Organic electroactive materials for aqueous redox flow batteries

G Yang, Y Zhu, Z Hao, Y Lu, Q Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organic electroactive materials take advantage of potentially sustainable production and
structural tunability compared to present commercial inorganic materials. Unfortunately …

Functional materials for aqueous redox flow batteries: merits and applications

F Zhu, W Guo, Y Fu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are promising electrochemical energy storage systems, offering
vast potential for large-scale applications. Their unique configuration allows energy and …

Redox mediator chemistry regulated aqueous batteries: insights into mechanisms and prospects

T Zhang, Q Chen, X Li, J Liu, W Zhou, B Wang… - CCS …, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Redox mediators (RMs), serving as intermediate electron carriers or reservoirs, play vital
roles in developing new charge transfer energy storage systems with high voltage or …

Aggregation of electrochemically active conjugated organic molecules and its impact on aqueous organic redox flow batteries

Z Xiang, W Li, K Wan, Z Fu, Z Liang - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecule aggregation in solution is acknowledged to be universal and can regulate the
molecule's physiochemical properties, which however has been rarely investigated in …

Development of organic redox‐active materials in aqueous flow batteries: current strategies and future perspectives

M Pan, M Shao, Z Jin - SmartMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous redox flow batteries, by using redox‐active molecules dissolved in nonflammable
water solutions as electrolytes, are a promising technology for grid‐scale energy storage …

A redox-mediated zinc–air fuel cell

H Zhang, S Huang, M Salla, J Zhuang, M Gao… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) have recently attracted revived interest. However, critical issues
pertaining to the labile zinc anode and sluggish air cathode have yet to be adequately …

Redox targeting of energy materials for energy storage and conversion

F Zhang, M Gao, S Huang, H Zhang, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The redox‐targeting (RT) process or redox‐mediated process, which provides great
operation flexibility in circumventing the constraints intrinsically posed by the conventional …

Five‐membered‐heterocycle bridged viologen with high voltage and superior stability for flow battery

M Huang, S Hu, X Yuan, J Huang, W Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Viologen and its derivatives have been widely investigated as the electroactive materials in
aqueous flow batteries (AFBs). The high redox potential of viologen poses a challenge to the …

Radical stabilization of a tripyridinium–triazine molecule enables reversible storage of multiple electrons

J Huang, S Hu, X Yuan, Z Xiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A novel organic molecule, 2, 4, 6‐tris [1‐(trimethylamonium) propyl‐4‐pyridiniumyl]‐
1, 3, 5‐triazine hexachloride, was developed as a reversible six‐electron storage electrolyte …

The dual role of bridging phenylene in an extended bipyridine system for high-voltage and stable two-electron storage in redox flow batteries

M Pan, Y Lu, S Lu, B Yu, J Wei, Y Liu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are regarded as a promising solution for
grid-scale and sustainable energy storage, but some long-standing problems such as low …