A High Capacity, Room Temperature, Hybrid Flow Battery Consisting of Liquid Na-Cs Anode and Aqueous NaI Catholyte
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Electrocatalytic Effect of the Positive Electrode
3.2. Impedance Analysis of the Na-Cs‖NaI Flow Cell
3.3. Charge/Discharge Behavior of the Na-Cs‖NaI Flow Cell
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, C.; Shaw, L. A High Capacity, Room Temperature, Hybrid Flow Battery Consisting of Liquid Na-Cs Anode and Aqueous NaI Catholyte. Batteries 2018, 4, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries4040060
Liu C, Shaw L. A High Capacity, Room Temperature, Hybrid Flow Battery Consisting of Liquid Na-Cs Anode and Aqueous NaI Catholyte. Batteries. 2018; 4(4):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries4040060
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Caihong, and Leon Shaw. 2018. "A High Capacity, Room Temperature, Hybrid Flow Battery Consisting of Liquid Na-Cs Anode and Aqueous NaI Catholyte" Batteries 4, no. 4: 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries4040060