Six-electron organic redoxmers for aqueous redox flow batteries
Xiaoting Fang, Andres T. Cavazos, Zhiguang Li, Chenzhao Li, Jian Xie, Stephen R. Wassall, Lu Zhang, Xiaoliang Wei
Abstract
Fused phenazine-based organic redoxmers capable of six-electron redox activities have been designed and evaluated in aqueous flow batteries. Such a novel molecular engineering approach opens an avenue for enabling energy-dense storage strategies.
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RedoxElectrochemistryAqueous solutionChemistrySolubilityCombinatorial chemistryElectron transport chainElectronChemical engineeringFlow batteryElectron flowMaterials scienceNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryBiochemistryElectrolytePhotosynthesisQuantum mechanicsEngineeringPhysicsAdvanced battery technologies researchElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionPerovskite Materials and Applications