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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2019.57.6.868

The Effect of Different Membranes on the Performance of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery using Methyl Viologen and TEMPOL Redox Couple  

Park, GyunHo (Graduate school of Energy and Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Lee, Wonmi (Graduate school of Energy and Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kwon, Yongchai (Graduate school of Energy and Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.57, no.6, 2019 , pp. 868-873 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the evaluation of performance of AORFB using methyl viologen and TEMPOL as organic active materials in neutral supporting electrolyte (NaCl) with various membrane types was performed. Using methyl viologen and TEMPOL as active materials in neutral electrolyte solution, the cell voltage is 1.37V which is relatively high value for AORFB. Two types of membranes were examined for performance comparison. First, when using Nafion 117 membrane which is commercial cation exchange membrane, only the charge process occurred in the first cycle and the single cell couldn't work because of its high resistance. However, when using Fumasep anion exchange membrane (FAA-3-50) instead of Nafion 117 membrane, the result was obtained as the totally different charge-discharge graphs. When current density was $40mA{\cdot}cm^{-2}$ and cut off voltage range was from 0.55 V to 1.7 V, the charge efficiency (CE) was 97% and voltage efficiency (VE) was 78%. In addition, the discharge capacity was $1.44Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$ which was 54% of theoretical capacity ($2.68Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$) at $10^{th}$ cycle and the capacity loss rate was $0.0015Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$ per cycle during 50 cycles. Through cyclic voltammetry test, it seems that this difference in the performance between the full cell using Nafion 117 membrane and Fumasep anion exchange membrane came from increasing resistance due to chemical reaction between membrane and active material, not the capacity loss due to cross-over of active material through membrane.
Keywords
Methyl viologen; TEMPOL; High voltage; Aqueous organic redox flow battery; Neutral supporting electrolyte; Membrane;
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