lost during the electrochemical process. This loss is basically on a par with the efficiency losses seen in lithium-ion batteries, according to Fetrow.
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