Recent Advances in Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Technology
LI Zhaoxuan1, BAI Chenyang1, LIU Jie1, PAN Yi1, CHENG Huanjie2,*
1 College of Petroleum Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, Liaoning, China 2 School of Art & Design, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, Liaoning, China
Abstract: Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) has become a research hotspot in the field of large-scale energy storage due to its advantages of high safety, long life, and scalability. However, its high cost, material degradation, and energy conversion loss bring challenges to VRFB energy storage. In response to these challenges, the innovation and performance optimization of key materials of VRFB is one of the important means to improve the energy storage effect of VRFB. This paper analyzes and summarizes the latest progress of the core materials and performance inf-luencing factors of VRFB at home and abroad, and clarifies the current problems and development direction. The results show that the battery performance can be significantly improved through the innovation of key materials such as nitrogen-doped electrodes, self-healing bipolar plates, hybrid separators, and mixed electrolytes, combined with system optimization such as bifurcation channel design and intelligent circuit strategies. The material-structure-regulation collaborative innovation mechanism improves power density while taking into account energy efficiency optimization. It is of great significance to provide reference for researchers related to VRFB performance optimization.
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