期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 37, 页码 44174-44183出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09019
关键词
high voltage; two single-electron reductions; aqueous organic redox flow batteries; extended bipyridine; pH-neutral
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0208200]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [0205-14380266]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [22022505, 21872069]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20180008, BK20200306]
- Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program of Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality [JCYJ20180307155007589]
The newly synthesized [(NPr)(2)PV]·4Cl cation radical in AORFBs exhibits ultra-low redox potential and excellent electrochemical stability, achieving a high cell voltage when paired with the 4-trimethylammonium-TEMPO anion. The study also verified the reduction process during charging through a series of spectroscopic techniques.
Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are regarded as a promising solution for grid-scale and sustainable energy storage, but some long-standing problems such as low energy density and cycling stability should be resolved. Herein, a highly soluble bipyridine modified with a bridging phenylene group and two quaternary ammonium terminals, namely, [(NPr)(2)PV]center dot 4Cl, was synthesized and used as an ultralow-potential and two-electron storage anolyte for AORFBs. The phenylene group, which is linked but not coplanar with the two pyridinium redox centers, can thus prevent their communication and result in an exceptionally low redox potential (-0.77 V vs standard hydrogen electrode, 2e(-)). Moreover, the introduction of a phenylene group can warrant a certain degree of large p-conjugation effects and mitigate the intramolecular Coulombic repulsion between the two positively charged pyridinium centers, thus helping to enhance the electrochemical stability. When paired with 4-trimethylammonium-TEMPO as the catholyte, [(NPr)(2)PV]center dot 4Cl enabled an exceptionally high cell voltage up to 1.71 V. The AORFB delivers outstanding battery performances, specifically, similar to 89% energy efficiency, similar to 100% Coulombic efficiency, and similar to 99.94% capacity retention per cycle during a long-term cycling process. The two overlapped single-electron reductions of [(NPr)(2)PV]center dot 4Cl from the initial cationic form to the monoradical form and then to the quinoid form during the charging process were clearly verified by a series of spectroscopic techniques, including no-deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance. This work presents a significant improvement for the construction of high-voltage AORFBs by virtue of the designability, diversity, and tunability of multiredox organic molecules.
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