FLOW BATTERY

• Main Author: OTSUKA TOMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.02.2019
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

To provide a flow battery having high discharge potential.SOLUTION: The flow battery comprises: a first liquid containing a first electrode mediator; a first electrode; a first active material; and a first circulation mechanism for circulating the first liquid between the first electrode and the first active material. The first electrode mediator contains tetrathiafulvalene inducer, and the tetrathiafulvalene inducer is a compound represented by the following general formula (1) (in the equation, description of symbol is omitted).SELECTED DRAWING: None 【課題】従来技術においては、高い放電電位を有するフロー電池の実現が望まれる。【解決手段】第１電極メディエータを含む第１液体と、第１電極と、第１活物質と、前記第１電極と前記第１活物質との間で前記第１液体を循環させる第１循環機構と、を備え、前記第１電極メディエータは、テトラチアフルバレン誘導体を含み、前記テトラチアフルバレン誘導体は、下記一般式（１）で示される化合物である、フロー電池。（式中、記号の説明は省略。）【選択図】なし