Performance characterization of a vanadium redox flow battery at different operating parameters under a standardized test-bed system

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 402-412

  Mohamed, M R ^a   Leung, P K ^b   Sulaiman, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current density; Electrolyte flow rates; Redox flow battery; Temperature; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; TEMPERATURE; VANADIUM;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CALCULATION; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; ELECTROLYTE FLOW RATES; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW PATTERN; PARAMETERIZATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

EID: 84908689778     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.042     Document Type: Article

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