Ion transfer battery: storing energy by transferring ions across liquid-liquid interfaces.
A battery utilizing the Galvani potential difference between aqueous and organic phases is demonstrated. The battery consists of two organic redox electrolytes separated by an immiscible aqueous phase. The charge is stored by transferring a salt from the aqueous phase into organic phases in ion transfer coupled electron transfer reactions.
Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL Valais Wallis, Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case Postale 440, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. pekka.peljo@epfl.ch.
Pekka
P
Peljo
Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL Valais Wallis, Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case Postale 440, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. pekka.peljo@epfl.ch.
Marie
M
Bichon
Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL Valais Wallis, Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case Postale 440, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland. pekka.peljo@epfl.ch.
Hubert H
HH
Girault