A biomimetic redox flow battery based on flavin mononucleotide

Akihiro Orita; Michael G. Verde; Masanori Sakai; Ying Shirley Meng

doi:10.1038/ncomms13230

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

A biomimetic redox flow battery based on flavin mononucleotide

Akihiro Orita,
Michael G. Verde,
Masanori Sakai,
Ying Shirley Meng

Affiliations

Akihiro Orita: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego
Michael G. Verde: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego
Masanori Sakai: Core Technology Research & Innovation Center, Hitachi Chemical
Ying Shirley Meng: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13230
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Redox flow batteries using organic active materials are highly sought after because of their potential to satisfy low cost and sustainability requirements. Here, the authors report a biomimetic flow battery based on flavin mononucleotide and a hydrotrope with promising performance characteristics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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