The invention belongs to the field of organic
flow battery material synthesis, and particularly discloses a high-
solubility HATN material and application thereof in a
flow battery. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding 4-methoxy o-phenylenediamine and cyclohexanehexone
hydrate into an
organic solvent, refluxing under the protection of
nitrogen, cooling, washing with water, washing with
methanol, and
drying in vacuum; carrying out
reflux reaction on the prepared product and
pyridine hydrochloride under the protection of
nitrogen, cooling, washing with water, and carrying out
vacuum drying to obtain an
intermediate product; and finally, adding the
intermediate product, ethyl 2-bromopropionate and
potassium carbonate into an
organic solvent to react, precipitating the product by using HCl, washing with water, and
drying in vacuum to obtain a final product. The derivative disclosed by the invention has a large pi-pi conjugate plane structure, the
redox reaction relates to six-
electron transfer, and meanwhile, the
solubility of the compound is expanded by
grafting a water-soluble functional group, so that the problem of battery stability caused by the
solubility is solved. And the
flow battery assembled by the
composite material has excellent capacity and good stability.