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 Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2019 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9se00286c· OSTI ID:1613713

^[1]; Zhang, Yunzhu ^[2]; ^[2]

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

An electrode-decoupled V–Ce redox flow battery (ED-RFB) was developed with 40% greater theoretical volumetric capacity and a 30% enhancement in practical volumetric capacity was demonstrated. The use of methanesulfonic acid supported V and Ce electrolytes and a highly permselective polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene (SEBS) triblock copolymer anion exchange separator enabled a >95% reduction in capacity fade compared to standard H₂SO₄ supported V–Ce ED-RFBs. The methanesulfonic acid supported V and Ce electrolytes was examined using the Marcus–Hush kinetic formulation and the presence of strongly solvated cations was shown to reduce capacity fade by cation cross-over. The ED-RFB maintained nearly 100% coulombic efficiency (CE) and ca. 70% energy efficiency (EE) (at a 50 mA cm² galvanostatic charge/discharge current) over 100 cycles. The EE ranged from 85% at 25 mA cm^-2 to 50% at 100 mA cm^-2. The separator was highly acid stable with no changes in its FT-IR spectra and ionic conductivity before and after cycling. Thus, a V–Ce ED-RFB with long life, excellent rate capability and stability is demonstrated. The use of CH₃SO₃H, a “green” chemical with low toxicity and easy effluent treatment, facilitates scale-up and grid-scale deployment.

Research Organization:: Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)

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

DOE Contract Number:: AR0000768

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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