A tellurium iodide perovskite structure enabling eleven-electron transfer in zinc ion batteries

Shixun Wang; Zhiquan Wei; Hu Hong; Xun Guo; Yiqiao Wang; Ze Chen; Dechao Zhang; Xiaoyu Zhang; Xuyong Yang; Chunyi Zhi

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A tellurium iodide perovskite structure enabling eleven-electron transfer in zinc ion batteries

Shixun Wang, Zhiquan Wei, Hu Hong, Xun Guo, Yiqiao Wang, Ze Chen, Dechao Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xuyong Yang^*, Chunyi Zhi^*

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The growing potential of low-dimensional metal-halide perovskites as conversion-type cathode materials is limited by electrochemically inert B-site cations, diminishing the battery capacity and energy density. Here, we design a benzyltriethylammonium tellurium iodide perovskite, (BzTEA)₂TeI₆, as the cathode material, enabling X- and B-site elements with highly reversible chalcogen- and halogen-related redox reactions, respectively. The engineered perovskite can confine active elements, alleviate the shuttle effect and promote the transfer of Cl- on its surface. This allows for the utilization of inert high-valent tellurium cations, eventually realizing a special eleven-electron transfer mode (Te⁶⁺/Te⁴⁺/Te^2-, I⁺/I⁰/I^-, and Cl⁰/Cl^-) in suitable electrolytes. The Zn||(BzTEA)₂TeI₆ battery exhibited a high capacity of up to 473 mAh g^-1_Te/I and a large energy density of 577 Wh kg^-1_Te/I at 0.5 A g^-1, with capacity retention up to 82% after 500 cycles at 3 A g^-1. The work sheds light on the design of high-energy batteries utilizing chalcogen-halide perovskite cathodes. © 2025. The Author(s).

Original language	English
Article number	511
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	16
Online published	8 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55385-6
Publication status	Published - 2025

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C.Z. acknowledges the National Key R&D Program of China under Project 2019YFA0705104, the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. R5019-22, Project No. CityU PDFS2122−1S05, and Project No. CityU 11214023), and the Talent Recruitment Project of Guangdong Province (No. 2019QN01C883). X. Y. acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62174104, 12304032), the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (22YF1413500), and the Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader (22XD1421200). Open Access made possible with partial support from the Open Access Publishing Fund of the City University of Hong Kong.

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