Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Redox flow batteries

Catholytes that mimic ionic liquids

Nature Energy volume 8, pages 1065–1066 (2023)Cite this article

Subjects

It has been difficult for organic redox flow batteries to simultaneously achieve high capacity and long cycle life. Now, a catholyte design is shown to have the potential to overcome these challenges.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Structures of the previously reported TEMPO and the N+TEMPOD synthesized in the work of Feng, Li and team5.

References

  1. Huskinson, B. et al. Nature 505, 195–198 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Winsberg, J., Hagemann, T., Janoschka, T., Hager, M. D. & Schubert, U. S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 686–711 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Zhang, L., Feng, R., Wang, W. & Yu, G. Nat. Rev. Chem. 6, 524–543 (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Ding, Y., Zhang, C., Zhang, L., Zhou, Y. & Yu, G. Chem. Soc. Rev. 47, 69–103 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Lv, X.-L. et al. Nat. Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01320-w (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Suo, L. et al. Science 350, 938–943 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Ryoichi Kanega, Takashi Funaki & Akihiro Ohira

Authors
  1. Ryoichi Kanega
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Takashi Funaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Akihiro Ohira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Akihiro Ohira.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kanega, R., Funaki, T. & Ohira, A. Catholytes that mimic ionic liquids. Nat Energy 8, 1065–1066 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01335-3

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01335-3

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing