Browsing by Author "Yue, Diqing"

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    Achieving Energy-Saving, Continuous Redox Flow Desalination with Iron Chelate Redoxmers
    (AAAS, 2023-01-10) Xie, Rongxuan; Yue, Diqing; Peng, Zhenmeng; Wie, Xiaoliang; Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Desalination of saline water is becoming an increasingly critical strategy to overcome the global challenge of drinkable water shortage, but current desalination methods are often plagued with major drawbacks of high energy consumption, high capital cost, or low desalination capacity. To address these drawbacks, we have developed a unique continuous-mode redox flow desalination approach capitalizing on the characteristics of redox flow batteries. The operation is based on shuttled redox cycles of very dilute Fe2+/Fe3+ chelate redoxmers with ultralow cell overpotentials. The air instability of Fe2+ chelate is naturally compensated for by its in situ electrochemical generation, making the desalination system capable of operations with electrolytes at any specified state of charge. Under unoptimized conditions, fast desalination rates up to 404.4 mmol·m−2·h−1 and specific energy consumptions as low as 7.9 Wh·molNaCl−1 have been successfully achieved. Interestingly, this desalination method has offered an opportunity of sustainable, distributed drinkable water supplies through direct integration with renewable energy sources such as solar power. Therefore, our redox flow desalination design has demonstrated competitive desalination performance, promising to provide an energy-saving, high-capacity, robust, cost-effective desalination solution.
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    Multielectron Organic Redoxmers for Energy-Dense Redox Flow Batteries
    (ACS, 2022-01) Fang, Xiaoting; Li, Zhiguang; Zhao, Yuyue; Yue, Diqing; Zhang, Lu; Wei, Xiaoliang; Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Redox flow battery is a highly promising stationary energy storage method, but the limited energy density and high chemical cost are among the main barriers for commercialization. Multielectron organic redoxmers represent a family of structurally tailorable candidates that can achieve multiplied energy density with decreased materials consumption, potentially resulting in a viable solution to address these challenges. Here, the recent development of organic molecules with reversible multiredox activities in both aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes is reviewed. The major focus is on the fundamental correlation between the chemical structures and the functional properties of reported multielectron organic molecules. Valuable insights are offered on rational structural design strategies for improving the relevant physicochemical and electrochemical properties. Finally, the current challenges are discussed to suggest future research needs along the avenue of using the multielectron approach to achieve energy-dense, stable, cost-effective redox flow batteries.