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Ye J, Xia L, Li H, de Arquer FPG, Wang H. The Critical Analysis of Membranes toward Sustainable and Efficient Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2402090. [PMID: 38776138 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) are a promising technology for large-scale storage of electrical energy, combining safety, high capacity, ease of scalability, and prolonged durability; features which have triggered their early commercial implementation. Furthering the deployment of VRFB technologies requires addressing challenges associated to a pivotal component: the membrane. Examples include vanadium crossover, insufficient conductivity, escalated costs, and sustainability concerns related to the widespread adoption of perfluoroalkyl-based membranes, e.g., perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA). Herein, recent advances in high-performance and sustainable membranes for VRFB, offering insights into prospective research directions to overcome these challenges, are reviewed. The analysis reveals the disparities and trade-offs between performance advances enabled by PFSA membranes and composites, and the lack of sustainability in their final applications. The potential of PFSA-free membranes and present strategies to enhance their performance are discussed. This study delves into vital membrane parameters to enhance battery performance, suggesting protocols and design strategies to achieve high-performance and sustainable VRFB membranes.
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- Jiaye Ye
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain
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- Center for Automotive Electronics, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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Luan TX, Zhang P, Wang Q, Xiao X, Feng Y, Yuan S, Li PZ, Xu Q. "All in One" Strategy for Achieving Superprotonic Conductivity by Incorporating Strong Acids into a Robust Imidazole-Linked Covalent Organic Framework. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38603798 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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The fabrication of solid-state proton-conducting electrolytes possessing both high performance and long-life reusability is significant but challenging. An "all-in-one" composite, H3PO4@PyTFB-1-SO3H, including imidazole, sulfonic acid, and phosphoric acid, which are essential for proton conduction, was successfully prepared by chemical post-modification and physical loading in the rationally pre-synthesized imidazole-based nanoporous covalent organic framework (COF), PyTFB-1. The resultant H3PO4@PyTFB-1-SO3H exhibits superhigh proton conductivity with its value even highly up to 1.15 × 10-1 S cm-1 at 353 K and 98% relative humidity (RH), making it one of the highest COF-based composites reported so far under the same conditions. Experimental studies and theoretical calculations further confirmed that the imidazole and sulfonic acid groups have strong interactions with the H3PO4 molecules and the synergistic effect of these three groups dramatically improves the proton conductivity properties of H3PO4@PyTFB-1-SO3H. This work demonstrated that by aggregating multiple proton carriers into one composite, effective proton-conducting electrolyte can be feasibly achieved.
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- Tian-Xiang Luan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Inter-disciplinary Science, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Pertroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, Shandong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Inter-disciplinary Science, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Inter-disciplinary Science, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Inter-disciplinary Science, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, China
- School of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Pertroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying 257061, Shandong Province, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier and Inter-disciplinary Science, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, Shandong Province, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong Province, China
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Chu J, Liu Q, Ji W, Li J, Ma X. Novel microporous sulfonated polyimide membranes with high energy efficiency under low ion exchange capacity for all vanadium flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Saravanan C, Anbu Sujitha SD, Senthilkumaran M, Shanmugavelan P, Durai Murugan K, Muthu Mareeswaran P. Photophysical Properties of Linear, Net-structured and Branched Polybenzimidazoles. J Fluoresc 2023; 33:125-134. [PMID: 36282346 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-022-03029-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Polybenzimidazoles with three different network structures are synthesized by condensation polymerization between the conventional monomer 3,3'-Diaminobenzidine and three different acid monomers. The synthesised polymer networks are characterized using several characterization techniques such as FT-IR, powder XRD, HR-SEM and TG-DTA analyses. The polybenzimidazoles are amorphous in nature with excellent thermal stability up to 450 ºC. The photophysical properties of polybenzimidazoles are studied using UV-visible absorption and Emission spectral techniques. Further, the excited state photoluminescence decay time measurement shows a functional group dependant decay behaviour. All the three polymers display narrow optical band gap energy and could be applied as a material for solar energy conversion and semiconductors.
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- Chokalingam Saravanan
- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Science and Humanities, Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, West Tambaram, Chennai, 600 044, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Tamilnadu Open University, Saidapet, Chennai, 600 015, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Syed Hameetha Arts and Science College, Keelakarai, 623 806, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Thondi Campus, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamilnadu, India.
