Highly stable and high performance iodine redox flow batteries using host–guest interaction of (2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin additive
Mingyu Shin, Chanho Noh, Yongchai Kwon
Abstract
This study focuses on enhancing the stability of ARFBs using iodine as active material for the catholyte and (2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin as additive, to increase the solubility of I 2 and activate the reaction of iodine to form the I 3 − ion.
Topics & Concepts
RedoxIodineCyclodextrinChemistryHost (biology)Flow (mathematics)Chemical engineeringCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymer chemistryMathematicsGeometryEngineeringEcologyBiologyAdvanced battery technologies researchOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications