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Towards high power density aqueous redox flow batteries

Show Author's Information Mengqi Gao1,  Zhiyu Wang1,  Dao Gen Lek1,  Qing Wang1,2( )
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117574, Singapore
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138632, Singapore
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power density, aqueous electrolytes, redox kinetics, redox flow batteries, polarizations
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Gao M, Wang Z, Lek DG, et al. Towards high power density aqueous redox flow batteries. Nano Research Energy, 2023, 2: e9120045. https://doi.org/10.26599/NRE.2023.9120045
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With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources in the past decades, stationary energy storage technologies are critically desired for storing electricity generated by non-dispatchable energy sources to mitigate its impact on power grids. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) stand out among these technologies due to their salient features for large-scale energy storage. The primary obstacle to the successful industrialization and broad deployment of RFBs is now their high capital costs. A feasible route to cost reduction is to develop high-power RFBs, since the increase in power performance has a pronounced impact on the cost of RFB systems. In this review, an in-depth inspection of the power performance of RFBs is presented. Perspectives for the future development of high-power RFBs along with implementable strategies addressing both the intrinsic and extrinsic limiting factors are summarized, which are expected to provide useful references steering the further improvement in the power density of RFBs.


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Towards high power density aqueous redox flow batteries

Show Author's information Mengqi Gao1, Zhiyu Wang1, Dao Gen Lek1, Qing Wang1,2( )
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117574, Singapore
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 138632, Singapore

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With the increasing penetration of renewable energy sources in the past decades, stationary energy storage technologies are critically desired for storing electricity generated by non-dispatchable energy sources to mitigate its impact on power grids. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) stand out among these technologies due to their salient features for large-scale energy storage. The primary obstacle to the successful industrialization and broad deployment of RFBs is now their high capital costs. A feasible route to cost reduction is to develop high-power RFBs, since the increase in power performance has a pronounced impact on the cost of RFB systems. In this review, an in-depth inspection of the power performance of RFBs is presented. Perspectives for the future development of high-power RFBs along with implementable strategies addressing both the intrinsic and extrinsic limiting factors are summarized, which are expected to provide useful references steering the further improvement in the power density of RFBs.

Keywords: power density, aqueous electrolytes, redox kinetics, redox flow batteries, polarizations

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Received: 23 October 2022
Revised: 19 November 2022
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Published: 09 December 2022
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