Redox flow devices are described including a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, and an ion-permeable membrane separating said positive and negative current collectors, positioned and arranged to define a positive electroactive zone and a negative electroact
Redox flow devices are described including a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, and an ion-permeable membrane separating said positive and negative current collectors, positioned and arranged to define a positive electroactive zone and a negative electroactive zone; wherein at least one of said positive and negative electroactive zone comprises a flowable semi-solid composition comprising ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing said ions during operation of the cell, and wherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution in which the finest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume.
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1. An electrochemical cell comprising: an anode;a semi-solid cathode including an electrode composition comprising a suspension of ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing ions; andan ion-permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode;wherein the ion
1. An electrochemical cell comprising: an anode;a semi-solid cathode including an electrode composition comprising a suspension of ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing ions; andan ion-permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode;wherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution in which the finest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume. 2. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the ion storage compound particles have a bidisperse size distribution in which the two maxima differ in size by at least a factor of 5. 3. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the particles have morphology that is at least equiaxed. 4. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the particle packing fraction is at least 50 vol %. 5. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the electrode composition further comprises an electronically conductive material. 6. The electrochemical cell of claim 5, wherein the electronically conductive material forms a percolative conductive pathway. 7. The electrochemical cell of claim 5, wherein the electronically conductive material comprises an electronically conductive polymer. 8. The electrochemical cell of claim 5, wherein the electronically conductive material is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, and allotropes of carbon including carbon black, graphitic carbon, carbon fibers, carbon microfibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCF), fullerenic carbons including “buckyballs”, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), graphene sheets or aggregates of graphene sheets, and materials comprising fullerenic fragments and mixtures thereof. 9. An electrochemical cell comprising: an anode;a semi-solid cathode including an electrode composition comprising a suspension of ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing ions; andan ion-permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode;wherein the volume percentage of the ion storage compound particles is between 5% and 70%, andwherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution and the particle packing fraction is at least 50 vol %. 10. The electrochemical cell of claim 9, wherein the finest particles in the polydisperse size distribution present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume. 11. The electrochemical cell of claim 9, wherein the ion storage compound particles have a bidisperse size distribution in which the two maxima differ in size by at least a factor of 5. 12. The electrochemical cell of claim 9, wherein the particles have morphology that is at least equiaxed. 13. The electrochemical cell of claim 9, wherein the electrode composition further comprises an electronically conductive material. 14. The electrochemical cell of claim 13, wherein the electronically conductive material forms a percolative conductive pathway. 15. The electrochemical cell of claim 13, wherein the electronically conductive material comprises an electronically conductive polymer. 16. The electrochemical cell of claim 13, wherein the electronically conductive material is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, and allotropes of carbon including carbon black, graphitic carbon, carbon fibers, carbon microfibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCF), fullerenic carbons including “buckyballs”, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), graphene sheets or aggregates of graphene sheets, and materials comprising fullerenic fragments and mixtures thereof. 17. An electrochemical cell comprising: an anode;a cathode; andan ion-permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode;wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode includes a semi-solid electrode composition comprising a suspension of ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing ions, andwherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution and the particle packing fraction is at least 50 vol %. 18. The electrochemical cell of claim 17, wherein the ion storage compound particles in the semi-solid electrode is at least 10% by mass. 19. The electrochemical cell of claim 17, wherein the volume percentage of the ion storage compound particles is between 5% and 70%. 20. The electrochemical cell of claim 17, wherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution in which the finest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume. 21. The electrochemical cell of claim 17, wherein the semi-solid electrode composition further comprises an electronically conductive material. 22. The electrochemical cell of claim 21, wherein the electronically conductive material forms a percolative conductive pathway. 23. The electrochemical cell of claim 21, wherein the electronically conductive material is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, and allotropes of carbon including carbon black, graphitic carbon, carbon fibers, carbon microfibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCF), fullerenic carbons including “buckyballs”, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), graphene sheets or aggregates of graphene sheets, and materials comprising fullerenic fragments and mixtures thereof. 24. An electrochemical cell comprising: an anode;a cathode; andan ion-permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode;wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode includes a slurry electrode composition comprising a suspension of ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing ions, andwherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution and the particle packing fraction is at least 50 vol %. 25. The electrochemical cell of claim 24, wherein the ion storage compound particles have a bidisperse size distribution in which the two maxima differ in size by at least a factor of 5. 26. The electrochemical cell of claim 24, wherein the particles have morphology that is at least equiaxed. 27. The electrochemical cell of claim 24, wherein the particle packing fraction is at least 50 vol %. 28. The electrochemical cell of claim 24, wherein the electrode composition further comprises an electronically conductive material. 29. The electrochemical cell of claim 28, wherein the electronically conductive material forms a percolative conductive pathway. 30. The electrochemical cell of claim 28, wherein the electronically conductive material comprises an electronically conductive polymer. 31. The electrochemical cell of claim 28, wherein the electronically conductive material is selected from the group consisting of metals, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, and allotropes of carbon including carbon black, graphitic carbon, carbon fibers, carbon microfibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCF), fullerenic carbons including “buckyballs”, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), graphene sheets or aggregates of graphene sheets, and materials comprising fullerenic fragments and mixtures thereof.
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