Durable and Highly Selective Ion Transport of a Sulfonated Diels Alder Poly(phenylene) for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Maurya, Sandipkumar; Baca, Ehren; Bejagam, Karteek Kumar; Pratt, Harry; Anderson, Travis; Mukundan, Rangachary; Fujimoto, Cy

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230805

Title: Durable and Highly Selective Ion Transport of a Sulfonated Diels Alder Poly(phenylene) for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Journal Article · Fri Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230805· OSTI ID:1866956

^[1]; Baca, Ehren ^[2];

^[1]; Pratt, Harry ^[2]; Anderson, Travis ^[2];

^[1]; Fujimoto, Cy ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In order to improve the durability and ion selectivity of a hydrocarbon membrane for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) a polymer was rationally designed with an external hydrophobic shell and internal hydrophilic core. The polymer was designed to prevent hydrophilic polymer chain aggregation by functionalizing the external polymer shell with hydrophobic side chains and attaching acid moieties onto the polymer backbone. The hydrophobic shell is the result of pentafluorobenzoyl group functionalization on the pendent aryl rings in a Diels Alder poly(phenylene) backbone. The internal polymer chain contains sulfonic acid moieties to impart hydrophilic character. The physical and electrochemical characteristics of the membrane were systematically studied and compared with widely used Nafion-212. The synthesized membranes were found to be superior to Nafion-212 not only in terms of lower vanadium ion permeability (4.25 x 10^-8 vs. Nafion-212: 6.0 x 10^-6cm² min ^-1) but also in higher VRFB performance (EE = 89% and vs. Nafion-212: 85.5% at 40 mA/cm²). The membrane also showed over three times higher capacity retention than Nafion-212 (0.075 % vs. 0.25 % capacity loss per cycle respectively) and excellent ex situ and in situ chemical stability.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; 89233218NCA000001; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1866956

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1862599

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-21-24526

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 520; ISSN 0378-7753

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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