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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Jeffrey S. Moore, Savoy, IL (US);
Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez, Urbana, IL (US);
Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli, Urbana, IL (US);
Elena Montoto, Champaign, IL (US);
Jingshu Hui, Urbana, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a redox flow battery comprising a microporous or nanoporous size-exclusion membrane, wherein one cell of the battery contains a redox-active colloidal particle dispersed in a non-aqueous solvent. The redox flow battery provides enhanced ionic conductivity across the electrolyte separator and reduced redox-active species crossover, thereby improving the performance and enabling widespread utilization of the battery. Redox active colloidal particles (RACs) were prepared, analyzed, and were found to be highly effective redox species for use in redox flow batteries.