Alkaline zinc-ferricyanide flow batteries are efficiency and economical as energy storage solutions. However, they suffer from low energy density and short calendar life. The strongly alkaline conditions (3 mol L OH) reduce the solubility of ferri/ferro-cyanide (normally only 0.4 mol L at 25 °C) and induce the formation of zinc dendrites at the anode. Here, we report a new zinc-ferricyanide flow battery based on a mild alkalescent (pH 12) electrolyte. Using a chelating agent to rearrange ferri/ferro-cyanide ion-solvent interactions and improve salt dissociation, we increased the solubility of ferri/ferro-cyanide to 1.7 mol L and prevented zinc dendrites. Our battery has an energy density of ~74 Wh L at 60 °C and remains stable for 1800 cycles (1800 hours) at 0 °C and for >1400 cycles (2300 hours) at 25 °C. An alkalescent zinc-ferricyanide cell stack built using this alkalescent electrolyte stably delivers 608 W of power for ~40 days.
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