Issue 5, 2011

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes: the next generation separators for all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRBs)?

Abstract

NF membranes, as an alternative to traditional ion exchange membranes, were first proposed and successfully prepared for VRBs based on a totally new concept of tuning the vanadium/proton selectivity viapore size exclusion. The results showed that membranes show increasing vanadium ion/proton (V/H) selectivity with decreasing pore size distribution. VRBs assembled with prepared NF membranes exhibited comparable performance to that of commercialized Nafion. The concept could potentially overcome the traditional restriction from ion exchange membranes and provide much more material options for VRB membranes.

Graphical abstract: Nanofiltration (NF) membranes: the next generation separators for all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRBs)?

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Feb 2011
Accepted
03 Mar 2011
First published
01 Apr 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 1676-1679

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes: the next generation separators for all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRBs)?

H. Zhang, H. Zhang, X. Li, Z. Mai and J. Zhang, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1676 DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01117K

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