Issue 9, 2020

Fabrication of a composite anion exchange membrane with aligned ion channels for a high-performance non-aqueous vanadium redox flow battery

Abstract

Fabrication of high-conductivity ion exchange membranes (IEMs) is crucial to improve the performance of non-aqueous vanadium redox flow batteries (NAVRFBs). In the present work, anion exchange membranes with high-conductivity were fabricated by aligning ion channels of the polymer electrolyte impregnated in porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) under electric fields. It was observed that the ion channels of the polymer electrolyte were uniformly orientated in the atomic-force microscopy image. Its morphological change could minimize detouring of the transport of BF4 ions. The results showed through-plane conductivity was improved from 12.7 to 33.1 mS cm−1. The dimensional properties of the fabricated membranes were also enhanced compared with its cast membrane owing to the reinforcing effect of the substrate. Especially, the NAVRFB assembled with the optimized membrane showed increased capacities, with a 97% coulombic efficiency and 70% energy efficiency at 80 mA cm−2. Furthermore, the optimized membrane made it possible to operate the NAVRFB at 120 mA cm−2. Its operating current density was 120 times higher than that of a frequently used AHA membrane for RFBs.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of a composite anion exchange membrane with aligned ion channels for a high-performance non-aqueous vanadium redox flow battery

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 okt 2019
Accepted
26 dec 2019
First published
30 jan 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 5010-5025

Fabrication of a composite anion exchange membrane with aligned ion channels for a high-performance non-aqueous vanadium redox flow battery

J. Kim, S. Ryu, S. Maurya, J. Lee, K. Sung, J. Lee and S. Moon, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 5010 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA08616A

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