A New Nonaqueous Flow Battery with Extended Cycling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Methods
2.2. Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)
2.3. Crossover Test
2.4. Flow Cell Tests
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Solvent | MV2+-TFSI2 | TMA-TEMPO-TFSI | |||||||||
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Solubility | E1 a | D1 a | k0,1 a | E2 b | D2 b | k0,2 b | Solubility | E | D | k0 | |
EC-EMC (3:7) | 1.13 M | −1.62 | 1.18 × 10−6 | 2.42 × 10−3 | −1.19 | 1.24 × 10−6 | 2.00 × 10−3 | 0.21 M | 0.10 | 0.97 × 10−6 | 1.46 × 10−3 |
DME | 0.90 M | −1.46 | 1.64 × 10−6 | 1.64 × 10−3 | −1.06 | 2.16 × 10−6 | 1.83 × 10−3 | <0.1 M | 0.28 | 3.43 × 10−6 | 2.92 × 10−3 |
DMF | 1.30 M | −1.24 | 2.71 × 10−6 | 5.90 × 10−3 | −0.86 | 2.62 × 10−6 | 5.04 × 10−3 | 1.00 M | 0.41 | 3.69 × 10−6 | 5.14 × 10−3 |
MeCN | 1.36 M | −1.17 | 5.49 × 10−6 | 6.58 × 10−3 | −0.75 | 5.50 × 10−6 | 3.85 × 10−3 | 0.55 M | 0.56 | 5.89 × 10−6 | 2.56 × 10−3 |
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Yue, D.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, I.; Fang, X.; Zhao, Y.; Li, J.; Zhao, F.; Wei, X. A New Nonaqueous Flow Battery with Extended Cycling. Reactions 2024, 5, 452-461. https://doi.org/10.3390/reactions5030023
Yue D, Zhang W, Zhao I, Fang X, Zhao Y, Li J, Zhao F, Wei X. A New Nonaqueous Flow Battery with Extended Cycling. Reactions. 2024; 5(3):452-461. https://doi.org/10.3390/reactions5030023
Chicago/Turabian StyleYue, Diqing, Weilin Zhang, Ivy Zhao, Xiaoting Fang, Yuyue Zhao, Jenny Li, Feng Zhao, and Xiaoliang Wei. 2024. "A New Nonaqueous Flow Battery with Extended Cycling" Reactions 5, no. 3: 452-461. https://doi.org/10.3390/reactions5030023