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An aqueous, polymer-based redox-flow battery using non-corrosive, safe, and low-cost materials

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  • Tobias Janoschka

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Norbert Martin

    (JenaBatteries GmbH)

  • Udo Martin

    (JenaBatteries GmbH)

  • Christian Friebe

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Sabine Morgenstern

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Hannes Hiller

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Martin D. Hager

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

  • Ulrich S. Schubert

    (Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

Abstract

An affordable, safe, and scalable battery system is presented, which uses organic polymers as the charge-storage material in combination with inexpensive dialysis membranes and an aqueous sodium chloride solution as the electrolyte.

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  • Tobias Janoschka & Norbert Martin & Udo Martin & Christian Friebe & Sabine Morgenstern & Hannes Hiller & Martin D. Hager & Ulrich S. Schubert, 2015. "An aqueous, polymer-based redox-flow battery using non-corrosive, safe, and low-cost materials," Nature, Nature, vol. 527(7576), pages 78-81, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:527:y:2015:i:7576:d:10.1038_nature15746
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15746
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