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  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
12,721 Views
39 Pages

16 January 2022

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are an increasingly attractive option for renewable energy storage, thus providing flexibility for the supply of electrical energy. In recent years, research in this type of battery storage has been shifted from metal-ion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
911 Views
11 Pages

4 July 2025

The advancement of non-aqueous redox flow batteries (NARFBs) remains significantly constrained by the absence of membranes with sufficient ionic selectivity and chemical compatibility. Herein, we fabricated flexible membranes incorporating metal&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,925 Views
21 Pages

Study of Anion Exchange Membrane Properties Incorporating N-spirocyclic Quaternary Ammonium Cations and Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery Performance

  • Misgina Tilahun Tsehaye,
  • Xian Yang,
  • Tobias Janoschka,
  • Martin D. Hager,
  • Ulrich S. Schubert,
  • Fannie Alloin and
  • Cristina Iojoiu

Flexible cross-linked anion exchange membranes (AEMs) based on poly (p-phenylene oxide) grafted with N-spirocyclic quaternary ammonium cations were synthesized via UV-induced free-radical polymerization by using diallylpiperidinium chloride as an ion...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,049 Views
21 Pages

5 November 2023

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) represent innovative and sustainable systems featuring decoupled energy capacity and power density; storing energy within organic redox-active materials. This design facilitates straightforward scalabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,360 Views
13 Pages

Design of TEMPO-Based Polymer Cathode Materials for pH-Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries

  • Yanwen Ren,
  • Qianqian Zheng,
  • Cuicui He,
  • Jingjing Nie and
  • Binyang Du

1 August 2025

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) represent an advancing class of electrochemical energy storage systems showing considerable promise for large-scale grid integration due to their unique aqueous organic chemistry. However, the use of smal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,784 Views
14 Pages

12 June 2025

The transition to renewable energy makes energy storage crucial. Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) show great potential in large-scale energy storage due to their outstanding safety compared to conventional systems. Derivatives of 2,2,6,6...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,870 Views
27 Pages

28 December 2022

Quinones are one of the most promising and widely investigated classes of redox active materials for organic aqueous redox flow batteries. However, quinone-based flow batteries still lack the necessary performance in terms of metrics, such as specifi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,296 Views
18 Pages

Molecular Engineering of Redox Couples for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

  • Casey M. Davis,
  • Claire E. Boronski,
  • Tianyi Yang,
  • Tuo Liu and
  • Zhiming Liang

4 October 2023

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) have attracted significant attention as a promising electrochemical energy storage technology, offering various advantages such as grid-scale electricity production with variable intermittent electricity delivery, enhanced...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
11,093 Views
19 Pages

Understanding Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries: A Guided Experimental Tour from Components Characterization to Final Assembly

  • Juan Asenjo-Pascual,
  • Ivan Salmeron-Sanchez,
  • Juan Ramón Avilés-Moreno,
  • Pablo Mauleón,
  • Petr Mazur and
  • Pilar Ocón

19 October 2022

The implementation of renewable energies into the electrical grid is one of our best options to mitigate the climate change. Redox flow batteries (RFB) are one of the most promising candidates for energy storage due to their scalability, durability a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,070 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of Electrochemical Stability of Sulfonated Anthraquinone-Based Acidic Electrolyte for Redox Flow Battery Application

  • Petr Mazúr,
  • Jiří Charvát,
  • Jindřich Mrlík,
  • Jaromír Pocedič,
  • Jiří Akrman,
  • Lubomír Kubáč,
  • Barbora Řeháková and
  • Juraj Kosek

24 April 2021

Despite intense research in the field of aqueous organic redox flow batteries, low molecular stability of electroactive compounds limits further commercialization. Additionally, currently used methods typically cannot differentiate between individual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,799 Views
12 Pages

Readily Accessible M-Ferrocenyl-Phenyl Sulfonate as Novel Cathodic Electrolyte for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries

  • Dawei Fang,
  • Junzhi Zheng,
  • Xi Li,
  • Diandian Wang,
  • Yuxuan Yang,
  • Zhuling Liu,
  • Zongren Song and
  • Minghua Jing

Ferrocene derivatives are amongst the most promising electroactive organic electrolytes. The bottleneck problems of their application in aqueous redox flow batteries are their poor solubility and lower potential as well as the complexity of the modif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,788 Views
13 Pages

12 April 2021

The aqueous redox flow battery is a promising technology for large-scale low cost energy storage. The rich possibilities for the tailoring of organic molecules and the possibility to discover active materials of lower cost and decreased environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,152 Views
16 Pages

