A stable organic dye catholyte for long-life aqueous flow batteries
Hongbin Li, Hao Fan, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Bo Hu, Yangyang Feng, Jiangxuan Song
Abstract
An organic dye, Basic blue 3 (BB3), was reported for the first time as a two-electron catholyte for aqueous redox flow batteries. The exceptional stability of BB3 enabled the full battery to achieve a high capacity retention of >99.991% per cycle during 1500 cycles.
Topics & Concepts
Aqueous solutionFlow (mathematics)ChemistryChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryMechanicsEngineeringPhysicsAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvanced Battery Technologies Research