Monitoring the State of Charge of the Positive Electrolyte in a Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery with a Novel Amperometric Sensor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. RDE Results
2.2. Sensor Development
2.3. Sensor Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Kroner, I.; Becker, M.; Turek, T. Monitoring the State of Charge of the Positive Electrolyte in a Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery with a Novel Amperometric Sensor. Batteries 2019, 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5010005
Kroner I, Becker M, Turek T. Monitoring the State of Charge of the Positive Electrolyte in a Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery with a Novel Amperometric Sensor. Batteries. 2019; 5(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleKroner, Isabelle, Maik Becker, and Thomas Turek. 2019. "Monitoring the State of Charge of the Positive Electrolyte in a Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery with a Novel Amperometric Sensor" Batteries 5, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5010005