Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.

Treballs Finals de Grau de Química, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Any: 2014, Tutors: Dr. Pere Lluís Cabot i Dr. Pedro Gómez Romero

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Autor: Rueda García, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/55771
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/55771
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electròlits
Reacció d'oxidació-reducció
Treballs de fi de grau
Electrolytes
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Bachelor's theses
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spelling Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.Rueda García, DanielElectròlitsReacció d'oxidació-reduccióTreballs de fi de grauElectrolytesOxidation-reduction reactionBachelor's thesesTreballs Finals de Grau de Química, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Any: 2014, Tutors: Dr. Pere Lluís Cabot i Dr. Pedro Gómez RomeroRedox Flow Batteries (RFBs) store energy in electroactive solutions stowed outside the electrochemical cells and are strong candidates to serve as load-leveling devices contributing to the development of smart grids and to offset the intermittency of renewable energy sources. Current RFBs use aqueous solutions of electroactive species1 (i.e. aqueous vanadium solutions, max conc. 2M) whose limited solubility limits in turn the energy density of the systems. In this work quinones are proposed as electroactive species to be explored as the main components in molten fluxes or in concentrated organic fluids. This approach would increase considerably the concentration of electroactive species eventually leading to a competitive alternative to vanadium solutions by providing increased voltage range, specific capacity and energy density. Quinones are known to have an electrochemical reversible process between quinone and hydroquinone, with good kinetics and a high electrochemical equivalent2 (two electrons per mole of quinone). Our work has centered on the initial and preliminary studies of electroactivity of simple quinones in organic media to determine their solubility, electroactivity, feasible voltage range and redox processes with different electrodes and electrolytes.Cabot Julià, Pere-LluísGómez Romero, Pedro2014info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/55771Treballs Finals de Grau (TFG) - Químicareponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaIngléscc-by-nc-nd (c) Rueda García, 2014http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/557712026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
title Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
spellingShingle Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
Rueda García, Daniel
Electròlits
Reacció d'oxidació-reducció
Treballs de fi de grau
Electrolytes
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Bachelor's theses
title_short Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
title_full Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
title_fullStr Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
title_full_unstemmed Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
title_sort Design of new electroactive fluids for redox flow batteries based on quinones.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rueda García, Daniel
author Rueda García, Daniel
author_facet Rueda García, Daniel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Cabot Julià, Pere-Lluís
Gómez Romero, Pedro
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Electròlits
Reacció d'oxidació-reducció
Treballs de fi de grau
Electrolytes
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Bachelor's theses
topic Electròlits
Reacció d'oxidació-reducció
Treballs de fi de grau
Electrolytes
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Bachelor's theses
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