It would be understood that a redox flow batteries inherently includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal, which may take any form, as well as other typical components, such as, for example, suitable electrode materials, catholytes, anolytes, pumps, switches, connections to energy sources and energy loads, etc. The present description includes exemplary configurations of typical components of redox flow batteries, but it is understood that the present description is not limited to the specific illustrated configurations of the various components of redox flow batteries.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a redox flow battery includes a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a solid state ionic conductive membrane on a macro porous support scaffold between the positive terminal and the negative terminal. The solid state ionic conductive membrane and the macro porous support scaffold may take a variety of forms as described below and as illustrated in the drawings.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of using the redox flow battery includes flowing an electrolyte of the redox flow battery through the macro porous support scaffold and passing a ionic component of the electrolyte through the solid state ionic conductive membrane. The method may include various additional steps as described below and as would be understood from the drawings.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a component for a redox flow battery includes a solid state ionic conductive membrane on a macro porous support scaffold. The component may take a variety of forms as described below and as illustrated in the drawings.