The invention relates to an
iodine-containing
acetonitrile electrolyte for a high-energy-density battery as well as a preparation method and application of the
iodine-containing
acetonitrile electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of aqueous
zinc-
iodine batteries. The iodine-containing
acetonitrile electrolyte for the high-
energy density battery comprises a
zinc salt, iodine acetonitrile and deionized water. Compared with a traditional
zinc-iodine battery which only depends on iodine positive
electrode oxidation reduction, the battery prepared from the iodine-containing acetonitrile electrolyte for the high-energy-density battery in the invention has the advantages that the iodine-containing acetonitrile electrolyte for the high-energy-density battery can be subjected to auto-
oxidation reduction in the charging and discharging process, and the multi-
iodide shuttle effect is reduced; therefore, the
corrosion to the negative
electrode is reduced and the
battery capacity is remarkably improved. In addition, different from a multi-
electron transfer type high-energy-density
zinc ion battery, the iodoacetonitrile does not provide an additional
redox platform, but enhances the I-I0 reaction through a special channel of self-
redox of an electrolyte medium.