Huang, Z;
Kay, CWM;
Kuttich, B;
Rauber, D;
Kraus, T;
Li, H;
Kim, S;
(2020)
An “interaction-mediating” strategy towards enhanced solubility and redox properties of organics for aqueous flow batteries.
Nano Energy
, 69
, Article 104464. 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104464.
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Abstract
Aqueous redox flow batteries using electroactive organic materials are currently attracting significant attention. However, the influence of supporting electrolytes on the aqueous solubility, electrochemical reversibility and chemical stability of the organic components has rarely been investigated. Here, a new electrolyte design strategy towards enhanced solubility and chemical stability of active materials is proposed by using interaction-mediating species. 3 molality aqueous imidazolium chlorides, with high ionic conductivity and water-like flowability, enable a record aqueous solubility of 4.3 M for a commercially available nitroxyl radical and reversible 2e^{-} reaction of unmodified methyl viologen at moderate concentrations. With 0.6 M electrolyte, flow cell shows remarkable chemical stability of the nitroxyl radical, excellent cycling stability over 250 cycles at 80 mA cm^{-2}, and a peak power density of 121.6 mW cm^{-2} at 175 mA cm^{-2}. Furthermore, nitroxyl radical catholyte with a concentration of 3 M is tested in a flow cell. It maintains an impressive steady energy efficiency of 65% at 30 mA cm^{-2}. This work paves a new way for the development of high performance aqueous electrolytes based on organic materials.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An “interaction-mediating” strategy towards enhanced solubility and redox properties of organics for aqueous flow batteries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104464 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104464 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | aqueous redox flow batteries, supporting electrolytes, ionic liquids, redox-active organic materials, EPR spectroscopy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090815 |
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