Development of a Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery

Abstract

An electrically rechargeable zinc-air cell was developed and demonstrated using a bi-electrode on the cathode side and a 3D zinc electrode. About 200 cycles corresponding to 5000h of operation was achieved with this configuration. An innovating hybrid bi-electrode was evaluated which significantly increase the energy efficiency of our system to about 70% with an energy density close to 110 wh/kg and also improves the power response of the zinc air battery for punctual power demand application.