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Li C, Song K, Hao C, Liang W, Li X, Zhang W, Wang Y, Song Y. Fabrication of S-PBI cation exchange membrane with excellent anti-fouling property for enhanced performance in electrodialysis. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Functionalized graphene/polystyrene composite, green synthesis and characterization. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21757. [PMID: 36526669 PMCID: PMC9756699 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A composite of sulfonated waste polystyrene (SWPS) and graphene oxide was synthetized by an inverse coprecipitation in-situ compound technology. Polystyrene (PS) has a wide range of applications due to its high mechanical property. the graphene were incorporated into sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) to improve the thermal stability and mechanical performance of the composites. Functionalized graphene were synthesized with tour method by using recovered anode (graphite) of dry batteries while sulfonated waste expanded polystyrene was obtained through sulfonation of the polymer. The SPS and GO + SPS composite were characterized using by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). While the degree of sulfonation (DS) was determined through elemental analysis. The results show the degree of sulfonation of the composite is 23.5% and its ion exchange capacity is 1.2 meq g-1. TEM analysis revealed that the GO particles were loaded on the surface of sulphonated polystyrene and that the SWPS was intercalated into the sub-layers of nanoG homogeneously, which result in an increase in electrical conduction.
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Sulfonated polyimide membrane containing poly [bis (4-aminodiphenyl bissulfonate) phosphoronitrile] flexible chains for vanadium redox flow battery. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Maurya S, Diaz Abad S, Park EJ, Ramaiyan K, Kim YS, Davis BL, Mukundan R. Phosphoric acid pre-treatment to tailor polybenzimidazole membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mu T, Tang W, Shi N, Wang G, Wang T, Wang T, Yang J. Novel ether-free membranes based on poly(p-terphenylene methylimidazole) for vanadium redox flow battery applications. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Divya K, Rana D, Sri Abirami Saraswathi MS, Nagendran A. Versatility of sulfonated poly (vinylidene fluoride‐co‐hexafluoropropylene) membranes incorporated with sulfonated octaphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane for vanadium redox flow battery applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Kumar Divya
- Polymeric Materials Research Lab, PG & Research Department of Chemistry Alagappa Government Arts College Karaikudi India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Polymeric Materials Research Lab, PG & Research Department of Chemistry Alagappa Government Arts College Karaikudi India
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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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Lou X, Lu B, He M, Yu Y, Zhu X, Peng F, Qin C, Ding M, Jia C. Functionalized carbon black modified sulfonated polyether ether ketone membrane for highly stable vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A low vanadium permeability sulfonated polybenzimidazole membrane with a metal-organic framework for vanadium redox flow batteries. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Microstructure regulation of porous polybenzimidazole proton conductive membranes for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kim EK, Jung J, Cho K, Yun GJ, Lee JC. Synthesis of polybenzimidazoles having improved processability by introducing two and three ether groups in a repeating unit. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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He Z, Wang G, Wei S, Li G, Zhang J, Chen J, Wang R. A novel fluorinated acid-base sulfonated polyimide membrane with sulfoalkyl side-chain for vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jie P, Wang X, Zhang F, Wen C, Feng L, Qu F, Liang X. Self-Standing combined covalent-organic-framework membranes for subzero conductivity assisted by ionic liquids. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 599:595-602. [PMID: 33984759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The development of proton-conducting materials in cold regions is still at the initial stage due to the challenge in breaking the subzero temperature limit, especially in covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Herein, we fabricated a series of proton-conductive COFs as self-standing, highly flexible combined membranes (ssc-COFMs) composed of a processable TpBD-Me2 and a conductive Tp-TGCl, in-situ encapsulated proton-conducting ionic liquids (PCILs) as additional proton sources into backbones. Compositions and microstructures of ssc-COFMs are monitored by XRD, FTIR, nitrogen adsorption and elemental analysis. Comparison to other porous organic conductors, a great advance propelled renders the combined COF membranes to have a high protonic conductivities at medium and subzero temperatures (243 to 353 K), owing to the resultant multifaceted synergistic effect of multiple proton units. Specifically, the proton conductivities of the ssc-COFMs loaded with -SO4H functionalized PCILs reaches 2.87 × 10-4 S cm-1 (~58% RH) and 9.93 × 10-4 S cm-1 (~98% RH) at 243 K, together with 6.84 × 10-2 S·cm-1 under 353 K and ~ 98% RH.
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- Pengfei Jie
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Biomaterials and Energy Storage Materials, Heilongjiang Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China
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- Office of Educational Administration, Heilongjiang College of Finance and Economics, Harbin 150025, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Biomaterials and Energy Storage Materials, Heilongjiang Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China.
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- Beijing Spacecrafts, Beijing 100094, PR China
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- Beijing Spacecrafts, Beijing 100094, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Biomaterials and Energy Storage Materials, Heilongjiang Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China.
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710048, PR China.
