Bismuth Electrocatalyst Enabling Reversible Redox Kinetics of a Chelated Chromium Flow Battery Anolyte

Proctor, Aaron D.; Robb, Brian H.; Saraidaridis, James D.; Marshak, Michael P.

doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ac56d3

Bismuth Electrocatalyst Enabling Reversible Redox Kinetics of a Chelated Chromium Flow Battery Anolyte

Journal Article · Wed Mar 02 23:00:00 EST 2022 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac56d3· OSTI ID:1847181

Proctor, Aaron D.; Robb, Brian H.; Saraidaridis, James D.;

Metal electrocatalysts have been reported to improve the electron transfer kinetics of aqueous redox flow battery electrolytes on various types of carbon electrodes. In this work, we electrodeposited bismuth metal onto a carbon paper anode of a redox flow battery containing our previously reported polyaminocarboxylate-chelated chromium electrolyte. Depositing 0.58 mg cm ^–2 of bismuth metal enabled an electrochemically reversible electron transfer for the Cr(II)/Cr(III) couple, resulting in a 3.9% voltage efficiency increase over ten cycles at 100 mA cm ^–2 across an 80% state of charge window, while maintaining >99% current efficiency. The bismuth electrocatalyst provided other improvements, such as a 13% increase in average discharge power density when cycling at 80% energy efficiency, along with a 60% decrease in charge transfer resistance and 12% decrease in the full cell area specific resistance. A chelated bismuth complex was also utilized as a bismuth source for electrodeposition, providing an example of how polyaminocarboxylate ligands can be further implemented into efforts towards improving the energy efficiency of aqueous redox flow batteries.

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

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; AR0000994

OSTI ID:: 1847181

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1846052
OSTI ID: 1980870

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 169; ISSN 0013-4651

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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