Charge–discharge performance of carbon fiber-based electrodes in single cell and short stack for vanadium redox flow battery

2014 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 114-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Di Blasi ◽  
N. Briguglio ◽  
O. Di Blasi ◽  
V. Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Discharge Performance ◽  
Vanadium Redox ◽  
Charge Discharge

scholarly journals Thin Reinforced Ion-Exchange Membranes Containing Fluorine Moiety for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 867
Author(s):  
Ha-Neul Moon ◽  
Hyeon-Bee Song ◽  
Moon-Sung Kang
Keyword(s):  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Cation Exchange ◽  
Electrical Resistance ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Ion Exchange Membranes ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Exchange Membrane ◽  
Vanadium Redox ◽  
Charge Discharge

In this work, we developed pore-filled ion-exchange membranes (PFIEMs) fabricated for the application to an all-vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) by filling a hydrocarbon-based ionomer containing a fluorine moiety into the pores of a porous polyethylene (PE) substrate having excellent physical and chemical stabilities. The prepared PFIEMs were shown to possess superior tensile strength (i.e., 136.6 MPa for anion-exchange membrane; 129.9 MPa for cation-exchange membrane) and lower electrical resistance compared with commercial membranes by employing a thin porous PE substrate as a reinforcing material. In addition, by introducing a fluorine moiety into the filling ionomer along with the use of the porous PE substrate, the oxidation stability of the PFIEMs could be greatly improved, and the permeability of vanadium ions could also be significantly reduced. As a result of the evaluation of the charge–discharge performance in the VRFB, it was revealed that the higher the fluorine content in the PFIEMs was, the higher the current efficiency was. Moreover, the voltage efficiency of the PFIEMs was shown to be higher than those of the commercial membranes due to the lower electrical resistance. Consequently, both of the pore-filled anion- and cation-exchange membranes showed superior charge–discharge performances in the VRFB compared with those of hydrocarbon-based commercial membranes.

Experimental Study on Effects of Operational Parameters on a Single-Cell Test-Bed Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiul Islam ◽  
Kwangkook Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Energy Storage Capacity ◽  
Vanadium Redox

Abstract This paper describes the experimental characterization of a laboratory scale single-cell vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) with variations of operational parameters. The single cell was experimentally investigated with respect to energy storage capacity, charge-discharge time, voltage, coulombic and energy efficiencies under various operating parameters such as current densities, electrolyte flow rates, and the ratio of electrolyte volume in electrolyte storage tank and cell. It was found that the voltage efficiency was increased by 11% entailing energy efficiency improvement from 60 to 66% as the electrolyte flowrate was increased from 40 to 220 ml/min. The highest columbic efficiency was achieved at 96% for the current density of 40 mA/cm2 which was 14% higher than that of the current density of 15 mA/cm2. Energy storage capacity was linearly increased with higher ratio of tank to cell volume due to the larger number of vanadium ions present. The improvement in energy storage capacities was observed to be 60, and 41% as the ratio was raised by 67, and 40%, respectively.

SPES/PVDF/TPA composite membrane as an alternative proton exchange membrane in vanadium redox flow battery application

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojuan Lian ◽  
Xin Yang ◽  
Hongdong Liu ◽  
Haitao Liu ◽  
Jiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Composite Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Ion Exchange Membrane ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Exchange Membrane ◽  
Vanadium Redox

A new kind of composite membrane consisting of sulfonated poly(ether sulfone) (SPES), poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), and phosphotungstic acid (TPA) has been prepared and employed as the ion-exchange membrane for vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) application. The addition of the highly crystalline and hydrophobic PVDF effectively confines the swelling behavior of SPES/PVDF/TPA. The composite membrane exhibits one order of magnitude lower vanadium ions permeability and much better single cell performance compared to pristine SPES and Nafion 115 membranes. The single cell with SPES/PVDF/TPA membrane shows much lower capacity loss, higher coulombic efficiency (>97%), and higher energy efficiency (>82%) than which with Nafion 115 membrane. In the self-discharge test, single cell with SPES/PVDF/TPA membrane shows much longer duration in the open-circuit voltage decay than which with Nafion 115 membrane. With all the good performances and low cost, the SPES/PVDF/TPA membrane is expected to have excellent commercial prospects as ion-exchange membrane for VRB system.

Recent advances in electrospun carbon fiber electrode for vanadium redox flow battery: Properties, structures, and perspectives

Carbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 527-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dixuan Cheng ◽  
Yuehua Li ◽  
Jinliang Zhang ◽  
Mengran Tian ◽  
Boyun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Carbon Fiber Electrode ◽  
Vanadium Redox ◽  
Fiber Electrode

Preparation of sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-393
Author(s):  
Junli Zhang ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yaobin Ma
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Composite Membrane ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Pvdf Membrane ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Vanadium Redox ◽  
Sulfonated Poly

A sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether sulfone) (SPPES)/poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) composite membrane was prepared through a solution-casting method for vanadium redox flow battery (denoted as VRB). The composite membrane exhibits dramatically lower vanadium ions permeability and better cell performance compared to the pristine SPPES membrane and Nafion 115 membrane. The vanadium ion permeability of SPPES/PVDF membrane is one order of magnitude lower than that of Nafion 115 membrane. In the further work, the VRB single cell with SPPES/PVDF composite membrane shows higher columbic efficiency (92.80%) and energy efficiency (84.1%) at the current density 36 mA·cm−2 compared with the single cell with Nafion 115 membrane. In the self-discharge test, SPPES/PVDF membrane showed 1.7 times longer duration in the open circuit decay than Nafion 115 membrane. With all the good properties and low cost, this new kind of composite membrane is of excellent commercial prospects as an ion exchange membrane for VRB systems.

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