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Fuel cells with chemically regenerative redox cathodes (review)

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The use of a solution-phase redox mediator presents an opportunity to perform the slow oxygen reduction reaction in the bulk solution rather than on the surface of a precious metal electrocatalyst. Specific details of several potential mediator chemistries (Br2/2Br−, V(V)/V(VI) etc.), the current status of the development, and the potential for future applications of such a technology are discussed.

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  1. Ftorion, Inc., Boston, MA, USA

    Yu. V. Tolmachev

  2. ICMUB-UMR 6302 CNRS, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

    M. A. Vorotyntsev

  3. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    M. A. Vorotyntsev

  4. Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia

    M. A. Vorotyntsev

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Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 451–461.

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Tolmachev, Y.V., Vorotyntsev, M.A. Fuel cells with chemically regenerative redox cathodes (review). Russ J Electrochem 50, 403–411 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193514020050

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