Issue 23, 2020

Preparation of a porous graphite felt electrode for advance vanadium redox flow batteries

Abstract

Rapid mass transfer and great electrochemical activity have become the critical points for designing electrodes in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). In this research, we show a porous graphite felt (GF@P) electrode to improve the electrochemical properties of VRFBs. The generation of pores on graphite felt electrodes is based on etching effects of iron to carbon. The voltage and energy efficiencies of VRFB based on the GF@P electrode can reach 72.6% and 70.7% at a current density of 200 mA cm−2, respectively, which are 8.3% and 7.9% better than that of untreated GF@U (graphite felt). Further, the VRFBs based on GF@P electrodes possess supreme stability after over 500 charge–discharge cycles at 200 mA cm−2. The high-efficiency approach reported in this study offers a new strategy for designing high-performance electrode materials applied in VRFBs.

Graphical abstract: Preparation of a porous graphite felt electrode for advance vanadium redox flow batteries

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 jan 2020
Accepted
07 mar 2020
First published
01 apr 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 13374-13378

Preparation of a porous graphite felt electrode for advance vanadium redox flow batteries

L. Zhang, J. Yue, Q. Deng, W. Ling, C. Zhou, X. Zeng, C. Zhou, X. Wu and Y. Wu, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13374 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00666A

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