Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery
Non-aqueous organic redox flow batteries (NAORFBs) suffer from rapid capacity fading mainly due to the crossover of redox-active species across the membrane. Minimizing the crossover of redox-active species through ion exchange membranes remains a complex challenge in NAORFBs. To address the crossov...
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description | Non-aqueous organic redox flow batteries (NAORFBs) suffer from rapid capacity fading mainly due to the crossover of redox-active species across the membrane. Minimizing the crossover of redox-active species through ion exchange membranes remains a complex challenge in NAORFBs. To address the crossover issue, we approached the problem through a molecular size exclusion principle designing a dimer of viologen derivative as an anode material. Coupled with N-hexyl phenothiazine as a catholyte, a static cell was demonstrated, which exhibits an excellent cycling stability (100 cycles) with an average Coulombic efficiency of 90% at 10 mA cm−2 current density. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e8d6b7e2144b423a8557794edc20736e2024-01-03T19:49:25ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Energy2770-90002023-12-0113036103036103-810.1063/5.0167853Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow batterySandeep Kumar Mohapatra0Kothandaraman Ramanujam1Sethuraman Sankararaman2Clean Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAdvanced Centre for Energy Storage and Conversion-The Energy Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, IndiaClean Energy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNon-aqueous organic redox flow batteries (NAORFBs) suffer from rapid capacity fading mainly due to the crossover of redox-active species across the membrane. Minimizing the crossover of redox-active species through ion exchange membranes remains a complex challenge in NAORFBs. To address the crossover issue, we approached the problem through a molecular size exclusion principle designing a dimer of viologen derivative as an anode material. Coupled with N-hexyl phenothiazine as a catholyte, a static cell was demonstrated, which exhibits an excellent cycling stability (100 cycles) with an average Coulombic efficiency of 90% at 10 mA cm−2 current density.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0167853 |
spellingShingle | Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra Kothandaraman Ramanujam Sethuraman Sankararaman Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery APL Energy |
title | Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery |
title_full | Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery |
title_fullStr | Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery |
title_full_unstemmed | Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery |
title_short | Molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non-aqueous redox flow battery |
title_sort | molecular size exclusion effect extending the cycling stability of a non aqueous redox flow battery |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0167853 |
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