Aqueous organic flow batteries for sustainable energy storage

Krishnamurti, Vinayak; Yang, Bo; Murali, Advaith; Patil, Sairaj; Surya Prakash, G. K.; Narayan, Sri

doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101100

Aqueous organic flow batteries for sustainable energy storage

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101100· OSTI ID:2424108

Krishnamurti, Vinayak ^[1]; Yang, Bo ^[1]; Murali, Advaith ^[1]; Patil, Sairaj ^[1]; Surya Prakash, G. K. ^[1]; ^[1]

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs) have the potential to address the large-scale need for storing electrical energy from intermittent sources like solar- and wind-based generation. Unlike metal-based redox systems, small organic molecules present the prospect of achieving sustainability, by being synthesizable from abundantly available carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, sulfur, and renewable energy. This mini-review focuses on the progress and challenges in designing water-based RFBs based on small organic molecules that can address the requirements of large-scale energy storage. Further, much of the recent research in this area involves discovering new molecular architectures via computational screening, understanding degradation, and cell configurations to address the techno-economic challenges of extraordinary electrochemical durability, recyclability, low cost of precursor materials, and good solubility. Redox materials for the positive side of the cell are notably few. Future research must continue to focus on these techno-economic challenges through rapid materials discovery.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2424108

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1882015

Journal Information:: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, Journal Name: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Journal Issue: C Vol. 35; ISSN 2451-9103

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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