The invention discloses a
zinc-
iodine battery based on a
zinc bromide electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of
chemical energy batteries. The
zinc-
iodine battery comprises a positive
electrode, a negative
electrode and an
electrolyte, the positive
electrode is a positive electrode containing a dual catalytic
system, and the
electrolyte is an electrolyte containing
zinc bromide; the positive electrode containing the dual catalytic
system comprises a dual catalytic
system material, conductive carbon and a binder; the dual catalytic system material is obtained by mixing an
iodine elementary substance and a non-polar compound which contains
halogen and a
carbon group and has a symmetrical structure. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding tetrabromo-p-
benzoquinone and elemental iodine into an
organic solvent for dissolving, and removing the
organic solvent to obtain the dual catalytic system material, wherein the non-polar compound containing
halogen and a
carbon group and having a symmetrical structure is tetrabromo-p-
benzoquinone. The two-step reaction of the zinc-iodine battery is doubly catalyzed by the TBBQ and the Br <->, the reaction
kinetics is improved, and meanwhile, the TBBQ and the Br <-> can be subjected to oxidation-reduction reaction at the same potential to provide extra capacity, so that the construction of the high-rate and high-capacity zinc-iodine battery is realized.