Nature Communications (Sep 2019)
Catalytic production of impurity-free V3.5+ electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries
Abstract
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.