A study of the Ce3+/Ce4+ redox couple in sulfamic acid for redox battery application

The present paper reports a cerium sulfamate electrolyte for use in redox battery. The electrochemical behavior of Ce3+/Ce4+ in sulfamic acid (SA) media has been investigated using linear-sweep voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry. The formal potential of the Ce3+/Ce4+ redox couple in SA is approximately 1.52V vs. NHE. The exchange current density and standard rate constant of the Ce3+/Ce4+ redox reaction on platinum electrode in SA are determined as 5.95×10−4Acm−2 and 4.95×10−5cms−1 respectively. The diffusion coefficient of Ce3+ in SA is 5.93×10−6cm2s−1. The conductivity of cerium(III) sulfamate solution is improved significantly by adding NH4+. A zinc–cerium test cell with Ce3+/Ce4+ sulfamate solution as the positive electrolyte is constructed and the charge-discharge performance is evaluated. The coulombic efficiency of the Zn–Ce cell is calculated to be 90%. The preliminary exploration shows that the cerium sulfamate electrolyte is promising for redox battery application and is worthy of further study.

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