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Guo D, Zhou X, Zhang Z, Wang F, Jiang F. Robust Ion‐Selective Membrane for Redox Flow Batteries Based on Ultralow Sulfonation Degree Poly(Ether Sulfone). MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Dingyu Guo
- Institute of Fuel Cell School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Rd. Shanghai 200240 China
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- Institute of Fuel Cell School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Rd. Shanghai 200240 China
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- Institute of Fuel Cell School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Rd. Shanghai 200240 China
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- Institute of Fuel Cell School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Rd. Shanghai 200240 China
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- Institute of Fuel Cell School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Rd. Shanghai 200240 China
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Two-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets constructing highly ion-selective composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Duburg JC, Azizi K, Primdahl S, Hjuler HA, Zanzola E, Schmidt TJ, Gubler L. Composite Polybenzimidazole Membrane with High Capacity Retention for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26061679. [PMID: 33802845 PMCID: PMC8002762 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26061679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Currently, energy storage technologies are becoming essential in the transition of replacing fossil fuels with more renewable electricity production means. Among storage technologies, redox flow batteries (RFBs) can represent a valid option due to their unique characteristic of decoupling energy storage from power output. To push RFBs further into the market, it is essential to include low-cost materials such as new generation membranes with low ohmic resistance, high transport selectivity, and long durability. This work proposes a composite membrane for vanadium RFBs and a method of preparation. The membrane was prepared starting from two polymers, meta-polybenzimidazole (6 μm) and porous polypropylene (30 μm), through a gluing approach by hot-pressing. In a vanadium RFB, the composite membrane exhibited a high energy efficiency (~84%) and discharge capacity (~90%) with a 99% capacity retention over 90 cycles at 120 mA·cm-2, exceeding commercial Nafion® NR212 (~82% efficiency, capacity drop from 90% to 40%) and Fumasep® FAP-450 (~76% efficiency, capacity drop from 80 to 65%).
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- Jacobus C. Duburg
- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; (J.C.D.); (T.J.S.); (L.G.)
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- Blue World Technologies, Egeskovvej 6C, DK-3490 Kvistgård, Denmark; (K.A.); (S.P.); (H.A.H.)
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- Blue World Technologies, Egeskovvej 6C, DK-3490 Kvistgård, Denmark; (K.A.); (S.P.); (H.A.H.)
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- Blue World Technologies, Egeskovvej 6C, DK-3490 Kvistgård, Denmark; (K.A.); (S.P.); (H.A.H.)
- Danish Center for Energy Storage, Frederiksholms Kanal 30, DK-1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; (J.C.D.); (T.J.S.); (L.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +41-56-310-4738
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; (J.C.D.); (T.J.S.); (L.G.)
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland; (J.C.D.); (T.J.S.); (L.G.)
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Wang J, Xu Z, Chen J, Yang X, Ramakrishna S, Liu Y. Mesoscale Simulation on the Hydrated Morphologies of SPEEK Membrane. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jihao Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science Beijing 100190 China
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- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative National University of Singapore Singapore 11576 Singapore
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Composites College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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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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Novel sulfonated polyimide membrane blended with flexible poly[bis(4-methylphenoxy) phosphazene] chains for all vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chen Y, Zhang S, Liu Q, Jian X. The effect of counter-ion substitution on poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) amphoteric ion exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wan L, Xu Z, Wang P, Lin Y, Wang B. H2SO4-doped polybenzimidazole membranes for hydrogen production with acid-alkaline amphoteric water electrolysis. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yuan C, Wang Y. Synthesis and characterization of a novel sulfonated poly (aryl ether ketone sulfone) containing rigid fluorene group for DMFCs applications. Colloid Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-020-04774-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Yuan C, Wang Y. The preparation of novel sulfonated poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)/TiO2 composite membranes with low methanol permeability for direct methanol fuel cells. HIGH PERFORM POLYM 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0954008320958044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A sulfonated poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone) (SPAEKS) with locally dense sulfonic acid groups is synthesized and different amounts of TiO2 is doped into SPAEKS matrix to prepare composite membranes (SPAEKS/TiO2-x). SEM shows that TiO2 in the composite membranes has good dispersibility when TiO2 content is not higher than 3%. The composite membranes show good mechanical properties, dimensional stability and oxidative stability. The proton conductivity of composite membranes is near to that of Nafion 117 membrane and methanol permeability of composite membranes is much lower than that of Nafion 117 membrane. Therefore, the proton selectivity of composite membranes is higher than that of Nafion 117 membrane. In particular, proton selectivity of SPAEKS/TiO2-3% (12.8 × 104 S s cm−3) is four times higher than that of Nafion 117 membrane (3.2 × 104 S s cm−3).
