The invention discloses a thermal regeneration
flow battery based on a cold and hot battery function asymmetric structure design and a use method, and belongs to the field of low-grade
heat energy recovery and
electrochemical energy conversion, and the thermal regeneration
flow battery comprises a cold battery running at a low temperature, a
thermal battery running at a high temperature, an
electrolyte circulating
system and an
external circuit. The core of the invention lies in that aiming at the inherent difference of a cold battery and a
thermal battery in thermodynamic driving force, reaction
kinetics path and interface
reaction mechanism, corresponding key functional units in the cold battery and the
thermal battery, such as an
electrode material and interface structure, an
electrode microstructure, diaphragm characteristics,
electrolyte local environment or operation conditions, and the like, are subjected to thermal power conversion. Differentiated structure configuration or parameter setting is carried out, so that collaborative optimization of cold and hot end reactions is realized. According to the method, the
system polarization is remarkably reduced, the output
power density and the
thermoelectric conversion efficiency are improved, the long-term operation stability is enhanced, and a new technical approach is provided for efficiently recycling low-grade
heat energy.