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Invented in 1975 at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),[6] the first true redox flow battery used the Fe2+/Fe 3+ halide solution electrolyte in the positive half-cell and the Cr2+/Cr 3+ halide solution electrolyte in the negative half of the cell. With different metal elements in the catholyte and anolyte, the early generation Fe/Cr redox flow batteries encountered a severe cross-contamination issue. In an effort to mitigate the challenge of the cross-contamination, two important redox flow battery systems were invented and developed in the 1980s, including GEN 2 Fe/Cr redox flow batteries, which employ a mixed electrolyte as both positive and negative electrolyte[7] and all-vanadium flow batteries (VRBs), which enlist the same element, vanadium in this case, in both catholyte and anolyte.[8-11] In addition to the V, Fe, and Cr redox couples, many others have been reported. Figure 2 compiles the known metal redox couples and their standard potentials in an aqueous system (except the H+/H2 couple, which is based on the overpotential of carbon electrodes). Bounded by hydrogen and oxygen evolution, the choices for a combination of two redox couples with useful voltage and appreciable solubility is however greatly limited. A number of other redox chemistries were reported, including V2+/V3+ vs. Br-/ClBr2,[12-14] Br2/Br- vs. S/S2-,[15,16] Br-/Br2 vs. Zn2+/Zn,[17,18] Ce4+/Ce3+ vs. V2+/V3+,[19] Fe3+/Fe2+ vs. Br2/Br-,[20] Mn2+/Mn3+ vs. Br2/Br-,[21] Fe3+/Fe2+ vs. Ti2+/Ti4+,[22] and others.[23] Figure 2. Standard potentials of metal redox couples and hydrogen and oxygen evolution. While significant progress was made in advancing RFBs with the demonstration of multi-MWh VRB systems[24] and the market-available Fe/Cr RFB systems,[25] the current technologies cannot meet all of the performance and cost-requirement matrices for broad market penetration. For example, the VRB system demonstrates an excellent electrochemical reversibility, but the technology is significantly limited by vanadium ion solubility and stability in electrolyte solutions over a broad temperature range. This not only destines the system to a lower energy density of < 25 Wh-L-1, but also narrows down the system operational temperature range to 10~35°C.[26-29] Operation of the VRB stack is, therefore, often accompanied by an active heat management system, which inadvertently lowers the system efficiency as a result of parasitic energy losses. High V(V) corrosiveness (linked to the relatively high positive half-cell potential) and the need 4PDF Image | Redox Flow Batteries for Stationary Electrical Energy Storage
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