Halogen-bond chemistry-rectified hypervalent tellurium redox kinetics towards high-energy Zn batteries
Jintu Qi, Yongchao Tang, Yue Wei, Guigui Liu, Jianping Yan, Zhenfeng Feng, Zixin Han, Minghui Ye, Wencheng Du, Qi Yang, Yufei Zhang, Zhipeng Wen, Xiaoqing Liu, Chengchao Li
Abstract
A halogen-bond chemistry-rectified Te 0 /Te 4+ redox with an almost maximized capacity contribution ( ca. 90.0%) is achieved for high-energy Zn batteries in localized concentrated ILEs, far surpassing those in aqueous systems ( ca. 33.0%).
Topics & Concepts
Hypervalent moleculeTelluriumHalogenRedoxChemistryKineticsBond energyHalogen bondInorganic chemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeIodinePhysicsAlkylQuantum mechanicsAdvanced battery technologies researchCatalytic Processes in Materials Science