The invention provides a low-cost
flow battery and an application thereof, a
redox active substance of a positive
electrode electrolyte of the low-cost
flow battery contains a
hydroxylamine cyclic structure group with hindered amine, and the
hydroxylamine cyclic structure group with hindered amine is preferably selected from 1-hydroxy-2, 2, 6, 7, 8-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, 3, 5-tetramethyl-1, one or more of a 1-oxo-2, 2, 6, 6-tetrasubstituted
piperidine group, a 1-oxo-2, 2, 6, 6-tetrasubstituted
piperidine group, a 1-oxo-2, 2, 6, 6-tetrasubstituted
piperidine group, and a 1-oxo-2, 2, 6, 6-tetrasubstituted piperidinium group; a
redox active substance of the negative
electrode electrolyte contains one or more of a
titanium element, a
vanadium element, a
chromium element, an iron element and a
zinc element. The low-cost
flow battery has the advantages of high output
voltage,
high energy density, environment friendliness and low cost, and has good application prospects and large-scale popularization potential in the field of
energy storage.