“…Figure 8b 24,53 thermally regenerative electrochemical cycles (TREC), [25][26][27] vacuum distillation -concentration redox flow battery (VD-CRFB), 21,22 vacuum distillation/membrane distillation -reverse electrodialysis (VD/MD-RED), 54,55 thermolysisreverse electrodialysis (TL-RED), 56 vacuum distillation/membrane distillation-pressure retarded osmosis (VD/MD-PRO), 57,58 thermo-osmosis energy conversion (TOEC), 59 thermally charged batteries including thermally regenerative ammonia battery (TRAB), [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] thermally regenerative copper acetonitrile battery (CuACN). 20 To provide insights for future improvement of power density and higher efficiency, it is important to understand the factors contributing to the overpotential as an irreversible loss. Such irreversible loss is especially important when the flow rate is small, manifested in the clear deviation of the voltage drop from the linear voltage-current ( ) relation at a large discharge current (Figure 5a).…”