The invention discloses an all-
vanadium redox flow battery electrolyte containing an
imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive and application of the all-
vanadium redox flow battery electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of all-
vanadium redox flow battery energy storage. According to the invention, an
imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive is added into the
electrolyte of the all-vanadium redox flow battery, and the concentration of the additive in the electrolyte is 0.01 g / L-5 g / L. The cation in the
imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive is imidazole cation, the anion in the imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive is
phosphate anion, the imidazole cation is one or two or more of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole, 1-vinyl-3-methylimidazole, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole and 1-hydroxyethyl-3-methylimidazole, the anion in the imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive is
phosphate anion, and the cation in the imidazole phosphate ionic liquid additive is one or more of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole, 1-vinyl-3-methylimidazole, 1-vinyl-3-methylimidazole, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole and 1-hydroxyethyl-3-methylimidazole. And the phosphate anions are one or two or more of phosphate, hydrophosphate, dihydric phosphate and
pyrophosphate. The method is simple in
process operation, energy-saving, environment-friendly and low in cost, and meanwhile, stable operation of the electrolyte in the battery can be realized.