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As power generated from renewables becomes more readily available, the need for power-efficient energy storage devices, such as redox flow batteries, becomes critical for successful integration of renewables into the electrical grid. An…
Porous electrodes are a vital component of redox flow batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers. We present a 3D digital twin for a porous electrode by direct numerical solution of the governing Navier-Stokes and Nernst-Planck equations for…
The development of high-power density vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) with high energy efficiencies (EEs) is crucial for the widespread dissemination of this energy storage technology. In this work, we report the production of novel…
Understanding how to structure a porous electrode to facilitate fluid, mass, and charge transport is key to enhance the performance of electrochemical devices such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, and redox flow batteries (RFBs). Using a…
Porous flow-through electrodes are used as the core reactive component across electrochemical technologies. Controlling the fluid flow, species transport, and reactive environment is critical to attaining high performance. However,…
Rechargeable redox flow batteries with serpentine flow field designs have been demonstrated to deliver higher current density and power density in medium and large-scale stationary energy storage applications. Nevertheless, the fundamental…
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The overpotential, dissociation rate, electrode potential distributions and current density are suggested in this study to analyze the Nickel Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (NVRFB). Due to its large capacity and ecofriendly properties, NVRFB…
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This paper investigates the fluid dynamics of mixing in the tanks of small-scale vanadium redox flow batteries. These systems use two redox pairs dissolved in separate electrolytes to convert electrical energy into chemical energy, a…
A stochastic 3D modeling approach for the nanoporous binder-conductive additive phase in hierarchically structured cathodes of lithium-ion batteries is presented. The binder-conductive additive phase of these electrodes consists of carbon…
In this article, an electrolyte flow rate control approach is developed for an all-vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) system based on the linear parameter varying (LPV) framework. The electrolyte flow rate is regulated to provide a trade-off…
Redox Flow Batteries are a promising option for large-scale stationary energy storage. The vanadium redox flow battery is the most widely commercialized system thanks to its chemical stability and performance. This work aims to optimize the…
Development of new polymeric binders can help enable the use of silicon-rich anodes in Li-ion batteries, by providing stronger adhesion to the active material particles. The compositional features that improve interfacial interactions and…
Solid mixed conductors with significant ionic as well as electronic conduction play a pivotal role for mass transfer and storage as required in battery electrodes. Single-phase materials with simultaneously high electronic and ionic…
3D printing mechanically flexible composite materials with high electrical conductivity is currently hindered by the need to use high loading of conductive filler, which severely limits flexibility. Here, microstructural patterning of…
N-graphdiyne monolayers, a set of carbon-nitride nanosheets, have been synthesized recently through the polymerization of triazine- and pyrazine-based monomers. Since the two-dimensional nano-structures are mainly composed of light-weight…
In this research, an electrically-polarized graphene-polylactic acid (E-GRP) spacer is introduced for the first time by a novel fabrication method, which consists of 3D printing followed by electrical polarization under a high voltage…