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Zhang Y, Zhang A, Wang Y, Wang S, Li S. Preparation and Characterization of LCT/SPEEK Composite Membrane for PEMFC Application. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuqing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Shenyang University of Technology Shenyang 110870 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Shenyang University of Technology Shenyang 110870 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Shenyang University of Technology Shenyang 110870 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Shenyang University of Technology Shenyang 110870 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering Shenyang University of Technology Shenyang 110870 China
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Zhai S, Jia X, Lu Z, Ai Y, Liu X, Lin J, He S, Wang Q, Chen L. Highly ion selective composite proton exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries by the incorporation of UiO-66-NH2 threaded with ion conducting polymers. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Beydaghi H, Bellani S, Najafi L, Oropesa-Nuñez R, Bianca G, Bagheri A, Conticello I, Martín-García B, Kashefi S, Serri M, Liao L, Sofer Z, Pellegrini V, Bonaccorso F. Sulfonated NbS 2-based proton-exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:6152-6161. [PMID: 35389414 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07872k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this work, novel proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) based on sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) and two-dimensional (2D) sulfonated niobium disulphide (S-NbS2) nanoflakes are synthesized by a solution-casting method and used in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). The NbS2 nanoflakes are produced by liquid-phase exfoliation of their bulk counterpart and chemically functionalized with terminal sulfonate groups to improve dimensional and chemical stabilities, proton conductivity (σ) and fuel barrier properties of the as-produced membranes. The addition of S-NbS2 nanoflakes to SPEEK decreases the vanadium ion permeability from 5.42 × 10-7 to 2.34 × 10-7 cm2 min-1. Meanwhile, it increases the membrane σ and selectivity up to 94.35 mS cm-2 and 40.32 × 104 S min cm-3, respectively. The cell assembled with the optimized membrane incorporating 2.5 wt% of S-NbS2 nanoflakes (SPEEK:2.5% S-NbS2) exhibits high efficiency metrics, i.e., coulombic efficiency between 98.7 and 99.0%, voltage efficiency between 90.2 and 73.2% and energy efficiency between 89.3 and 72.8% within the current density range of 100-300 mA cm-2, delivering a maximum power density of 0.83 W cm-2 at a current density of 870 mA cm-2. The SPEEK:2.5% S-NbS2 membrane-based VRFBs show a stable behavior over 200 cycles at 200 mA cm-2. This study opens up an effective avenue for the production of advanced SPEEK-based membranes for VRFBs.
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- Hossein Beydaghi
- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
- BeDimensional SpA, via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- BeDimensional SpA, via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Uppsala University, Box 534, 75103 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
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- BeDimensional SpA, via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, 3513119111, Iran
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
- BeDimensional SpA, via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Graphene Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
- BeDimensional SpA, via Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Robust Adamantane-Based Membranes with Enhanced Conductivity for Vanadium Flow Battery Application. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14081552. [PMID: 35458299 PMCID: PMC9029318 DOI: 10.3390/polym14081552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Membranes with high conductivity, high selectivity, and high stability are urgently needed for high-power-density vanadium flow batteries (VFBs). Enhancing membrane conductivity presents many challenges, often resulting in sacrificing membrane selectivity and mechanical strength. To overcome this, new robust adamantane-based membranes with enhanced conductivity are constructed for VFB. Low-content basic piperazine (IEC = 0.78 mmol g−1) and hydrophilic hydroxyl groups are introduced into highly rigid, hydrophobic adamantane containing poly(aryl ether ketone) backbone (PAPEK) and then selectively swelled to induce microphase separation and form ion transport pathways. The highly rigid and hydrophobic PAPEK exhibits high swelling resistance and provides the membranes with slight swelling, high selectivity, and high mechanical strength. The selective swelling temperature has a significant influence on the areal resistance of the resulting membrane, e.g., the PAPEK-130 membrane, when selectively swelled at 130 °C, has low areal resistance (0.22 Ω∙cm2), which is approximately two-fifths that of the PAEKK-60 membrane (treated at 60 °C, 0.57 Ω∙cm2). Consequently, the resulting PAPEK membranes exhibit low swelling, high selectivity, and low areal resistance, with the VFB constructed with a PAPEK-90 membrane exhibiting excellent energy efficiency (91.7%, at 80 mA∙cm−2, and 80.0% at 240 mA∙cm−2) and stable cycling performance for 2000 cycles.
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Zhai S, Lu Z, Ai Y, Liu X, Wang Q, Lin J, He S, Tian M, Chen L. Highly selective proton exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries enabled by the incorporation of water-insoluble phosphotungstic acid-metal organic framework nanohybrids. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Thiam BG, El Magri A, Vaudreuil S. An overview on the progress and development of modified sulfonated polyether ether ketone membranes for vanadium redox flow battery applications. HIGH PERFORM POLYM 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/09540083211049317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) are among the most promising approaches to efficiently store renewable energies. In such battery type, Nafion is commonly used as membrane material but suffers from high vanadium crossover and cost. These drawbacks negatively influence the widespread commercial application of VRFBs. Alternative membrane materials with high performance and low cost are thus being developed to address these shortfalls. Among those, possible materials for the VRFB membrane is sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK), which recently attracted considerable attention due to its low cost, combined with mechanical and chemical stability, and ease of preparation. This review summarizes the research activities related to the development of SPEEK-based membranes for VRFB applications and gives an overview of the properties of PEEK and its sulfonated form. A critical analysis on the challenges of SPEEK-based membranes is also discussed.
