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Recent Advancements in All‐Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Author(s) -
Ulaganathan Mani,
Aravindan Vanchiappan,
Yan Qingyu,
Madhavi Srinivasan,
SkyllasKazacos Maria,
Lim Tuti Mariana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201500309
Subject(s) - vanadium , materials science , electrochemical energy storage , flow battery , redox , electrolyte , nanotechnology , ion exchange membranes , energy storage , process engineering , electrochemistry , electrode , flow (mathematics) , energy density , ion exchange , engineering physics , systems engineering , ion , metallurgy , engineering , supercapacitor , chemistry , thermodynamics , mechanics , power (physics) , physics , organic chemistry
Over the past three decades, intensive research activities have focused on the development of electrochemical energy storage devices, particularly exploiting the concept of flow batteries. Amongst these, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) are an attractive option, which have been studied extensively and are now being commercialized around the world. The performance of the VRFB system is governed by several critical components namely the electrolyte, the electrode, the ion‐exchange membrane and the flow field design. Here, the focus is mainly on recent research activities relating to the development and modification of electrode materials and new ion‐exchange membranes. The feasibility of novel flow field designs for high energy density VRFB systems and their future prospects are also discussed in detail.