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In situ NMR metrolo...
In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries
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- Zhao, Evan Wenbo (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- Liu, Tao (author)
- University Of Cambridge,Tongji University
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- Jonsson, Erlendur, 1983 (author)
- University Of Cambridge,Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Lee, Jeongjae (author)
- Seoul National University,University Of Cambridge
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- Temprano, Israel (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- Jethwa, Rajesh B. (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- Wang, Anqi (author)
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
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- Smith, Holly (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- Carretero-González, Javier (author)
- Instituto de Ciencia & Tecnologia de Polimeros
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- Song, Qilei (author)
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
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- Grey, C. P. (author)
- University Of Cambridge
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- 2020-03-02
- 2020
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In: Nature. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 579:7798, s. 224-228
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- Large-scale energy storage is becoming increasingly critical to balancing renewable energy production and consumption1. Organic redox flow batteries, made from inexpensive and sustainable redox-active materials, are promising storage technologies that are cheaper and less environmentally hazardous than vanadium-based batteries, but they have shorter lifetimes and lower energy density2,3. Thus, fundamental insight at the molecular level is required to improve performance4,5. Here we report two in situ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods of studying redox flow batteries, which are applied to two redox-active electrolytes: 2,6-dihydroxyanthraquinone (DHAQ) and 4,4′-((9,10-anthraquinone-2,6-diyl)dioxy) dibutyrate (DBEAQ). In the first method, we monitor the changes in the 1H NMR shift of the liquid electrolyte as it flows out of the electrochemical cell. In the second method, we observe the changes that occur simultaneously in the positive and negative electrodes in the full electrochemical cell. Using the bulk magnetization changes (observed via the 1H NMR shift of the water resonance) and the line broadening of the 1H shifts of the quinone resonances as a function of the state of charge, we measure the potential differences of the two single-electron couples, identify and quantify the rate of electron transfer between the reduced and oxidized species, and determine the extent of electron delocalization of the unpaired spins over the radical anions. These NMR techniques enable electrolyte decomposition and battery self-discharge to be explored in real time, and show that DHAQ is decomposed electrochemically via a reaction that can be minimized by limiting the voltage used on charging. We foresee applications of these NMR methods in understanding a wide range of redox processes in flow and other electrochemical systems.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Oorganisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Inorganic Chemistry (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Kemiteknik -- Annan kemiteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Chemical Engineering -- Other Chemical Engineering (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Annan kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Other Chemistry Topics (hsv//eng)
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