2025-02-13 パシフィック・ノースウェスト国立研究所 (PNNL)
＜関連情報＞
- https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/mini-flow-battery-speeds-energy-storage-research
- https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ad9bef
レドックスフロー電池を小型化し、材料探索と開発を加速する Miniaturize the Redox Flow Battery for Accelerated Materials Discovery and Development
Ruozhu Feng, Andrey V. Liyu, Soowhan Kim, Chao Zeng, Carter C. Bracken, Yangang Liang and Wei Wang
Journal of The Electrochemical Society Published: 26 December 2024
DOI:10.1149/1945-7111/ad9bef
Abstract
Redox flow batteries are a promising technology for grid-scale energy storage. The aqueous organic redox flow battery is of particular interest for its potentially low material cost and sustainability. Developing novel organic active material for flow battery electrolytes typically entails molecular engineering toward desired properties, necessitating organic synthesis. In a research laboratory setting, the synthesis of specifically designed organic molecules featuring targeted functional groups is time and resources intensive. In the past, synthesizing materials required for battery testing has often required gram-scale production, presenting considerable constraints on the pace of novel organic material discovery. In this report, we introduce a miniaturized cell design that mandates only milligram-scale material synthesis while yielding testing outcomes equivalent or superior to those reported with other commercially available or homemade flow cells in the literature. The test results under various pH conditions validate the scale-down strategy to accelerate the flow battery material discovery and development using the newly designed mini cell. This approach offers researchers an efficient means to notably reduce the time and resources required to develop novel materials for flow batteries.
