Responding to rapid growth of the renewable energy applications, it is crucial to develop low
cost and high efficient large-scale energy storage systems in order to smooth out the …

Energy production is changing in the world because of the need to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, to reduce the dependence on carbon/fossil sources and to introduce renewable …

Aqueous zinc–iodine (Zn–I2) batteries have attracted extensive attention due to their merits
of inherent safety, wide natural abundance, and low cost. However, their application is …

In this study, a series of the commercial Nafion membranes (equivalent weight of 1100 g
mol− 1) with thickness of 50 μm (Nafion 112), 88 μm (Nafion 1135), 125 μm (Nafion 115) …

Here we report an eco-friendly Nafion/lignin composite membrane with excellent
performance for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). Through facile solution casting, the …

Membrane with ordered channels is the key to controlling ion sieving and proton
conductivity in flow batteries. However, it remains a great challenge for finely controlling the …

The development of innovative proton-conducting membranes exhibiting an improved
[H+/VO 2+] ion selectivity in comparison with baseline perfluorinated ionomers (eg, Nafion) …

Synthetic manipulation of polymer substrates is one of the oldest and most reliable methods
to increase the functional diversity of soft materials. Modifying the chemical structure of …

The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a large‐scale energy storage technique and has
been regarded as a promising candidate to integrate intermittent renewable energy with the …

The commercial Nafion proton exchange membranes are most widely used in vanadium
redox flow batteries (VRBs). However, their poor ion selectivity and high cost significantly …