Flow Battery Technologies

Flow batteries replace the solid electrodes of conventional batteries with liquid solutions of redox atoms and molecules, enabling large storage capacity for grid-scale applications and long lifetime without the strain of repeated expansion and contraction of solid electrodes during charging and discharging. The materials in today’s flow batteries are relatively simple and lack the flexibility to meet multiple performance metrics simultaneously, such as high energy density, smart responsive behavior and low cost. JCESR’s flow battery technology portfolio directly addresses these challenges and now features more than 15 granted US patents spanning several technology sub-categories, including both aqueous and non-aqueous flow battery chemistries.

Granted Patents:

US Patent # Title (URL) Institution(s) Inst. Identifier
11,056,705 Organic anolyte materials for flow batteries University of Michigan Michigan-6668
10,992,003 Air-breathing aqueous sulfur rechargeable batteries Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT-18312
10,840,531 Two-electron redox active molecules with high capacity and energy density for energy storage applications Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-14-078
10,727,488 Redox mediators for metal-sulfur batteries Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology LBNL-2014-148/ MIT-17320
10,553,890 Aqueous redox flow batteries Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-15-065
10,535,891 Two-electron redox catholyte for redox flow batteries Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-16-169
10,424,805 Benzothiophene-based redox molecules for flow battery Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-16-156
10,374,239 Aqueous pyridinium cation-based redox flow batteries Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-15-137
10,239,978 Redox active colloidal particles for flow batteries University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign UIUC-2016-063
10,230,124 Gravity induced flow cell Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT-16747
10,026,984 Multi-electron redox active molecules for energy storage applications Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-14-021
9,991,542 Two-electron high potential and high capacity redox active molecules for energy storage applications Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-14-062
9,982,068 Redox active polymers and colloidal particles for flow batteries University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign TF14038
9,966,625 & 10,424,806 Organic non-aqueous cation-based redox flow batteries Argonne National Laboratory ANL-IN-14-044
9,954,229 Electrolyte for stable cycling of high-energy lithium sulfur redox flow batteries Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL-30647
9,947,481 Lubricant-impregnated surfaces for electrochemical applications, and devices and systems using same Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT-16233, 16646, 17190
9,583,779 Metal sulfide electrodes and energy storage devices thereof Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT-16204