Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Catalytic production of impurity-free V3.5+ electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries

  • Jiyun Heo,
  • Jae-Yun Han,
  • Soohyun Kim,
  • Seongmin Yuk,
  • Chanyong Choi,
  • Riyul Kim,
  • Ju-Hyuk Lee,
  • Andy Klassen,
  • Shin-Kun Ryi,
  • Hee-Tak Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12363-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The vanadium redox flow battery is promising for commercial applications, but is hampered by high-cost electrolytes that are typically prepared via electrolysis. Here the authors demonstrate cost-effective chemical production of a high-quality vanadium electrolyte using platinum nanoparticles as a catalyst.