Full‐Hexacyanometallate Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries Exceeding 1.5 V in an Aqueous Solution

Abstract

AbstractAqueous redox flow batteries (RFBs) have attracted significant attention as energy storage systems by virtue of their inexpensive nature and long‐lasting features. Although all‐vanadium RFBs exhibit long lifetimes, the cost of vanadium resources fluctuates considerably, and is generally expensive. Iron–chromium RFBs take advantage of utilizing a low‐cost and large abundance of iron and chromite ore; however, the redox chemistry of CrII/III generally involves strong Jahn–Teller effects. Herein, this work introduces a new Cr‐based negolyte coordinated with strong‐field ligands capable of mitigating strong Jahn–Teller effects, thereby facilitating low redox potential, high stability, and rapid kinetics. The balanced full‐cell configuration features a stable lifetime of 500 cycles with energy density of 14 Wh L−1. With an excessive posolyte, the full‐cell can attain a high energy density of 38.6 Wh L−1 as a single electron redox process. Consequently, the proposed system opens new avenues for the development of high‐performance RFBs.