An acid added to the catholyte increased power 126 ?5 W m " 2.
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The demonstration device yielded energy density of 97 Wh / kg and 108 Wh / L with a 5M catholyte.
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The cell is separated into two compartments by a membrane that allows ion flow but prevents bulk mixing of the anolyte and catholyte.
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One the other hand in cells with membrane, the anode output ( anolyte ) is acidic and the cathode output ( catholyte ) is basic.
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The next step is to identify a high capacity catholyte to match MV ( ca . 3.5 M solubility in water, 93.8 Ah / L ).
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In 2015, Liu and Wang et al from Utah State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced another project of a totally organic AORFB employing 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl as catholyte, plus cheap, non-crossive sodium chloride and a low-cost anion exchange membrane to enable charging and discharging.
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Volatilization of ammonia from the spent anolyte by heating ( simulating distillation ), and re-addition of this ammonia to the spent catholyte chamber with subsequent operation of this chamber as the anode ( to regenerate copper on the other electrode ), produced a maximum power density of 60 ?3 W m " 2, with an average discharge energy efficiency of 29 % ( electrical energy captured " versus " chemical energy in the starting solutions ).