A Hydrogen‐Bromine Cell for Energy Storage Applications

Abstract

An experimental and theoretical study has been made to determine the feasibility of a hydrogen‐bromine cell for energy storage applications. The laboratory data were collected for the cell performance and the membrane characteristics during the charge and the discharge operations. An unsteadystate heat balance was used to predict the temperature change and the overall electric‐to‐electric efficiency. The results indicate that the hydrogen‐bromine system can achieve an efficiency greater than 70% when the operating cell current density is less than 160 mA/cm2.