Improvement and analysis of the hydrogen-cerium redox flow cell

Tucker, Michael C.; Weiss, Alexandra; Weber, Adam Z.

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.07.105

Title: Improvement and analysis of the hydrogen-cerium redox flow cell

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.07.105· OSTI ID:1377504

Tucker, Michael C. ^[1]; Weiss, Alexandra ^[1]; Weber, Adam Z. ^[1]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Conversion Group. Energy Technologies Area

In this paper, the H₂-Ce redox flow cell is optimized using commercially-available cell materials. Cell performance is found to be sensitive to the upper charge cutoff voltage, membrane boiling pretreatment, methanesulfonic-acid concentration, (+) electrode surface area and flow pattern, and operating temperature. Performance is relatively insensitive to membrane thickness, Cerium concentration, and all features of the (-) electrode including hydrogen flow. Cell performance appears to be limited by mass transport and kinetics in the cerium (+) electrode. Maximum discharge power of 895 mW cm^-2 was observed at 60 °C; an energy efficiency of 90% was achieved at 50 °C. Finally, the H₂-Ce cell is promising for energy storage assuming one can optimize Ce reaction kinetics and electrolyte.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1377504

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1359481

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 327; ISSN 0378-7753

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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