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Title: Characterization of Electrochemical Behavior for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Use of aqueous redox flow batteries with organic redox-active materials holds great promise for large-scale and sustainable energy storage. The development of low-cost, highly efficient aqueous redox flow batteries lies in a comprehensive understanding of the electrochemical behaviors of redox-active compounds. In this work, an alkaline redox battery with organic dihydroxyphenazine sulfonate (DHPS) anolyte and ferro-/ferricyanide (Fe(CN)6) catholyte is investigated as a typical example of aqueous redox flow batteries using organic redox-active materials. The electrochemical kinetics of DHPS and Fe(CN)6 are separately characterized using the symmetrical cell design. The resistance components are calculated directly from the experimental measurement. The key kinetic parameters are extracted and compared for DHPS and Fe(CN)6 electrolytes. The extracted parameters are validated with symmetrical and full flow cell simulations at different operating conditions. Key parameters and internal loss are also compared with all-vanadium redox flow batteries, representing current state of the art. In addition, our extracted key parameters from a symmetrical flow cell are compared with the measured key parameters by cyclic voltammetry, a widely deployed electroanalytical technique. The cell performance prediction of DHPS anolyte on a 780 cm2 interdigitated cell is made and found the power density is peaked at 475 mW cm-2 at our measurement condition.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1909814
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-178207
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 169, Issue 12; ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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