Redox flow batteries: Recent development in main components, emerging technologies, diagnostic techniques, large-scale applications, and challenges and barriers

AG Olabi, MA Allam, MA Abdelkareem, TD Deepa… - Batteries, 2023 - mdpi.com
Redox flow batteries represent a captivating class of electrochemical energy systems that
are gaining prominence in large-scale storage applications. These batteries offer …

Thermal issues of vanadium redox flow batteries

J Ren, Y Li, Z Wang, J Sun, Q Yue, X Fan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are one of the most promising technologies for
renewable energy storage. However, complex thermal issues caused by excessive heat …

Ultrafine SnO2 in situ modified graphite felt derived from metal–organic framework as a superior electrode for vanadium redox flow battery

QC Jiang, J Li, YJ Yang, YJ Ren, L Dai, JY Gao… - Rare Metals, 2023 - Springer
Metal–organic framework (MOF) and its derivatives have low-cost, controllable structure,
and good catalytic performance, which are often used in the electrochemical field. In this …

Sub‐2‐nm channels within covalent triazine framework enable fast proton‐selective transport in flow battery membrane

W Xu, Y Wang, Y Wu, F Xu, L Dai, K Qu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ion conductive membranes (ICMs) with robust sub‐2‐nm channels show high proton
transport rate in flow battery, but it remains a great challenge to precisely control the ion …

Ionic-nanophase hybridization of nafion by supramolecular patching for enhanced proton selectivity in redox flow batteries

L Zhai, YL Zhu, G Wang, H He, F Wang, F Jiang… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nafion, as the mostly used proton exchange membrane material in vanadium redox flow
batteries (VRFBs), encounters serious vanadium permeation problems due to the large size …

The role of proton in high power density vanadium redox flow batteries

R Huang, S Liu, Z He, G Ye, W Zhu, H Xu, J Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
To design high-performance vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), the influence of proton
on electrocatalysts cannot be neglected considering the abundance of proton in a highly …

Gradient-distributed NiCo2O4 nanorod electrode for redox flow batteries: Establishing the ordered reaction interface to meet the anisotropic mass transport

R Wang, M Hao, C He, Z Tu, F Chong, Y Li - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a gradient-distributed NiCo 2 O 4 nanorod-composed graphite felt electrode (G-
NiCo 2 O 4-GF) was proposed and developed to achieve an ordered reaction toward the …

A Nafion/polybenzimidazole composite membrane with consecutive proton-conducting pathways for aqueous redox flow batteries

YH Wan, J Sun, QP Jian, XZ Fan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nafion membranes are extensively used in aqueous redox flow batteries due to their high
proton conductivity and excellent chemical stability, but their low ion selectivity and high cost …

Electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications of graphene oxide: a review

M Gautam, S Kanade, BB Kale - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO), a single sheet of graphite oxide, has shown its potential applications
in electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices as a result of its remarkable …

Maneuverable B-site cation in perovskite tuning anode reaction kinetics in vanadium redox flow batteries

Y Jiang, Z Liu, Y Ren, A Tang, L Dai, L Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The actual performance of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) is still significantly
constrained by the slow kinetics and major parasitic reactivity of anode issues. Herein, a B …