Multivalent Metal-Ion Batteries for Grid and Portable Energy Storage
This research community develops rechargeable battery technologies using divalent and trivalent metal ions, specifically magnesium and aluminum, as charge carriers. The work focuses on creating stable electrodes and electrolytes to enable energy storage systems that are safer and more resource-efficient than lithium-based alternatives.
The literature centers on the development of cathode materials, such as vanadates and Prussian blue analogues, and the engineering of electrolytes, including aqueous solutions and ionic liquids, to facilitate the reversible movement of magnesium and aluminum ions. Significant effort is directed toward stabilizing metal anodes against corrosion and dendrite formation, as well as optimizing interfacial chemistry to improve charge transfer kinetics. Applications range from portable electronics to large-scale grid storage, with a particular emphasis on aluminum-air batteries and magnesium-sulfur systems. The work addresses the specific electrochemical challenges of multivalent ions, such as slow diffusion and complex solvation structures, to achieve high-performance, long-cycle-life battery devices.
The community is most heavily concentrated in magnesium research, accounting for 3.9% of all magnesium-related papers, with 1,354 papers in this group. It also contributes to aluminum research, representing 0.9% of that element's literature with 164 papers.
The community comprises 3,186 papers, with the highest publication volume in the Journal of Power Sources, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.
Recent work continues to focus on electrolyte design for wide temperature ranges and the development of self-healing interphases to enhance the longevity of magnesium and aluminum batteries.
Papers behind this description
- Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries — Nature Energy, 2020 — doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0655-0
- Solvation sheath reorganization enables divalent metal batteries with fast interfacial charge transfer kinetics — Science, 2021 — doi:10.1126/science.abg3954
- Materials challenges for aluminum ion based aqueous energy storage devices: Progress and prospects — Progress in Materials Science, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101253
- High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analogues Enable Lattice Respiration for Ultrastable Aqueous Aluminum‐Ion Batteries — Advanced Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adma.202404172
- Anisotropy of V3O7 nanobelts enables ultralong cycling life of magnesium ion battery — Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jma.2024.03.010
- Cation replacement method enables high-performance electrolytes for multivalent metal batteries — Nature Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41560-023-01439-w
- A rechargeable calcium–oxygen battery that operates at room temperature — Nature, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06949-x
- Ternary Eutectic Electrolyte-Assisted Formation and Dynamic Breathing Effect of the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase for High-Stability Aqueous Magnesium-Ion Full Batteries — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024 — doi:10.1021/jacs.4c00227
- Challenges and Progress in Rechargeable Magnesium‐Ion Batteries: Materials, Interfaces, and Devices — Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202410406
- Activation and Stabilization Strategies of Aluminum Metal Anode Toward High Performance Aqueous Al Metal Batteries — Advanced Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adma.202507164
- Research development on electrolytes for magnesium-ion batteries — 中国科学通报：英文版, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.scib.2023.07.027
- Aluminum–air batteries: current advances and promises with future directions — RSC Advances, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d4ra02219j
- Weakly Solvating Hydrated Eutectic Electrolyte for High-Performance Aluminum-Ion Batteries with Wide Temperature Range — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c08778
- Multi-center corrosion inhibition strategy for enhanced interfacial stability and longevity of aluminum-air batteries — Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.166814
- Solvation-Structure Design of Multicomponent Eutectic Electrolytes Enabling Al-Rich Alloy Growth in Aqueous Aluminum-Ion Batteries — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c17537
- Generative Artificial Intelligence Navigated Development of Solvents for Next Generation High‐Performance Magnesium Batteries — Advanced Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adma.202510083
- Dual‐Functional Electrolyte Additives to Enhance Magnesium Plating/Stripping Performance for Rechargeable Magnesium Metal Batteries With Pure Amine Solvents — Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202519527
- Reassessing Electrolyte Design for Non‐Aqueous Magnesium Batteries: Atomistic Structures and Performance Optimization — Advanced Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adma.202514224