Development of flow battery technologies using the principles of sustainable chemistry

Z Zhao, X Liu, M Zhang, L Zhang, C Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Realizing decarbonization and sustainable energy supply by the integration of variable
renewable energies has become an important direction for energy development. Flow …

A chemistry and microstructure perspective on ion‐conducting membranes for redox flow batteries

P Xiong, L Zhang, Y Chen, S Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are among the most promising grid‐scale energy storage
technologies. However, the development of RFBs with high round‐trip efficiency, high rate …

Advanced ion transfer materials in electro-driven membrane processes for sustainable ion-resource extraction and recovery

Y Zhao, N Mamrol, WA Tarpeh, X Yang, C Gao… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conversion of industrial wastewater, salt-lakes and seawater into the valuable ionic
resources is a critical challenge for sustainable global development. Electro-driven …

Toward alkaline-stable anion exchange membranes in fuel cells: cycloaliphatic quaternary ammonium-based anion conductors

J Xue, J Zhang, X Liu, T Huang, H Jiang, Y Yin… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2022 - Springer
Anion exchange membrane (AEM) stability has been a long-standing challenge that limited
the widespread development and adoption of AEM fuel cells (AEMFCs). The past five years …

Fluorinated poly (p-triphenyl piperidine) anion exchange membranes with robust dimensional stability for fuel cells

Z Yu, WT Gao, YJ Liu, QG Zhang, AM Zhu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs), which are more economical than proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), stand out in the context of the rapid development …

Recent membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries

BG Thiam, S Vaudreuil - Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Among energy storage technologies available or currently being developed, one of the most
promising and attractive electrochemical system is the vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) …

Hydroxide ion conducting membranes dually functionalized with cationic and zwitterionic groups

A Shirole, PM Bakvand, P Jannasch - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of ether-free poly (p-terphenyl piperidinium) s carrying both cationic and zwitterionic
groups were prepared and evaluated as anion-exchange membranes (AEMs). First, a …

Facile preparation of highly alkaline stable poly (arylene–imidazolium) anion exchange membranes through an ionized monomer strategy

B Xue, W Cui, S Zhou, Q Zhang, J Zheng, S Li… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The preparation of polyelectrolytes with excellent stability in high alkaline conditions still
faces several challenges. In this study, we report a novel imidazolium-ionized monomer …

Anionic conductive group tunable amphoteric polybenzimidazole ion conductive membrane for vanadium redox flow battery

B Pang, X Wu, M Yang, R Du, W Chen, X Yan… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anionic conductive group repels vanadium ions but is difficult to be incorporated into the
selectively ionic conductive channels of the amphoteric ion conductive membrane with …

Separators and Membranes for Advanced Alkaline Water Electrolysis

D Henkensmeier, WC Cho, P Jannasch… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Traditionally, alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) uses diaphragms to separate anode and
cathode and is operated with 5–7 M KOH feed solutions. The ban of asbestos diaphragms …