Dramatic performance gains in vanadium redox flow batteries through modified cell architecture

被引:408
作者
Aaron, D. S. [1 ]
Liu, Q. [2 ]
Tang, Z. [1 ]
Grim, G. M. [2 ]
Papandrew, A. B. [1 ]
Turhan, A. [2 ]
Zawodzinski, T. A. [1 ]
Mench, M. M. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tennessee, BRANE Lab, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[2] Univ Tennessee, BRANE Lab, Dept Mech Aerosp & Biomed Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Flow battery; Vanadium; Redox; Performance; Design; ENERGY-STORAGE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.12.026
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a vanadium redox flow battery with a peak power density of 557 mW cm(-2) at a state of charge of 60%. This power density, the highest reported to date, was obtained with a zero-gap flow field cell architecture and non-wetproofed carbon paper electrodes. The electrodes were comprised of stacked sheets of carbon paper and optimized through systematic variation of the total electrode thickness. We anticipate significant reductions in the ultimate system cost of redox flow battery systems based on this design. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:450 / 453
页数:4
相关论文
共 15 条
[11]   CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW ALL-VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY [J].
RYCHCIK, M ;
SKYLLAS-KAZACOS, M .
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 1988, 22 (01) :59-67
[12]   CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF 1-KW UNSW VANADIUM REDOX BATTERY [J].
SKYLLAS-KAZACOS, M ;
KASHERMAN, D ;
HONG, DR ;
KAZACOS, M .
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 1991, 35 (04) :399-404
[13]   Recent advances with UNSW vanadium-based redox flow batteries [J].
Skyllas-Kazacos, Maria ;
Kazacos, George ;
Poon, Grace ;
Verseema, Hugh .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 2010, 34 (02) :182-189
[14]   Electrochemical Energy Storage for Green Grid [J].
Yang, Zhenguo ;
Zhang, Jianlu ;
Kintner-Meyer, Michael C. W. ;
Lu, Xiaochuan ;
Choi, Daiwon ;
Lemmon, John P. ;
Liu, Jun .
CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 2011, 111 (05) :3577-3613
[15]   Effects of additives on the stability of electrolytes for all-vanadium redox flow batteries [J].
Zhang, Jianlu ;
Li, Liyu ;
Nie, Zimin ;
Chen, Baowei ;
Vijayakumar, M. ;
Kim, Soowhan ;
Wang, Wei ;
Schwenzer, Birgit ;
Liu, Jun ;
Yang, Zhenguo .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY, 2011, 41 (10) :1215-1221