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Redox Solid Energy Boosters for Flow Batteries: Polyaniline as a Case Study

Zanzola, Elena  
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Dennison, Christopher Raymond  
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Battistel, Alberto  
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2017
Electrochimica Acta

In this work, the viability of polyaniline as a solid charge storage material in an aqueous redox-mediated flow battery is investigated. Fe(III/II) and V(IV/III) were identified as potential redox mediators to target the emeraldine-pernigraniline and leucoemeraldine-emeraldine redox transitions of the polymer. An indirect chemical cycling method was developed and used to investigate the charging/discharging of the polymer by the selected redox mediators. With Fe(III/II) as a redox mediator, respectable specific capacity and cycling stability were demonstrated over 25 cycles. V(IV/III) was deemed unsuitable as a redox mediator, due to rather poor kinetics. When added to the electrolyte tanks of a complete flow battery, a conductive composite of polyaniline and carbon black provided a significant improvement in capacity, exhibiting a specific capacity of 64.8 mA h g−1 at a current density of 38.5 mA cm−2. This represents a three-fold improvement in volumetric capacity, compared with the electrolyte alone. Moreover, the addition of the polyaniline composite was observed to lower the average potential at the positive electrode, providing a considerable improvement in voltage efficiency. This work demonstrates the potential of utilizing redox mediators to enable bulk solid-phase charge storage in the tanks of aqueous redox flow batteries

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.084
Web of Science ID

WOS:000398330200077

Author(s)
Zanzola, Elena  
Dennison, Christopher Raymond  
Battistel, Alberto  
Peljo, Pekka Eero  
Vrubel, Heron  
Amstutz, Véronique  
Girault, Hubert  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Electrochimica Acta
Volume

235

Start page

664

End page

671

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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LEPA  
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May 2, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/136967
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