Impact of membrane characteristics on the performance and cycling of the Br₂–H₂ redox flow cell

Tucker, Michael C.; Cho, Kyu Taek; Spingler, Franz B.; Weber, Adam Z.; Lin, Guangyu

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.03.010

Title: Impact of membrane characteristics on the performance and cycling of the Br₂–H₂ redox flow cell

Journal Article · Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.03.010· OSTI ID:1172891

Tucker, Michael C. ^[1]; Cho, Kyu Taek ^[1]; Spingler, Franz B. ^[1]; Weber, Adam Z. ^[1]; Lin, Guangyu ^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
TVN Systems, Inc., Lawrence, KS (United States)

The Br₂/H₂ redox flow cell shows promise as a high-power, low-cost energy storage device. In this paper, the effect of various aspects of material selection and processing of proton exchange membranes on the operation of the Br₂/H₂ redox flow cell is determined. Membrane properties have a significant impact on the performance and efficiency of the system. In particular, there is a tradeoff between conductivity and crossover, where conductivity limits system efficiency at high current density and crossover limits efficiency at low current density. The impact of thickness, pretreatment procedure, swelling state during cell assembly, equivalent weight, membrane reinforcement, and addition of a microporous separator layer on this tradeoff is assessed. NR212 (50 μm) pretreated by soaking in 70 °C water is found to be optimal for the studied operating conditions. For this case, an energy efficiency of greater than 75% is achieved for current density up to 400 mA cm⁻², with a maximum obtainable energy efficiency of 88%. A cell with this membrane was cycled continuously for 3164 h. Membrane transport properties, including conductivity and bromine and water crossover, were found to decrease moderately upon cycling but remained higher than those for the as-received membrane.

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Research Organization:: TVN Systems, Inc., Lawrence, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000262

OSTI ID:: 1172891

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1360982

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 284; ISSN 0378-7753

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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