#6921. Disproportionation enabling reversible MnO2/Mn2+ transformation in a mild aqueous Zn-MnO2 hybrid battery

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Abstract:
The disproportionation of the Jahn-Teller (J-T) active manganese oxides (Mn3+) often leads to uncontrollable Mn2+ dissolution, which has been identified as one of the major causes of the performance degradation in conventional Zn-MnO2 batteries. Herein, we use the “unwanted” disproportionation of the Mn3+ cations to realize effective MnO2/Mn2+ transformation, achieving high specific capacity (550 mAh g?1) and good cycling stability (5000 cycles without capacity decay) in a Zn-MnO2 hybrid battery with mild aqueous electrolytes. Mechanism study shows that MnO2 is deposited on the cathode during charging, H+/Zn2+ insertion and disproportionation occur sequentially during discharging, leading to Mn2+ dissolution. The generated high-valence manganese oxides via disproportionation further experience reduction-disproportionation-dissolution, which proceeds repeatedly in the expanded discharge potential to 0 V vs. Zn2+/Zn, resulting in the complete dissolution of the cathodic materials. Our results provide the fundamental understanding on the controversial mechanisms of Zn-MnO2 batteries with mild aqueous electrolytes and highlight the effect of disproportionation in pushing the electrochemical performance of the promising Zn-MnO2 hybrid batteries.
Keywords:
Deposition/dissolution; Disproportionation; High performance; Mechanism; Zn-MnO2 hybrid battery

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