The invention discloses an
electrolyte of an aqueous
zinc-
iodine battery, and relates to the technical field of
zinc-
iodine batteries, the
electrolyte is prepared from an I + stabilizer, a
hydrogen bond ligand, a low-freezing-point
hydrogen donor
solvent and a
zinc salt, and the
molar ratio of the I + stabilizer to the
hydrogen bond ligand to the low-freezing-point hydrogen donor
solvent to the zinc salt is 1: 0.5: 5: 0.5-1.5. The invention also provides a preparation method of the
electrolyte and a zinc-
iodine battery prepared by using the electrolyte. The zinc-iodine battery constructed by the invention can realize highly reversible I- / I2 / I + conversion and rapid
iodide conversion
kinetics in a wide temperature range of-25 DEG C to 40 DEG C, and has
high energy density and excellent long cycle stability. In addition, due to the unique
solvation structure of the electrolyte, the activity of water molecules in the
system is reduced, and then the
hydrogen evolution reaction and other side reactions are inhibited. Therefore, the invention provides a feasible strategy for realizing wide temperature range, high capacity and high performance of the zinc-iodine battery.