Citation

BibTex format

@article{Xia:2022:10.1038/s41467-022-30044-w,
author = {Xia, Y and Ouyang, M and Yufit, V and Tan, R and Regoutz, A and Wang, A and Mao, W and Chakrabarti, B and Kavei, A and Song, Q and Kucernak, A and Brandon, N},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-022-30044-w},
journal = {Nature Communications},
pages = {1--13},
title = {A cost-effective alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery enabled by a dual-membrane cell architecture},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30044-w},
volume = {13},
year = {2022}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - With the rapid development of renewable energy harvesting technologies, there is a significant demand for long-duration energy storage technologies that can be deployed at grid scale. In this regard, polysulfide-air redox flow batteries demonstrated great potential. However, the crossover of polysulfide is one significant challenge. Here, we report a stable and cost-effective alkaline-based hybrid polysulfide-air redox flow battery where a dual-membrane-structured flow cell design mitigates the sulfur crossover issue. Moreover, combining manganese/carbon catalysed air electrodes with sulfidised Ni foam polysulfide electrodes, the redox flow battery achieves a maximum power density of 5.8 mW cm-2 at 50% state of charge and 55 °C. An average round-trip energy efficiency of 40% is also achieved over 80 cycles at 1 mA cm-2. Based on the performance reported, techno-economic analyses suggested that energy and power costs of about 2.5 US$/kWh and 1600 US$/kW, respectively, has be achieved for this type of alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery, with significant scope for further reduction.
AU - Xia,Y
AU - Ouyang,M
AU - Yufit,V
AU - Tan,R
AU - Regoutz,A
AU - Wang,A
AU - Mao,W
AU - Chakrabarti,B
AU - Kavei,A
AU - Song,Q
AU - Kucernak,A
AU - Brandon,N
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-30044-w
EP - 13
PY - 2022///
SN - 2041-1723
SP - 1
TI - A cost-effective alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery enabled by a dual-membrane cell architecture
T2 - Nature Communications
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30044-w
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30044-w
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96860
VL - 13
ER -

Contact Details

Prof. Anthony Kucernak

G22B
Molecular Sciences Research Hub (MSRH)
Imperial College London
White City Campus
London
W12 0BZ
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)20 7594 5831
Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 5804
Email: anthony@imperial.ac.uk