A high-performance all-metallocene-based, non-aqueous redox flow battery

• DOI: 10.1039/c6ee02057g
• Publication Date: 2016-10-07T11:02:23Z
• Authors: Yu Ding; Yu Zhao; Yutao Li; John B. Goodenough; Guihua Yu
• Keywords: Cobaltocene; Flow battery; Surface Modification

An all-metallocene based redox flow battery was constructed using ferrocene catholyte and cobaltocene anolyte with a working potential of ∼1.7 V. The can be lifted to 2.1 V <italic>via</italic> rational functionalization metallocenes, showing the promise metallocenes as electroactive materials for stationary energy storage.