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Biredox Eutectic Electrolytes Derived from Organic Redox‐Active Molecules: High‐Energy Storage Systems
Author(s) -
Zhang Changkun,
Qian Yumin,
Ding Yu,
Zhang Leyuan,
Guo Xuelin,
Zhao Yu,
Yu Guihua
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201902433
Subject(s) - electrolyte , eutectic system , redox , energy storage , solubility , chemical engineering , battery (electricity) , chemistry , flow battery , electrochemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , power (physics) , physics , alloy , engineering
One promising candidate for high‐energy storage systems is the nonaqueous redox flow battery (NARFB). However, their application is limited by low solubility of redox‐active materials and poor performance at high current density. Reported here is a new strategy, a biredox eutectic, as the sole electrolyte for NARFB to achieve a significantly higher concentration of redox‐active materials and enhance the cell performance. Without other auxiliary solvents, the biredox eutectic electrolyte is formed directly by the molecular interactions between two different redox‐active molecules. Such a unique electrolyte possesses high concentration with low viscosity (3.5 m , for N ‐butylphthalimide and 1,1‐dimethylferrocene system) and a relatively high working voltage of 1.8 V, enabling high capacity and energy density of NARFB. The resulting high‐performance NARFB demonstrates that the biredox eutectic based strategy is potentially promising for low‐cost and high‐energy storage systems.