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ReviewNature communications2023

Benchmarking organic active materials for aqueous redox flow batteries in terms of lifetime and cost.

Dominik Emmel, Simon Kunz, Nick Blume, Yongchai Kwon, Thomas Turek, Christine Minke, Daniel Schröder

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Review in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Your battery may not be a battery.Nature nanotechnology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dominik EmmelInstitute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering (InES), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-2172
Simon KunzInstitute of Physical Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Nick BlumeInstitute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Recycling and Circular Economy Systems, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2953-6960
Yongchai KwonDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-401X
Thomas TurekResearch Center Energy Storage Technologies, Goslar, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-1966
Christine MinkeInstitute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Recycling and Circular Economy Systems, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. christine.minke@tu-clausthal.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-2850
Daniel SchröderInstitute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering (InES), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany. d.schroeder@tu-braunschweig.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-0218

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flow batteries are one option for future, low-cost stationary energy storage. We present a perspective overview of the potential cost of organic active materials for aqueous flow batteries based on a comprehensive mathematical model. The battery capital costs for 38 different organic active materials, as well as the state-of-the-art vanadium system are elucidated. We reveal that only a small number of organic molecules would result in costs close to the vanadium reference system. We identify the most promising candidate as the phenazine 3,3'-(phenazine-1,6-diylbis(azanediyl))dipropionic acid) [1,6-DPAP], suggesting costs even below that of the vanadium reference. Additional cost-saving potential can be expected by mass production of these active materials; major benefits lie in the reduced electrolyte costs as well as power costs, although plant maintenance is a major challenge when applying organic materials. Moreover, this work is designed to be expandable. The developed calculation tool (ReFlowLab) accompanying this publication is open for updates with new data.

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PMCPMC10590391

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