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Ultra-High Ion Selectivity of a Modified Nafion Composite Membrane for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery by Incorporation of Phosphotungstic Acid Coupled UiO-66-NH 2

  • Xiao Bing Yang
  • , Lei Zhao
  • , Kokswee Goh
  • , Xu–Lei L. Sui
  • , Ling Hui Meng*
  • , Zhen Bo Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

An ultra-high ion-selective Nafion composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) by incorporation of phosphotungstic acid (PWA) coupled UiO-66-NH 2 was prepared through solution casting. Simple tuning for the filling amount of the nanohybrid composed of PWA and UiO-66-NH 2 gives the obtained membranes preeminent vanadium barrier property including a minimum vanadium permeability of 3.46 × 10 −7 cm 2 min −1 and excellent proton transport capability including a maximum proton conductivity of 0.092 S cm −1 at 25 °C. These indicate an ion selectivity of 2.66 × 10 5 S min cm −3 , showing an overwhelming advantage over recast Nafion (0.34 × 10 5 S min cm −3 ). As a result, the VRB constructed with the modified membrane exhibits superior battery performance versus recast Nafion at various current densities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4633-4641
Number of pages9
JournalChemistrySelect
Volume4
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Amino-functionalized UiO-66
  • Phosphotungstic acid
  • Ultra-high ion selectivity
  • Vanadium redox flow battery

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