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Simulated PTCDA unit cell<\/p><\/div>\n

Corvallis, Ore.\u2014A new type of battery developed by chemistry assistant professor David Xiulei Ji<\/a>\u00a0and graduate student Xingfeng Wang shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the world\u2019s first battery to use only hydronium ions as the charge carrier.<\/p>\n

The new battery provides an additional option for researchers, particularly in the area of stationary storage.<\/p>\n

Stationary storage refers to batteries in a permanent location that store grid power \u2013 including power generated from alternative energy sources such as wind turbines or solar cells \u2013 for use on a standby or emergency basis.<\/p>\n

Hydronium, also known as H3O+, is a positively charged ion produced when a proton is added to a water molecule. Oregon State researchers\u00a0have demonstrated that hydronium ions can be reversibly stored in an electrode material consisting of perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydridem, or PTCDA.<\/p>\n

This material is an organic, crystalline, molecular solid. The battery, created in the\u00a0Department of Chemistry<\/a>\u00a0at Oregon State, uses dilute sulfuric acid as the electrolyte.<\/p>\n

Wang was the first author on the study, which has been published in the journal\u00a0Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/a>, a publication of the German Chemical Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis may provide a paradigm-shifting opportunity for more sustainable batteries,\u201d said Xiulei Ji, assistant professor of chemistry at OSU and the corresponding author on the research. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t use lithium or sodium or potassium to carry the charge, and just uses acid as the electrolyte. There\u2019s a huge natural abundance of acid so it\u2019s highly renewable and sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ji points out that until now, cations \u2013 ions with a positive charge \u2013 that have been used in batteries have been alkali metal, alkaline earth metals or aluminum.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo nonmetal cations were being considered seriously for batteries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The study observed a big dilation of the PTCDA lattice structure during intercalation \u2013 the process of its receiving ions between the layers of its structure. That meant the electrode was being charged, and the PTCDA structure expanded, by hydronium ions, rather than extremely tiny protons, which are already used in some batteries.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganic solids are not typically contemplated as crystalline electrode materials, but many are very crystalline, arranged in a very ordered structure,\u201d Ji said. \u201cThis PTCDA material has a lot of internal space between its molecule constituents so it provides an opportunity for storing big ions and good capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hydronium ions also migrate through the electrode structure with comparatively low \u201cfriction,\u201d which translates to high power.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to power electric cars,\u201d Ji said. \u201cBut it does provide an opportunity for battery researchers to go in a new direction as they look for new alternatives for energy storage, particularly for stationary grid storage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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