Methanesulfonic acid-based electrode-decoupled vanadium–cerium redox flow battery exhibits significantly improved capacity and cycle life

Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari; Zhang, Yunzhu; Ramani, Vijay

doi:10.1039/C9SE00286C

Methanesulfonic acid-based electrode-decoupled vanadium–cerium redox flow battery exhibits significantly improved capacity and cycle life

Journal Article · Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00286C· OSTI ID:1542689

^[1]; Zhang, Yunzhu ^[1]; ^[1]

Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA

V–Ce RFBs (∼100% CE and ∼70% EE over 100 cycles) using a CH ₃ SO ₃ H-based electrolyte and a AEM separator shows 30% higher capacity and 0.024% capacity fade/cycle vs. 5% capacity fade/cycle for H ₂ SO ₄ supported V–Ce ED-RFBs.

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000768

OSTI ID:: 1542689

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1613713

Journal Information:: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Journal Name: Sustainable Energy & Fuels Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 3; ISSN SEFUA7; ISSN 2398-4902

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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