The present invention relates to a battery comprising an
electrochemical cell for
electrical energy storage (EES), which is capable of operating in an electrical
energy delivery mode in which it generates electrical energy by oxidation of a
redox active species and reduction of
oxygen in an
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and eventually in an
electrical energy storage mode in which it consumes electrical energy to reduce a
redox active species and generates
oxygen in an
oxygen evolution reaction (OER), wherein the
electrochemical cell is a
hybrid redox flow cell comprising a negative half-
cell (1), a positive half-
cell (2), a negolyte (3A) with a
polyoxometalate (POM) as
redox active species in the negative half-
cell (1), a membrane (4) disposed between the negative half-cell (1) and the positive half-cell (2), a negative
electrode (5) in the negative half-cell (1), a positive
electrode (6) in the positive half-cell (2), characterised in that the
polyoxometalate (POM) is capable of multiple
electron transfer, an inlet (7) and an outlet (8) connect the negative half-cell (1) with an
electrolyte tank (9) via conduits (10) equipped with a pump (11), so that the battery may be charged by provisioning the tank (9) with charged negolyte, or recharged by replacing discharged negolyte with charged negolyte, the positive
electrode (6) is equipped with an
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and eventually an
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst or with a
bifunctional oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and
oxygen evolution reaction (OER).