title: High-Voltage and Noncorrosive Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Used in Rechargeable Aluminum Battery.
abstract: As a promising post-lithium battery, rechargeable aluminum battery has the potential to achieve a three-electron reaction with fully use of metal aluminum. Alternative electrolytes are strongly needed for further development of rechargeable aluminum batteries, because typical AlCl3-contained imidazole-based ionic liquids are moisture sensitive, corrosive, and with low oxidation voltage. In this letter, a kind of noncorrosive and water-stable ionic liquid obtained by mixing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([BMIM]OTF) with the corresponding aluminum salt (Al(OTF)3) is studied. This ionic liquid electrolyte has a high oxidation voltage (3.25 V vs Al3+/Al) and high ionic conductivity, and a good electrochemical performance is also achieved. A new strategy, which first used corrosive AlCl3-based electrolyte to construct a suitable passageway on the Al anode for Al3+, and then use noncorrosive Al(OTF)3-based electrolyte to get stable Al/electrolyte interface, is put forward.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Huali
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Sichen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing , Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
keywords: [BMIM]OTF ionic liquids; electrochemical performance; electrolyte; high voltage; rechargeable aluminum battery