The battery was built with a new catholyte and a symmetry-breaking strategy, which consists of changing the symmetry of the redox-active organic molecules instead of using the common approach of attaching a hydrophilic functional group.Researchers at the University of Akron in the United States have developed a water-soluble positive electrolyte - a, so-called catholyte - that is claimed to increase the energy density of aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs). The scientists shaped the catholyte by using two ligands: 2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic (Dcbpy) acid, and cyanide. Cyanide was ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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