Development of a redox flow battery using aluminum and hydrogen peroxide

1.4世界上有10亿人口用不上电，而到2050年，全世界对电力的需求将翻一番。可再生能源占美国发电量的12%**在减少碳排放的必要性的推动下，全球太阳能和风能装机容量分别以每年60%和20%的速度增长。太阳能和风能的间歇性需要集成的储能系统。电能储存是智能电网和分布式发电发展的关键。固定电池、可充电金属空气电池、超级电容器、** 再生燃料电池和液流电池是适合 **EES的电化学技术的几个例子。在液流电池技术中，氧化还原液流电池（RFB）是最新的一种，由于其固有的安全性，长循环寿命以及能量和功率含量的 ** 独立缩放，它比其他电池技术（例如固态电池）具有一些有利的特性。然而，由于其低能量和功率密度以及部件的成本，RFB的商业化受到阻碍。VIROX Technologies Inc.**（该项目的工业合作伙伴）对开发新型的、具有成本效益的RFB有着不断发展的兴趣，RFB ** 将从H2O2产生电力。在这个研究和开发项目中，核心重点将放在一个具有代表性的新型RFB上，它将从H2O2中产生电力。将进行设计、开发和测试 ** 以确定性能参数（库仑效率和能量效率），并进行分析 ** 以确定通过这种新型RFB的多孔膜的离子转移。以kWh为单位的能量存储量 ** 和以kW为单位的能量传输速率是能量存储 ** 中的两个重要度量数字，并将针对该RFB进行实验测量。能源储存将在未来的能源供应中发挥越来越重要的作用。从长远来看，对这种系统 ** 的研究和开发的投资有可能在安大略和加拿大节省燃料和减少碳足迹。

1.4 billion of world's population do not have access to electricity, while the demand for electricity will be**doubled by 2050 worldwide. Renewable sources constitute 12% of electricity generated in the United States.**Driven by the necessity to reduce carbon emission, global solar and wind installed capacities are growing at**rates of 60% and 20% per year, respectively. The intermittent nature of solar and wind energy sources demands**integrated energy storage systems. Electricity energy storage (EES) is vital for the smart grid and distributed**power generation development. Stationary batteries, rechargeable metal-air batteries, supercapacitors,**regenerative fuel cells, and flow batteries are several examples of electrochemical technologies suitable for**EES. In flow battery technology, Redox flow battery (RFB) is the newest one that has some favorable features**over other battery technologies, e.g. solid state batteries, due to their inherent safety, long cycle life, and the**independent scaling of energy and power content. However, because of their low energy and power density and**the cost of components the commercialization of RFBs has been hindered. VIROX Technologies Inc.**(industrial partner of this project) has an evolving interest in the development of novel, cost effective RFB that**will produce electricity form H2O2. In this research and development project, the core focus will be on a**representative novel RFB that will create electricity from H2O2. Design, development, and testing will be done**to determine the performance parameters (coulombic efficiency and energy efficiency) and analysis will be**done to determine ion transfer through the porous membrane of this novel RFB. The amount of energy stored**in kWh and the rate at which this energy can be delivered in kW are 2 important figures of metric in energy**storage and will be measured experimentally for this RFB. Energy storage will play an increasingly vital role in**delivering the energies of tomorrow. In the long run, investment in research and development of such system**has the potential for fuel savings and carbon footprint reductions in Ontario as well as in Canada.