Name of the Journal:
Energy Environ. Sci.
Year of Publication:
2012
Date of Publication:
August 29, 2012
Volume:
5
Issue:
11
Pages:
9534-9542
Publisher:
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract:
Our work focuses on the feasibility of utilizing organic fuels for virtual hydrogen flow cell battery systems, based on thermodynamic considerations of fuel hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions. An assessment of the energy density and open circuit potentials (OCPs) as determined by the structure of carbocyclic and heterocyclic saturated hydrocarbons and their dehydrogenation products has been pursued and we identified promising organic carriers that could yield theoretical OCPs higher than that for the hydrogen fuel cell.
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