However, to develop a new battery chemistry today and especially in Europe, certain constraints need to be considered in order to obtain a sustainable, resource-efficient, and thus seminal concept.
Currently, the lithium-ion battery is the highest energy- and power-dense commercial product but there is demand for a new battery exhibiting an even higher energy density, better safety, and lower costs, especially for electric vehicles (EV), stationary storage, and mobile devices. At present, calls for another leapfrogging technology are becoming louder. It took him around 10 years, more than 50,000 experiments, and a withdrawal of the first version of the battery from the market before coming up with the right combination of materials to finally provide the best commercial battery available, as discussed by Dyer and Martin (2010): a lighter, more reliable, and up to three times more “powerful” battery than the existing lead-acid battery. His final nickel-iron battery, patented in the USA in 1901 ( Edison, 1901), became the most commercially successful product of his life 1. Edison started developing a new battery for electronic vehicles. In this review article, the constraints for a sustainable and seminal battery chemistry are described, and we present an assessment of the chemical elements in terms of negative electrodes, comprehensively motivate utilizing aluminum, categorize the aluminum battery field, critically review the existing positive electrodes and solid electrolytes, present a promising path for the accelerated development of novel materials and address problems of scientific communication in this field. The discovery of inorganic materials with high aluminum-ion mobility-usable as solid electrolytes or intercalation electrodes-is an innovative and required leap forward in the field of rechargeable high-valent ion batteries. So far, it has not been possible to exploit this technological potential, as suitable positive electrodes and electrolyte materials are still lacking. This would make the aluminum-ion battery an important contribution to the energy transition process, which has already started globally. There is a mature industry and recycling infrastructure, making aluminum very cost efficient. On the other hand, aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust. On the one hand, this offers the advantage of a volumetric capacity four times higher (theoretically) compared to lithium analog. But which materials seem promising? Using a selection algorithm for the evaluation of suitable materials, the concept of a rechargeable, high-valent all-solid-state aluminum-ion battery appears promising, in which metallic aluminum is used as the negative electrode.
Therefore, the search for new chemistries will become increasingly important in the future, to diversify battery technologies. Currently, lithium and lead mainly dominate the battery market, but apart from cobalt and phosphorous, lithium may show substantial supply challenges prospectively, as well.
In order to meet the future needs for energy storage, novel material systems with high energy densities, readily available raw materials, and safety are required. The expansion of renewable energy and the growing number of electric vehicles and mobile devices are demanding improved and low-cost electrochemical energy storage. 4Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science, Samara University, Samara, Russia.3Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.2Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science, Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia.1Institute of Experimental Physics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.Tilmann Leisegang 1,2 *, Falk Meutzner 1,2, Matthias Zschornak 1,3, Wolfram Münchgesang 1, Robert Schmid 1, Tina Nestler 1, Roman A.
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