Application of the commercial ion exchange membranes in the all-vanadium redox flow battery

Gab-Jin Hwang; Sang-Won Kim; Dae-Min In; Dae-Yeop Lee; Cheol-Hwi Ryu

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.60, 360-365, April, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.11.023 Export Citation

Application of the commercial ion exchange membranes in the all-vanadium redox flow battery

Gab-Jin Hwang^†, Sang-Won Kim¹, Dae-Min In, Dae-Yeop Lee, and Cheol-Hwi Ryu

Grad. School, Dept. Green Energy Eng., Hoseo University, Asan, Chungnam, 314-99, Republic of Korea
¹Green Tech. Team, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe, Campus E72, Universitat des Saarlandes, 66123, Germany

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Three commercial anion exchange membranes and two commercial cation exchange membranes were tested to use as a separator in the all-vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). Membrane properties such as an ionic conductivity and a permeability of each vanadium ion were evaluated. Ionic conductivities decreased in the order: Nafion117 ≈ APS > NEPEM115 > FAP-PP-475 > FAP-PE-420. An anion exchange membrane had a low permeability of each vanadium ion compared to a cation exchange membrane. Energy efficiencies of VRFB using the commercial ion exchanges membrane had almost the same value in the range of 76.0-78.7%.

Keywords:Energy storage;Redox flow battery;Vanadium;Ion exchange membrane;Cell performance

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