Patent ID: 9166243
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A redox flow battery comprising: a first liquid-porous electrode; a second liquid-porous electrode spaced apart from the first liquid-porous electrode; an ion-exchange membrane arranged between the first liquid-porous electrode and the second liquid-porous electrode; first and second flow fields adjacent the respective first liquid-porous electrode and second liquid-porous electrode, each of the first and second flow fields including first channels having at least partially blocked outlets and second channels having at least partially blocked inlets, and the second channels are interdigitated with the first channels; and a positive electrolyte storage tank connected in a positive recirculation loop with one of the first or second flow fields and a negative electrolyte storage tank connected in a negative recirculation loop with the other of the first or second flow fields.