Electrochemical studies of uranium (IV) in an ionic liquid-DMF mixture to build a redox flow battery using uranium as an electrode active material

Ouchi, Kazuki; Komatsu, Atsushi; Takao, Koichiro*; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro; Watanabe, Masayuki

Chemistry Letters, 50(6), p.1169 - 1172, 2021/06

https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.210060

The electrochemical behavior of uranium (IV) tetrachloride in ionic liquid-DMF mixture was studied for first time in order to build a redox flow battery (RFB) using U as an electrode active material. We found a quasi-reversible U/U couple that could be applied to the anode reaction of the RFB.