Metal-free polypeptide redox flow batteries
Zhiming Liang, Tan P. Nguyen, N. Harsha Attanayake, Alexandra D. Easley, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, Karen L. Wooley, Susan A. Odom
Abstract
Metal-free redox flow batteries with TEMPO-based polypeptide catholytes and viologen-based polypeptide anolytes were demonstrated. Post-cycling analysis indicated the main source of capacity fade was degradation of the redox-active pendant groups.
Topics & Concepts
RedoxMetalChemistryFlow (mathematics)Materials scienceMetallurgyInorganic chemistryMechanicsPhysicsAdvanced battery technologies researchElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionPerovskite Materials and Applications