Bi5Te3 superlattices as a cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion battery

  • Aliaksei S. Bakavets Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Genady A. Ragoisha Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Yauhen M. Aniskevich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Eugene A. Streltsov Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2023-1-28-36

Abstract

A prototype of the aqueous zinc-ion battery which uses in the discharge stage the underpotential deposition with charge transfer of Zn2+ ions to Zn adlayer on electroactive material has been developed. The cathode material was (Bi2)m(Bi2Te3)n superlattice with the composition corresponding to Bi5Te3. The charge transfer in the cathode during battery charging and discharging is characterised by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic charge and discharge curves recording. The presence of bismuth nanolayers in the superlattice ensures efficient charge transfer in the cathode material, while bismuth telluride layers accept Zn2+ ions with the formation of adatomic zinc layers, the latter are oxidised anodically during battery charging.

Author Biographies

Aliaksei S. Bakavets, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of electrochemistry, faculty of chemistry

Genady A. Ragoisha, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of thin films chemistry

Yauhen M. Aniskevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

senior researcher at the department of electrochemistry, faculty of chemistry

Eugene A. Streltsov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (chemistry), full professor; head of the department of electrochemistry, faculty of chemistry

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Published
2023-08-21
Keywords: bismuth telluride, bismuth, superlattice, zinc, battery, underpotential deposition
Supporting Agencies This work was supported financially by the programme of state scientific research «Chemical processes, reagents and technologies, bioregulators and bioorganic chemistry» for 2021–2025 (research works 20210562 and 20211465).
How to Cite
Bakavets, A. S., Ragoisha, G. A., Aniskevich, Y. M., & Streltsov, E. A. (2023). Bi5Te3 superlattices as a cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion battery. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry, 1, 28-36. https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2023-1-28-36
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No 1 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry
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