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- Baye Gueye Thiam
- Euromed Polytechnic School, Euromed Research Center, Euromed University of Fes, Fès-Morocco
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- Euromed Polytechnic School, Euromed Research Center, Euromed University of Fes, Fès-Morocco
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- Euromed Polytechnic School, Euromed Research Center, Euromed University of Fes, Fès-Morocco
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Wang G, Zhang M, He Z, Zhang J, Chen J, Wang R, Teng A, Dai Y. Novel amphoteric ion exchange membranes by blending sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with ammonium polyphosphate for vanadium redox flow battery applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Gang Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu China
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- Ansteel Beijing Research Institute Co., Ltd Beijing China
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- Ansteel Beijing Research Institute Co., Ltd Beijing China
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Zhang H, Li Z, Hu L, Gao L, Di M, Du Y, Yan X, Dai Y, Ruan X, He G. Covalent/ionic co-crosslinking constructing ultra-densely functionalized ether-free poly(biphenylene piperidinium) amphoteric membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang G, Wang F, Li A, Zhang M, Zhang J, Chen J, Wang R. Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)/s–TiO
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composite membrane for a vanadium redox flow battery. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Gang Wang
- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Materials Science and EngineeringSichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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Roh SH, Lim MH, Sadhasivam T, Jung HY. Investigation on physico-chemical and electrochemical performance of poly(phenylene oxide)-based anion exchange membrane for vanadium redox flow battery systems. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Enhancing proton conductivity of polybenzimidazole membranes by introducing sulfonate for vanadium redox flow batteries applications. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.02.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Yu L, Yu L, Wang L, Wang L, Qiu X, Xi J. Bilayer Designed Hydrocarbon Membranes for All-Climate Vanadium Flow Batteries To Shield Catholyte Degradation and Mitigate Electrolyte Crossover. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:13285-13294. [PMID: 30882202 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b01632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The use of low-cost hydrocarbon membranes in vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) still remains a great challenge because of the strong oxidation of VO2+ catholyte and rapid capacity fading. Here, we report a bilayer design strategy using an antioxidant and dense cross-linked sulfonated polyimide (cSPI) layer as a protective layer for a sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane to shield catholyte degradation and mitigate electrolyte crossover. A scalable process is developed to fabricate an integrated bilayer SPEEK/cSPI membrane without delamination by spraying a SPEEK transition layer between the two polymers. The tightly bridged cSPI layer not only protects the SPEEK membrane from degradation but also enhances its mechanical strength, puncture resistance, and proton/vanadium-ion selectivity. When assembled in a VFB, the bilayer SPEEK/cSPI membrane demonstrates excellent rate performance under current densities of 40-200 mA cm-2, high adaptability at a wide temperature range of -15 to 60 °C, very slow capacity decay rate of 0.054% per cycle at 160 mA cm-2, and a maximum power density of 480 mW cm-2. These merits make the bilayer SPEEK/cSPI membrane a promising candidate for the next-generation VFB to achieve low-cost, high-rate, and all-climate energy storage.
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- Liwei Yu
- Institute of Green Chemistry and Energy, Graduate School at Shenzhen , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- School of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology , Shenzhen Polytechnic , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Energy, Graduate School at Shenzhen , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Energy, Graduate School at Shenzhen , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Energy, Graduate School at Shenzhen , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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Zhang H, Yan X, Gao L, Hu L, Ruan X, Zheng W, He G. Novel Triple Tertiary Amine Polymer-Based Hydrogen Bond Network Inducing Highly Efficient Proton-Conducting Channels of Amphoteric Membranes for High-Performance Vanadium Redox Flow Battery. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:5003-5014. [PMID: 30620167 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b18617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A novel amphoteric membrane was designed by blending triple tertiary amine-grafted poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO-TTA) with sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) for vanadium redox flow batteries. An "acid-base pair" effect is formed by the combination of the tertiary amine group and sulfonic group, and extra nonbonding amine groups could be protonated. Both of them constitute a hydrogen bond network, which facilitates proton conduction and also hinders vanadium permeability because of the lowered swelling ratio and Donnan effect. All these contribute to improve the ion selectivity of the membrane while maintaining ionic conductivity. Compared with other amphoteric and SPEEK-based membranes, the membrane exhibits an excellent performance. The amphoteric membrane containing 15% PPO-TTA exhibits an ultralow vanadium permeability of 3.4 × 10-9 cm2 s-1 and a low area resistance of 0.39 Ω cm-2. Consequently, the cell assembled with this membrane shows excellent performances far superior to SPEEK and Nafion 212. The Coulombic efficiency and energy efficiency of the cell are 94.3-98.3 and 90.3-77.1% at 40-200 mA cm-2, respectively, and have no significant reductions after 200 cycles. This performance is at a high level among the amphoteric and SPEEK-based membranes reported in recent years. The cell's open circuit voltage is maintained for up to 165 h. In addition, the membrane's chemical stability is improved by the effective barrier to the vanadium ion.
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Preparation of dense polybenzimidazole proton exchange membranes with different basicity and flexibility for vanadium redox flow battery applications. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.08.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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