The invention belongs to the field of
electrochemistry, and relates to a method for modifying a
zinc-
bromine battery positive
electrode material by an
ionic liquid bromine complexing agent, which innovates the use mode of the
ionic liquid bromine complexing agent as an
electrolyte additive in a
zinc-bromine battery and performs
surface modification on an original carbon
electrode. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, treating an
electrode to improve the surface hydrophilicity and improve the internal pore
structure type of the material; then, the
ionic liquid is uniformly distributed on the surface of the electrode and in the internal
pore diameter in a dipping-ultrasonic-spraying combined mode, uniform modification of an
electrode material is realized, and finally, a total battery is assembled to evaluate the practicability of the experimental strategy.
Ionic liquid which can have
strong interaction with polybromine species is optimized, the defects that the ionic liquid serving as an
electrolyte additive and bromine species generate out-of-phase complexation products to be dispersed in an
electrolyte, the
utilization rate of active substances is low, reaction
kinetics is slow and the like are overcome, and by means of effective attachment of the ionic liquid on the surface of an electrode, the reaction efficiency is improved. Effective fixation of bromine species on the surface of the electrode is achieved, and
battery capacity loss caused by the shuttle effect of the bromine species is relieved. The method comprises an original electrode
pretreatment method, an
electrode material modification method and ionic liquid selection. The
zinc-bromine battery prepared by the invention has the advantages of high charge-
discharge efficiency, low battery self-
discharge rate, fast reaction
kinetics and the like.