Super-iron battery explained

The Super-iron battery is a moniker for a proposed class of rechargeable electric battery. Such batteries feature cathodes composed of ferrate salts, commonly potassium ferrate or barium ferrate .^{[1] [2] [3]} One attraction to the proposed device is that the spent cathode would consist of a rust-like material, which is preferable to batteries based on toxic cadmium, manganese and nickel. Another attraction is potentially higher energy capacity.

See also

Other iron-based batteries

• Lithium iron phosphate battery
• Lithium iron disulfide battery
• Nickel–iron battery

Other battery technologies

• List of battery types
• Lithium-ion battery
• Nanotechnology
• Nickel–cadmium battery
• Nickel–metal hydride battery

Further reading

• Super Battery.
• Battery Bimonthly, Web site: zh. Study on the performance of nano-sized ferrates super-iron battery. Vol. 34 No. Pp. 247–249. 2004
• Energetic Iron(VI) Chemistry: The Super-Iron Battery, Science, Volume 285, p. 1039, 13 August 1999. "Super-Iron" Comes to the Rescue of Batteries, Science, Volume 285, p. 995, 13 August 1999.

Notes and References

1. Licht, S.; R. Tel-Vered "Rechargeable Fe(III/VI) super-iron cathodes" Chemical Communications, 2004, volume 6, p. 628-629.
2. Licht . Stuart . Wang . Yufei . Gourdin . Gerald . 2009-06-04 . Enhancement of Reversible Nonaqueous Fe(III/VI) Cathodic Charge Transfer . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C . en . 113 . 22 . 9884–9891 . 10.1021/jp902157u . 1932-7447.
3. Farmand . Maryam . Jiang . Dianlu . Wang . Baohui . Ghosh . Susanta . Ramaker . D. E. . Licht . Stuart . 2011-09-01 . Super-iron nanoparticles with facile cathodic charge transfer . Electrochemistry Communications . 13 . 9 . 909–912 . 10.1016/j.elecom.2011.03.039 . 1388-2481.