Electron Transfer Kinetics in Redox Flow Batteries

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2 Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Review Electron Transfer Kinetics Improving the kinetics of the vanadium redox reactions can improve the voltage efficiency through reduced electrode activation overpotentials. The reduced cell potential therefore can also improve the coulombic efficiency by reducing the cell potential, limiting the amount of charge that goes towards the unwanted side reactions. Combined this can have a dramatic effect on the overall energy efficiency of the cell. The electron transfer kinetics depend on the overpotential applied to the electrodes and the rate constant for the reaction. The rate of the forward reaction is given by: π‘˜ = π‘˜0 𝑒π‘₯π‘βˆ’π‘Žπ‘›πΉ(πΈπ‘π‘’π‘™π‘™βˆ’πΈπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£) (2.8) 𝑓𝑓 Where π‘˜π‘“, is the rate of the forward reaction, Ξ±, is the charge transfer coefficient, 𝑛, is the number of electrons transferred during the oxidation and reduction reactions, 𝐹, is Faraday’s and 𝐸 βˆ’ πΈπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£, is known as the electrode activation overpotential, also denoted as πœ‚π‘Žπ‘π‘‘. When considering the reaction in both the forward and reverse directions, the net electron transfer rate at a surface can be calculated using the Butler-Volmer equation: 0 βˆ’π›Όπ‘›πΉ(πΈβˆ’πΈπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£ ) (1βˆ’π›Ό)𝑛𝐹(πΈβˆ’πΈπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘£) 𝑖=πΉπ΄π‘˜ (𝐢𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑒 𝑅𝑇 βˆ’πΆπ‘‚π‘₯𝑒 𝑅𝑇 ) (2.9) Where 𝑖, is the current, 𝐴, is the surface area of the electrode, π‘˜0, is the standard rate constant, 𝐢𝑅𝑒𝑑, is the concentration of the reduced species at the surface of the electrode, 𝐢𝑂π‘₯, is the concentration of the oxidised species at the surface of the electrode, 𝑅, is the universal gas constant and 𝑇, is the temperature of the system, measured in kelvin. Thus, the current density is proportional to the standard rate constant, but exponentially related to the overpotential. Operation of a cell is deemed to be kinetically limited if the current density is below the mass transfer limit. Improving the electron transfer kinetics leads to a larger π‘˜0 value, enabling larger current densities at a given overpotential, or requiring a lower potential to achieve the same current density. 17

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