Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium

Küttinger, Michael; Riasse, Raphaël; Wlodarczyk, Jakub; Fischer, Peter; Tübke, Jens

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23667

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium
Authors:	Küttinger, Michael Riasse, Raphaël Wlodarczyk, Jakub Fischer, Peter Tübke, Jens
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804 10.21256/zhaw-23667
Published in:	Journal of Power Sources
Volume(Issue):	520
Issue:	230804
Issue Date:	1-Feb-2022
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0378-7753 1873-2755
Language:	English
Subjects:	Redox flow battery; Bromine posolytes; Bromine complexing agent; Complexation reaction; Storage capacity; Cycling performance
Subject (DDC):	621.3: Electrical, communications, control engineering
Abstract:	Hydrogen bromine redox flow batteries utilize bromine electrolytes in their positive half cell, offering capacities larger than 100 Ah/L. Addition of quaternary ammonium compounds, so-called bromine complexing agents (BCA), may increase safety as they reduce the vapour pressure of bromine in the posolyte. However, they have not been applied so far. They (a) interact with perfluorosulfonic acid membranes leading to significant reduction of membrane conductivity and (b) they form a low conductive ionic liquid with polybromides, leading to high overvoltage if the formation happens at the electrode. In this work a solution to this problem is proposed by an excess addition of Br2 to these electrolytes. The excess bromine leads to a permanent bromine fused salt phase in the tank. Bromine formed in the cell stays in the aqueous phase and bromine transfer between the two phases happens in the tank. Transfer of Br2 without the transfer of [BCA]+ cations exists between the phases, while [C2Py]+ cations remain in the fused salt and do not influence cell performance. For the first time a posolyte capacity of 179.6 Ah/L based on 7.7 M hydrobromic acid with BCA is achieved compared to previous investigations with e.g. 53.9 Ah/L.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23667
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Küttinger, M., Riasse, R., Wlodarczyk, J., Fischer, P., & Tübke, J. (2022). Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium. Journal of Power Sources, 520(230804). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804

Küttinger, M. et al. (2022) ‘Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium’, Journal of Power Sources, 520(230804). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804.

M. Küttinger, R. Riasse, J. Wlodarczyk, P. Fischer, and J. Tübke, “Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 520, no. 230804, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804.

KÜTTINGER, Michael, Raphaël RIASSE, Jakub WLODARCZYK, Peter FISCHER und Jens TÜBKE, 2022. Improvement of safe bromine electrolytes and their cell performance in H2/Br2 flow batteries caused by tuning the bromine complexation equilibrium. Journal of Power Sources. 1 Februar 2022. Bd. 520, Nr. 230804. DOI 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804

Küttinger, Michael, Raphaël Riasse, Jakub Wlodarczyk, Peter Fischer, and Jens Tübke. 2022. “Improvement of Safe Bromine Electrolytes and Their Cell Performance in H2/Br2 Flow Batteries Caused by Tuning the Bromine Complexation Equilibrium.” Journal of Power Sources 520 (230804). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804.

Küttinger, Michael, et al. “Improvement of Safe Bromine Electrolytes and Their Cell Performance in H2/Br2 Flow Batteries Caused by Tuning the Bromine Complexation Equilibrium.” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 520, no. 230804, Feb. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230804.