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- Chengyun Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China
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Lou X, Yuan D, Yu Y, Lei Y, Ding M, Sun Q, Jia C. A Cost-effective Nafion Composite Membrane as an Effective Vanadium-Ion Barrier for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:2357-2363. [PMID: 32166875 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ion exchange membranes play a key role in all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). The mostly available commercial membrane for VRFBs is Nafion. However, its disadvantages, such as high cost and severe vanadium-ion permeation, become obstacles for large-scale energy storage. It is thus crucial to develop an efficient membrane with low permeability of vanadium ions and low cost to promote commercial applications of VRFBs. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) has been employed as an additive to the Nafion 212 matrix and a composite membrane named rN212/GO obtained. The thickness of rN212/GO has been reduced to only 41 μm (compared with 50 μm Nafion 212), which indicates directly lower cost. Meanwhile, rN212/GO shows lower permeability of vanadium ions and area-specific resistance compared to the Nafion 212 membrane due to the abundant oxygen-containing functional groups of GO additives. The VRFB cells with the rN212/GO membrane show higher Coulombic efficiencies and lower capacity decay than those of VRFB cells with the Nafion 212 membrane. Therefore, the cost-effective rN212/GO composite membrane is a promising alternative to suppress migration of vanadium ions across the membrane to set up VRFB cells with better performances.
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- Xuechun Lou
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China.,Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (P. R. China)
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- Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637553, Singapore, Singapore
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (P. R. China)
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China.,National Engineering Laboratory of Highway Maintenance Technology, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences (P. R. China)
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China.,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials Genome Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China
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A new long-side-chain sulfonated poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) /polybenzimidazole (PBI) amphoteric membrane for vanadium redox flow battery. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Du Y, Gao L, Hu L, Di M, Yan X, An B, He G. The synergistic effect of protonated imidazole-hydroxyl-quaternary ammonium on improving performances of anion exchange membrane assembled flow batteries. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Yan X, Dong Z, Di M, Hu L, Zhang C, Pan Y, Zhang N, Jiang X, Wu X, Wang J, He G. A highly proton-conductive and vanadium-rejected long-side-chain sulfonated polybenzimidazole membrane for redox flow battery. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Long J, Yang H, Wang Y, Xu W, Liu J, Luo H, Li J, Zhang Y, Zhang H. Branched Sulfonated Polyimide/Sulfonated Methylcellulose Composite Membranes with Remarkable Proton Conductivity and Selectivity for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jun Long
- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthwest University of Science and Technology Mianyang 621010 P.R.China
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Chen Y, Zhang S, Liu Q, Jian X. Sulfonated component-incorporated quaternized poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) membranes with improved ion selectivity, stability and water transport resistance in a vanadium redox flow battery. RSC Adv 2019; 9:26097-26108. [PMID: 35531006 PMCID: PMC9070299 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05111b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Novel poly(phthalazinone ether ketone)-based amphoteric ion exchange membranes with improved ion selectivity, stability and water transport resistance were prepared for vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) applications. The preparation method ensured the absence of electrostatic interaction. A small amount of sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) (SPPEK) with different ion exchange capacity (IEC) values was mixed with brominated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) (BPPEK) to prepare base membranes with the solution casting method, and they were aminated in trimethylamine to obtain the resulting membranes (Q/S-x, x represents the IEC value of SPPEK). Compared with the AEM counterpart (QBPPEK) prepared from the amination of the BPPEK membrane, Q/S-1.37 showed lower swelling ratio and area resistance (R). The R value of Q/S-1.37 (0.58 Ω cm2) was close to that of Nafion115. The VO2+ and V3+ permeability values of Q/S-x were 96.7–97.6% and 98.5–99.2% less than those of Nafion115, respectively, demonstrating the excellent ion selectivity of Q/S-x. Compared with Nafion115 and QBPPEK, Q/S-1.37 displayed 90.0% and 92.1% decrease in the static water transport volume and 93.2% and 66.7% decrease in the cycling transport rate, respectively, revealing good water transport resistance. Compared with Nafion115, Q/S-1.37 exhibited an increase of 1.0–5.7% in the coulombic efficiency (CE) and an increase of 2.5–8.7% in the energy efficiency (EE) at 20–200 mA cm−2. Q/S-x showed better chemical stability in VO2+ solutions than QBPPEK. VRB with Q/S-1.37 could be steadily operated for 400 h without sudden capacity and efficiency drop, while VRB with QBPPEK could hold for only around 250 h. Q/S-1.37 retained higher CE, EE and capacity retention than Nafion115, displaying good long-term stability. Thus, the Q/S-x are promising for use in commercial VRBs. Novel AIEMs were prepared through successive blending and amination processes, and they exhibited good ion selectivity, stability and water transport resistance.![]()
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- Yuning Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- High Performance Polymer Engineering Research Center
- Dalian
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- High Performance Polymer Engineering Research Center
- Dalian
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- High Performance Polymer Engineering Research Center
- Dalian
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- High Performance Polymer Engineering Research Center
- Dalian
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