MemFlow - Sustainable Organic Batteries for Large-scale Energy Storage

A rapidly emerging stationary device able to store large amounts of electrical energy are Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries (AORFBs).

In RFBs the electrical energy is stored using a pair of redox-active species which, together with a supporting salt, are dissolved in e.g. water and stored in separate tanks.

In this project, the combination of organic aqueous electrolytes developed by Rivus, and cellulose-based membranes developed by Cellfion will be studied and optimized.

The membrane and electrolytes are the two main components of an RFB-cell both in terms of cost and environmental impact.

This will improve the devices’ overall performance as well as reduce their climate impact, and lead to an accelerated commercialisation of large-scale organic RFBs where renewable energy can be stored.