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Iron‐Dicyano Dichloro Quinone Primary Battery
Author(s) -
Ramavath Janraj Naik,
Ramachandra Chinmaya,
Ramanujam Kothandaraman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201801878
Subject(s) - methanesulfonic acid , battery (electricity) , anode , cathode , materials science , stack (abstract data type) , primary (astronomy) , diode , quinone , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , chemistry , electrode , computer science , organic chemistry , engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy , programming language
A Iron/2,3‐dichloro‐5,6‐dicyano‐1,4‐benzoquinone (Fe‐DDQ) primary battery operating in neat methanesulfonic acid (MSA) is explored. As it involves abundant Fe and renewable materials such as DDQ and MSA, it is expected to be cost effective powering system for single use applications. Stainless steel (SS‐304) is used as Fe source (anode) and DDQ in MSA used as cathode. Oxidation characteristics of SS‐304 in neat MSA, 14 M and 12 M MSA were explored. As reactivity of SS with MSA is controllable without any rapid H 2 evolution while comparing with that of Fe granules, making/demonstration of SS‐DDQ based battery system is possible. Moreover, neat MSA does not allow formation of passive layer on SS, thereby allowing continuous operation of battery. As a proof of concept, we have demonstrated a two‐cell stack powering a light emitting diode (LED).