The pitfalls of using stainless steel (SS) coin cells in aqueous zinc battery research
Gang Wu, Yang Yang, Ruijie Zhu, Wuhai Yang, Huijun Yang, Haoshen Zhou
Abstract
Caution is essential when using SS coin cells in aqueous battery research due to the negative impact. We show that the commonly used SS coin cell provokes a severe hydrogen evolution reaction causing disruptive interference in Zn plating/stripping processes, which can be mitigated with a Ti spacer.
Topics & Concepts
Battery (electricity)Aqueous solutionStripping (fiber)ZincPlating (geology)Materials scienceMetallurgyChemical engineeringChemistryComposite materialEngineeringPhysicsOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsGeophysicsPower (physics)Advanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies