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ACS ENERGY LETTERS
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 226-235出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02504
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- U.S. National Science Foundation [CBET-1914543]
- U.S. DOE [DE-AC05-76RL01830, 535264]
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program [DGE1144152, DGE1745303]
Researchers have found that the redox potentials of anthraquinone are influenced by three main factors: (1) electron-withdrawing end groups affecting AQs with two unsaturated hydrocarbons on the chains through pi-conjugation; (2) WSGs increasing the redox potentials of AQs with chains consisting of two (un)saturated straight hydrocarbons in the order PO32- < CO2- < SO3-; (3) AQs with (un)saturated chains at high pH possessing low redox potentials, high solubilities, and high stability.
Water-soluble anthraquinones (AQs) hold great promise serving as redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries. Systematic investigations into how the properties of redox molecules depend on the water-solubilizing groups (WSGs) and the way in which they are bound to the redox core are, however, still lacking. We introduce WSGs linked to anthraquinone by C=C bonds via a cross-coupling reaction and convert C=C to C-C bonds through hydrogenation. The anthraquinone and the WSGs are connected via (un)branched chains with (un)saturated bonds. We investigate the influence of chains and ionic ending groups on the redox potentials of the molecules and identify three important trends: (1) The electron-withdrawing ending groups can affect the redox potentials of AQs with two unsaturated hydrocarbons on the chains through pi-conjugation. (2) For chains with two (un)saturated straight hydrocarbons, WSGs increase the redox potentials of the AQs in the order PO32- < CO2- < SO3-. (3) AQs with (un)saturated chains at high pH possess desirably low redox potentials, high solubilities, and high stability. Disproportionation leads to the formation of anthrone, which can be regenerated to anthraquinone. Tautomerization results in the saturation of alkene chains, stabilizing the structure. We utilize these observations to identify a potentially low-cost and long-lifetime negative electrolyte that demonstrates a temporal fade rate as low as 0.0128%/day when paired with a potassium ferrocyanide positive electrolyte.
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