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Nafion-sulfonated organosilica composite membrane for all vanadium redox flow battery

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A novel Nafion-sulfonated diphenyldimethoxysilane (N-sDDS) composite membrane is prepared and employed in vanadium redox flow battery (VRB). Ion exchange capacity, proton conductivity, water transport behavior, and the cell performances are characterized. Fourier transform-infrared and X-ray diffraction analysis indicate that the sulfonated diphenyldimethoxysilane (sDDS) particles are successfully introduced into the Nafion matrix. In VRB single cell test, the VRB with N-sDDS membrane exhibits nearly the same coulombic efficiency as the unmodified Nafion membrane, but higher voltage efficiency than that of the VRB with unmodified Nafion membrane. The VRB with N-sDDS composite membrane keeps a stable performance after 60 times charge–discharge test. In the self-discharge test, the VRB with the N-sDDS membrane presented a lower self-discharge rate than that of the VRB with Nafion membrane. All results show that the addition of s-DDS is a simple and efficient way to improve the conductivity of Nafion, and the composite membrane shows good potential use for VRB.

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The authors greatly appreciate the financial support from the Key Science and Technology Program of WeiHai (2009-3-93), HIT(WH) Researching Fund (HIT(WH)XB200801), Natural Scientific Research Innovation Foundation in Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT, NSRIF, 2011107), and Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 21001111).

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    Xiangguo Teng, Jie Lei, Xuecai Gu, Jicui Dai & Yongming Zhu

  2. Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, China

    Faqiang Li

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Teng, X., Lei, J., Gu, X. et al. Nafion-sulfonated organosilica composite membrane for all vanadium redox flow battery. Ionics 18, 513–521 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-012-0694-z

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