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    力致变形作用对可拉伸锌-空气燃料电池的性能影响模拟研究

    Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Mechanically Induced Deformation on the Performance of Stretchable Zinc–Air Fuel Cells

    • 摘要: 柔性锌-空气燃料电池因具有安全性高、理论能量密度大和环境友好等优点,在可穿戴电子设备供能领域具有重要应用潜力。传统三明治夹层结构电池在拉伸变形过程中应力会直接作用在电极上,可能会导致电极导电网络破坏,岛桥结构电池凭借其结构优势,能够避免这一问题。本文建立了柔性锌-空气燃料电池的多物理场耦合模型,综合考虑电荷守恒、电化学反应、气相氧气传输、离子扩散以及固体力学变形过程,并比较了传统三明治结构和岛桥结构电池的放电性能。首先基于三明治结构电池建立基准模型,分析电流密度、氧气体积分数以及OH?和Zn(OH)42?累积导致的浓差极化有关。随后,进一步比较三明治结构和岛桥结构电池的放电行为,结果显示,三明治结构电池初始电流密度较高,但衰减较快;岛桥结构电池初始电流密度较低,但在长时间放电过程中能够保持更稳定的电流输出。浓度场分析表明,岛桥结构中离子传输和产物累积具有明显局部化特征,水凝胶桥区和岛桥连接区域是影响传质稳定性的关键位置。最后,通过对岛桥结构施加不同拉伸比,研究了力致变形对电池放电性能的影响。结果表明,岛桥结构能够将主要机械变形集中于水凝胶区域,降低活性电极区域的变形程度;在一定拉伸范围内,不同拉伸比下的恒压放电曲线差异较小,说明该结构具有较好的力学适应性和电化学输出稳定性。本文研究可为可拉伸锌-空气燃料电池的结构设计、传质优化和柔性电极匹配提供理论参考。

       

      Abstract: Flexible zinc–air fuel cells have great potential for powering wearable electronic devices owing to their high safety, high theoretical energy density, and environmental friendliness. In conventional sandwich-structured cells, tensile deformation can directly impose stress on the electrodes, which may damage the conductive network of the electrodes. In contrast, island–bridge-structured cells can mitigate this problem through their structural advantages. In this study, a multiphysics coupling model of flexible zinc–air fuel cells was established by considering charge conservation, electrochemical reactions, gas-phase oxygen transport, ion diffusion, and solid mechanical deformation. The discharge performances of conventional sandwich-structured cells and island–bridge-structured cells were compared. First, a baseline model based on the sandwich structure was developed to analyze the current density, oxygen volume fraction, and concentration polarization caused by OH? consumption and Zn(OH)42? accumulation. The discharge behaviors of the sandwich and island–bridge structures were then further compared. The results show that the sandwich-structured cell exhibits a higher initial current density but a faster decay, whereas the island–bridge-structured cell shows a lower initial current density but maintains a more stable current output during long-term discharge. Concentration-field analysis indicates that ion transport and product accumulation in the island–bridge structure exhibit obvious localization, and the hydrogel bridge region and island–bridge junctions are key regions affecting mass-transport stability. Finally, different stretch ratios were applied to the island–bridge structure to investigate the effect of mechanically induced deformation on cell discharge performance. The results show that the island–bridge structure can concentrate most of the mechanical deformation in the hydrogel region, thereby reducing deformation in the active electrode regions. Within a certain stretching range, the constant-voltage discharge curves under different stretch ratios show only slight differences, indicating that this structure has good mechanical adaptability and electrochemical output stability. This study provides theoretical guidance for the structural design, mass-transport optimization, and flexible-electrode matching of stretchable zinc–air fuel cells.

       

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