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Study the Effect of Acetone as an Inhibitor for the Performance of Aluminium-Air Batteries

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Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 119))

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Aluminium-air battery have high energy density, for example 8100 Wh kg−1 capable of replacing classical lithium based batteries. However, the presence of parasitic reactions during the discharge process causes reducing the lifetime of the aluminium-air battery. Organic inhibitors are able to prevent the parasitic reaction, but it is likely to effect the battery performance. The aim of this research is to study the effect of acetone as an inhibitor at aluminium-air battery. Density functional theory (DFT) with B3LYP functional and 6-311G(d,p) basis set was conducted to determine the inhibitor efficiency of acetone. Besides, the aluminium-air battery was developed and tested to identify battery performances by applying acetone with different concentrations (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 mM). Results show that increasing the acetone concentration will improve the inhibitor’s efficiency from 12.5 to 50.0%. Further, the capacity of the battery can be increased with the inhibitor concentration. It is observed that the battery capacity using acetone (8 mM) is 0.028 Ah better than for a battery without acetone, 0.023 Ah. Therefore, acetone can be considered as an inhibitor capable of preventing severe corrosion against aluminium alloys and produces a good performance of aluminium-air batteries.

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The authors would like to thank the STRG program [grant number str17065] and are grateful for the support given from the Yayasan Tengku Abdullah Scholarship (YTAS) under Universiti Kuala Lumpur and System Engineering and Energy Laboratory (SEELab).

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    Mohamad-Syafiq Mohd-Kamal, Muhamad Husaini Abu Bakar & Sazali Yaacob

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Mohd-Kamal, MS., Abu Bakar, M.H., Yaacob, S. (2019). Study the Effect of Acetone as an Inhibitor for the Performance of Aluminium-Air Batteries. In: Abu Bakar, M., Mohamad Sidik, M., Öchsner, A. (eds) Progress in Engineering Technology. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28505-0_1

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