Issue 41, 2017

Differential pH as a method for increasing cell potential in organic aqueous flow batteries

Abstract

In aqueous flow batteries, high battery cell potentials close to the electrochemical window of water are paramount for high cycle efficiency, power and energy density. The standard potential of many organic redox species has a strong dependence of pH and opens the possibility for increasing the cell potential by pH tuning. In the present work, a differential pH aqueous flow battery is demonstrated. The positive side is based on bromine operated at pH ∼ 2, while the negative side is based on anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonate disodium operated at pH ∼ 8. This results in a cell potential of 1.3 V which is a significant increase from 0.86 V when operated under acidic conditions on both sides. Furthermore, the differential pH of the flow battery is remarkably stable and shows no significant change over a period of at least 14 days (∼100 cycles). The high stability is attributed to electrochemical buffer effects of the redox solutions on each side.

Graphical abstract: Differential pH as a method for increasing cell potential in organic aqueous flow batteries

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jun 2017
Accepted
26 Sep 2017
First published
09 Oct 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 21875-21882

Differential pH as a method for increasing cell potential in organic aqueous flow batteries

A. Khataee, K. Wedege, E. Dražević and A. Bentien, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 21875 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA04975G

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