title: Anthraquinone-Based Polymer as Cathode in Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries.
abstract: Mg batteries are a promising battery technology that could lead to safer and significantly less expensive non-aqueous batteries with energy densities comparable or even better than state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries. Although the first prototype Mg battery using stable Mo6S8 as cathode was introduced over fifteen years ago, major challenges remain to be solved. In particular, the design of high energy cathode materials and the development of non-corrosive electrolytes with high oxidative stability are issues that need to be tackled. Herein, we present a new, general, and robust approach towards achieving stable cycling of Mg batteries. The core of our approach is the use of stable polymer cathode and Mg powder anode coupled with non-nucleophilic electrolytes. Our systems exhibit an excellent rate capability and significant improvement in electrochemical stability.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.|Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bitenc
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Klemen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pirnat
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bančič
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.|Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Miran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaberšček
authors.affiliation: Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Boštjan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Genorio
authors.affiliation: Honda R&D Europe (Deutschland) GmbH, Carl-Legien-Strasse 30, 63073, Offenbach, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Randon-Vitanova
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. robert.dominko@ki.si.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dominko
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D011108:Polymers; D008274:Magnesium
keywords: batteries; electrochemistry; energy storage; magnesium; polymers