Research Progress and Prospects of Aluminum-Water Batteries

TANG Yunqing; CHEN Xingyuan; XU Zheng; LIU Chenfan; ZHANG Liangliang; LIU Pingan

doi:10.11993/j.issn.2096-3920.2022-0055

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TANG Yunqing, CHEN Xingyuan, XU Zheng, LIU Chenfan, ZHANG Liangliang, LIU Pingan. Research Progress and Prospects of Aluminum-Water Batteries[J]. Journal of Unmanned Undersea Systems, 2023, 31(5): 812-819. doi: 10.11993/j.issn.2096-3920.2022-0055

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TANG Yunqing, CHEN Xingyuan, XU Zheng, LIU Chenfan, ZHANG Liangliang, LIU Pingan. Research Progress and Prospects of Aluminum-Water Batteries[J]. Journal of Unmanned Undersea Systems, 2023, 31(5): 812-819. doi: 10.11993/j.issn.2096-3920.2022-0055

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Research Progress and Prospects of Aluminum-Water Batteries

doi: 10.11993/j.issn.2096-3920.2022-0055

College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

Received Date: 2022-09-06
Accepted Date: 2022-11-09
Rev Recd Date: 2022-10-16

Available Online: 2023-09-25

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The demand for underwater power sources is increasing as marine activities increase, and unmanned undersea vehicles(UUVs) develop. Aluminum is a promising anode material due to its high specific capacity, high electrochemical activity, and low cost. Aluminum-water batteries with aluminum alloy as anode, hydrogen evolution material as cathode, and seawater as electrolyte have specific energy and specific power of 400 Wh/kg and 35 W/L, respectively. These batteries are widely applied in aerospace, automotive, military, and other fields. This paper elaborated on the working principle of aluminum-water batteries and reviewed the research progress of aluminum alloy anodes, hydrogen evolution cathodes, and electrolyte materials. Then, it summarized the development process and the existing challenges of aluminum-water battery prototypes and listed the applications of aluminum-water batteries in UUVs, underwater energy stations, and underwater preset weapon systems. Finally, this paper analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of aluminum-water batteries, as well as their future development direction, so as to provide a reference for the application of aluminum-water batteries in UUVs, oceanographic buoys, underwater workstations, and other underwater equipment in the future.
- unmanned undersea vehicle,
- Al-water batteries,
- Al alloy,
- anode

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