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A membrane based on sulfonated polystyrene for a vanadium solid-salt battery

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An ion exchange membrane (IEM) usually serves as a separator between the two half-cells and provides an ionic conduction path in redox flow batteries. The new vanadium solid-salt battery (VSSB) presents higher energy density than the traditional vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). However, present IEMs are based on very expensive Nafion® membranes. In pursuit of lower cost, a membrane from sulfonated polystyrene (PE-01) is used for VSSB. In comparison with the traditional Nafion® 1135, PE-01 shows high energy efficiency with good cycling performance at current densities less than 10 mA cm−2. This suggests that sulfonated polystyrene membrane is a promising candidate as separator for VSSB.

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This work was supported by the National Distinguished Youth Scientists Project of China (No. 51425301), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2015JJ3074), Science and Technology Project of Changsha (KL403147-11), and postdoctoral fund of Hunan Agricultural University (129263).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Zhian Wang, Xiongwei Wu & Hongqi Ye

  2. College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China

    Junping Hu, Xiongwei Wu, Weibin Zhou & Yuping Wu

  3. College of Energy, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu Province, China

    Yuping Wu

  4. Technische Universität Chemnitz, Institut für Chemie, AG Elektrochemie, D-09107, Chemnitz, Germany

    Rudolf Holze

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Dedicated to José H. Zagal on the occasion of his 65th birthday in appreciation of his contributions to electrocatalysis and to the general development of our electrochemical science in Chile and beyond.

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Wang, Z., Hu, J., Wu, X. et al. A membrane based on sulfonated polystyrene for a vanadium solid-salt battery. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 943–948 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2931-7

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