Less can be more: Insights on the role of electrode microstructure in redox flow batteries from 2D direct numerical simulations
arXiv (Cornell University)(2022)
Abstract
Understanding how to structure a porous electrode to facilitate fluid, mass, and charge transport is key to enhance the performance of electrochemical devices such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, and redox flow batteries (RFBs). Using a parallel computational framework, direct numerical simulations are carried out on idealized porous electrode microstructures for RFBs. Strategies to improve electrode design starting from a regular lattice are explored. We observe that by introducing vacancies in the ordered arrangement, it is possible to achieve higher voltage efficiency at a given current density, thanks to improved mixing of reactive species, despite reducing the total reactive surface. Careful engineering of the location of vacancies, resulting in a density gradient, outperforms disordered configurations. Our simulation framework is a new tool to explore transport phenomena in RFBs and our findings suggest new ways to design performant electrodes.
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redox flow batteries,electrode microstructure
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