Reversible Ketone Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries

2021 ◽  
Vol MA2021-02 (5) ◽  
pp. 1821-1821
Author(s):  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Ketone Hydrogenation

Reversible ketone hydrogenation and dehydrogenation for aqueous organic redox flow batteries

Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 372 (6544) ◽  
pp. 836-840
Author(s):  
Ruozhu Feng ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Vijayakumar Murugesan ◽  
Aaron Hollas ◽  
Ying Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Molecular Engineering ◽  
Environmentally Benign ◽  
Active Materials ◽  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Ketone Hydrogenation ◽  
Electro Oxidation ◽  
Alcohol Conversion

Aqueous redox flow batteries with organic active materials offer an environmentally benign, tunable, and safe route to large-scale energy storage. Development has been limited to a small palette of organics that are aqueous soluble and tend to display the necessary redox reversibility within the water stability window. We show how molecular engineering of fluorenone enables the alcohol electro-oxidation needed for reversible ketone hydrogenation and dehydrogenation at room temperature without the use of a catalyst. Flow batteries based on these fluorenone derivative anolytes operate efficiently and exhibit stable long-term cycling at ambient and mildly increased temperatures in a nondemanding environment. These results expand the palette to include reversible ketone to alcohol conversion but also suggest the potential for identifying other atypical organic redox couple candidates.

A Self-Trapping, Bipolar Viologen Bromide Electrolyte for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
wenda wu ◽  
Jian Luo ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Bing Yuan ◽  
Tianbiao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Capacity Retention ◽  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Redox Electrolyte ◽  
Charge Process ◽  
Self Trapping ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Total Capacity ◽  
Neutral Conditions ◽  
Low Solubility

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) have become increasing attractive for scalable energy storage. However, it remains challenging to develop high voltage, powerful AORFBs because of the lack of catholytes with high redox potential. Herein, we report methyl viologen dibromide (<b>[MV]Br<sub>2</sub></b>) as a facile self-trapping, bipolar redox electrolyte material for pH neutral redox flow battery applications. The formation of the <b>[MV](Br<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub></b> complex was computationally predicted and experimentally confirmed. The low solubility <b>[MV](Br<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub></b> complex in the catholyte during the battery charge process not only mitigates the crossover of charged tribromide species (Br<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) and addresses the toxicity concern of volatile bromine simultaneously. A 1.53 V bipolar MV/Br AORFB delivered outstanding battery performance at pH neutral conditions, specifically, 100% total capacity retention, 133 mW/cm<sup>2</sup> power density, and 60% energy efficiency at 40 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>.

Thermo–chemical treatments based on NH3/O2 for improved graphite-based fiber electrodes in vanadium redox flow batteries

Carbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 280-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Flox ◽  
Javier Rubio-García ◽  
Marcel Skoumal ◽  
Teresa Andreu ◽  
Juan Ramón Morante
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Treatments ◽  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Vanadium Redox

scholarly journals Designer Two-Electron Storage Viologen Anolyte Materials for Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries

Chem ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 961-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camden DeBruler ◽  
Bo Hu ◽  
Jared Moss ◽  
Xuan Liu ◽  
Jian Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Storage ◽  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Flow Batteries

Locating Shunt Currents in a Multistack System of All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Wen Chou ◽  
Feng-Zhi Chang ◽  
Hwa-Jou Wei ◽  
Bhupendra Singh ◽  
Amornchai Arpornwichanop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Vanadium Redox

scholarly journals Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: A Review Oriented to Fluid-Dynamic Optimization

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Iñigo Aramendia ◽  
Unai Fernandez-Gamiz ◽  
Adrian Martinez-San-Vicente ◽  
Ekaitz Zulueta ◽  
Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Batteries ◽  
Design Flexibility ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Exchange Membrane ◽  
Vanadium Redox

Large-scale energy storage systems (ESS) are nowadays growing in popularity due to the increase in the energy production by renewable energy sources, which in general have a random intermittent nature. Currently, several redox flow batteries have been presented as an alternative of the classical ESS; the scalability, design flexibility and long life cycle of the vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) have made it to stand out. In a VRFB cell, which consists of two electrodes and an ion exchange membrane, the electrolyte flows through the electrodes where the electrochemical reactions take place. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are a very powerful tool to develop feasible numerical models to enhance the performance and lifetime of VRFBs. This review aims to present and discuss the numerical models developed in this field and, particularly, to analyze different types of flow fields and patterns that can be found in the literature. The numerical studies presented in this review are a helpful tool to evaluate several key parameters important to optimize the energy systems based on redox flow technologies.

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