Issue 73, 2020

Alkaline all iron redox flow battery with a polyethylene/poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) interpolymer cation-exchange membrane

Abstract

This work describes the suitability of a polyethylene styrene–DVB based interpolymer cation exchange membrane for use in a highly alkaline redox flow battery (RFB) with a [Fe(TEA)OH]2−/[Fe(TEA)OH] and Fe(CN)63−/Fe(CN)64− redox couple. The alkaline stability of the membrane for 1440 h was evaluated in 5 N NaOH containing a 200 mM Fe(CN)63−/Fe(CN)64− redox couple. It was assessed according to the changes in the electrochemical and physicochemical properties. The performance of the membrane was evaluated over 40 charge–discharge cycles at a current density of 5 mA cm−2 current in a designed RFB cell. The obtained average coulombic efficiency (CE) was 92%, energy efficiency (EE) was 75%, voltage efficiency (VE) was 82% and volumetric efficiency was 34%. Under identical experimental conditions, the values of CE, EE, and VE for Nafion®-112 were 99%, 75%, and 76%, respectively. These results indicate the suitability of the polyethylene styrene–DVB based interpolymer cation exchange membrane for use in an alkaline RFB.

Graphical abstract: Alkaline all iron redox flow battery with a polyethylene/poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) interpolymer cation-exchange membrane

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Sept. 2020
Accepted
13 Nov. 2020
First published
18 Dec. 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 44824-44833

Alkaline all iron redox flow battery with a polyethylene/poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) interpolymer cation-exchange membrane

S. Sreenath, N. K. Sharma and R. K. Nagarale, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 44824 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA08316J

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