Effect of organic additives on positive electrolyte for vanadium redox battery

• Published in: Electrochimica acta Vol. 56; no. 16; pp. 5483 - 5487
• Main Authors: Li, Sha, Huang, Kelong, Liu, Suqin, Fang, Dong, Wu, Xiongwei, Lu, Dan, Wu, Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 30.06.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Additives; Applied sciences; Battery; d-sorbitol; Direct energy conversion and energy accumulation; Electric batteries; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical power engineering; Electrochemical conversion: primary and secondary batteries, fuel cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electrolyte; Electrolytes; Exact sciences and technology; Fructose; Redox cells; Solubility; Vanadium; Vanadium redox flow batteries; Additives; Vanadium redox flow batteries; Electrolyte; d-sorbitol; Sorbitol; Flow battery; Vanadyl Sulfates; Transition metal; Secondary cell; Discharge charge cycle; Acidic solution; Sulfuric acid; Electrodes; Additive; Alditol; Redox couple; Medium effect; Graphite; Raman spectrometry; D-sorbitol; Electrical characteristic; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

► Four organics as electrolyte additives of vanadium redox battery. ► Changes are examined in the electrochemical properties of vanadium redox battery. ► d-sorbitol is a suitable additive to the electrolyte for the vanadium redox battery. ► The mechanism of improvement is discussed in detail. Fructo...