Phenazine-Based Compound as a Universal Water-Soluble Anolyte Material for the Redox Flow Batteries

  • Elena I. Romadina,
  • Alexander V. Akkuratov,
  • Olja Simoska and
  • Keith J. Stevenson

14 December 2022

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are emerging energy storage technologies due to their high availability, low cost of organic compounds, and the use of eco-friendly water-based supporting electrolytes. In the present work, we demonstrate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,467 Views
11 Pages

Composite Membrane for Sodium Polysulfide Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries

  • Michelle L. Lehmann,
  • Ethan C. Self,
  • Tomonori Saito and
  • Guang Yang

Non-aqueous redox flow batteries (NARFBs) using earth-abundant materials, such as sodium and sulfur, are promising long-duration energy storage technologies. NARFBs utilize organic solvents, which enable higher operating voltages and potentially high...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,038 Views
22 Pages

18 September 2025

Aqueous batteries, which replace flammable organic electrolytes with water, offer advantages such as intrinsic safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness, making them well-suited to the energy storage needs driven by the increasing proliferatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,515 Views
15 Pages

16 October 2022

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a promising candidate that are capable of meeting the energy storage applications to fulfill the needs of renewable resources. Herein, we prepare an electrochemical device that holds higher energy density. In this work...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,128 Views
21 Pages

Redox-Active Water-Soluble Low-Weight and Polymer-Based Anolytes Containing Tetrazine Groups: Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization

  • Elena Yu. Kozhunova,
  • Vyacheslav V. Sentyurin,
  • Alina I. Inozemtseva,
  • Anatoly D. Nikolenko,
  • Alexei R. Khokhlov and
  • Tatiana V. Magdesieva

29 December 2024

Polymer-based aqueous redox flow batteries (RFBs) are attracting increasing attention as a promising next-generation energy storage technology due to their potential for low cost and environmental friendliness. The search for new redox-active organic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,882 Views
15 Pages

Stability and Performance of Commercial Membranes in High-Temperature Organic Flow Batteries

  • Chiari J. Van Cauter,
  • Yun Li,
  • Sander Van Herck and
  • Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

15 August 2024

Redox flow batteries (RFB) often operate at extreme pH conditions and may require cooling to prevent high temperatures. The stability of the battery membranes at these extreme pH-values at high temperatures is still largely unknown. In this paper, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,626 Views
11 Pages

28 October 2021

High-throughput computational screening (HTCS) is an effective tool to accelerate the discovery of active materials for Li-ion batteries. For the evaluation of organic cathode materials, the effectiveness of HTCS depends on the accuracy of the employ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,385 Views
18 Pages

Novel, Stable Catholyte for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries: Symmetric Cell Study of Hydroquinones with High Accessible Capacity

  • Xian Yang,
  • Sergio Navarro Garcia,
  • Tobias Janoschka,
  • Dénes Kónya,
  • Martin D. Hager and
  • Ulrich S. Schubert

23 June 2021

Owing to their broad range of redox potential, quinones/hydroquinones can be utilized for energy storage in redox flow batteries. In terms of stability, organic catholytes are more challenging than anolytes. The two-electron transfer feature adds val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
718 Views
13 Pages

Isopropanol Electro-Oxidation on PtCu Alloys for Aqueous Organic Redox Chemistry Toward Energy Storage

  • Jinyao Tang,
  • Xiaochen Shen,
  • Laura Newsom,
  • Rongxuan Xie,
  • Parsa Pishva,
  • Yanlin Zhu,
  • Bin Liu and
  • Zhenmeng Peng

9 October 2025

Integration of renewable energy into modern power grids remains limited by intermittency and the need for reliable energy storage. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are promising for large-scale energy storage, yet their widespread adoption is hindered by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,665 Views
15 Pages

Enhanced Performance of Zn/Br Flow Battery Using N-Methyl-N-Propylmorpholinium Bromide as Complexing Agent

  • Uxua Jiménez-Blasco,
  • Eduardo Moreno,
  • Maura Cólera,
  • Pilar Díaz-Carrasco,
  • José C. Arrebola,
  • Alvaro Caballero,
  • Julián Morales and
  • Óscar A. Vargas

27 August 2021

Redox flow batteries (RFB) are one of the most interesting technologies in the field of energy storage, since they allow the decoupling of power and capacity. Zinc–bromine flow batteries (ZBFB) are a type of hybrid RFB, as the capacity depends on the...