Spectroscopic investigations of the fouling process on Nafion membranes in vanadium redox flow batteries

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Vijayakumar, M ^a   Bhuvaneswari, M S ^a   Nachimuthu, P ^a   Schwenzer, Birgit ^a   Kim, Soowhan ^a   Yang, Zhenguo ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Graff, Gordon L ^a   Thevuthasan, S ^a   Hu, Jianzhi ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

17O 19F NMR and UV Vis spectroscopy; Nafion membrane; Vanadium redox flow battery; XPS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICAL IDENTITY; CRITICAL COMPONENT; ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES; FOULING PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; NAFION MEMBRANE; NAFION STRUCTURE; NMR MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; UV/ VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY; WORKING ENVIRONMENT; XPS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; RESONANCE; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VANADIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

VANADIUM ALLOYS;

CATION; OXYGEN 17;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649445976     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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