Redox Flow Battery (RFB): A Promising Technology for Energy Storage
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 382
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy storage; large-scale grid storage; aqueous flow batteries; redox active materials; polymer materials; membrane technology
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Dear Colleagues,
Batteries play an important role in converting sustainable energy into electrical energy. Lead acid, alkaline, and lithium-ion batteries, as well as rechargeable stationary batteries, currently provide reliable and cost-effective power. However, due to poor safety, charge/discharge efficiency, and scale-up costs, they are not the best option for large-scale grid storage.
An attractive solution is using redox flow batteries (RFBs), offering an independent control of power and energy capacity. However, existing battery technologies are hampered by expensive redox-active metals, precious metal electrocatalysts, and their need to be operated in caustic conditions. Promising alternatives are organic-based aqueous RFBs, which use organic reactants that are cheaper than those needed for standard batteries, and can more easily undergo structural modification to improve the voltage, rate capacity, and energy density. The rational design of materials, battery architecture, and the involved chemical reactions is fundamental for the development of next-generation, high-performing aqueous RFBs.
Since RFBs constantly draw scholars’ attention and are still of scientific importance, we announce this new Special Issue, which aims to accommodate original research (articles or reviews) regarding redox flow batteries. This includes, but is not limited to, novel and emerging technology in aqueous flow batteries, the development of membranes, synthesis of redox-active materials, practical application of RFBs, electrolyte development, anolyte and catholyte technology, decomposition mechanisms, and the simulation and modelling of potential materials.
Dr. Subashani Maniam
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy storage
- large-scale grid storage
- redox flow batteries
- green technology
- organic redox materials
- sustainable technology
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