Methodology for fast testing of carbon-based nanostructured 3D electrodes in vanadium redox flow battery

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144681" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144681</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Methodology for fast testing of carbon-based nanostructured 3D electrodes in vanadium redox flow battery

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Progress in material chemistry is manifested daily by the variety of prepared functional materials, often with nanodimensional structuring. The electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries have been shown to benefit from incorporating nanostructured materials such as carbon nanotubes. However, the methods of such incorporation are far from optimal, relying mainly on physical deposition or insertion into a binder. Here, we describe a technique for integrating carbon-based rod-like nanomaterials into a vanadium redox flow battery and a methodology for fast nanomaterial performance testing. The technique is based on creating a fixed nanomaterial bed sandwiched between two graphite felt electrodes, forming a 3D flow-through electrode in the battery. Performing various positive and negative control experiments, we show the beneficial effect of a nanostructured bed on the primary battery characteristics obtained from short-term electrochemical experiments. We characterize carbon nanotubes exhibiting promising electrochemical behavior in vanadium electrolytes, as observed in our previous study. The load curves obtained from charge-discharge steps at various current densities and electrolyte flow rates revealed considerable differences in the performance of the tested materials, with fewwalled carbon nanotubes reaching unsurpassable characteristics. At room temperature, with 50 %-SOC-working solutions and the highest tested linear velocity of 14.6 cm/min, the evaluated power density for this material reached values above 500 mW/cm2. For comparison, thermally treated graphite felt, used as a benchmark material, provided a power density of around 300 mW/cm2 under identical conditions. Although developed for vanadium redox flow batteries, the method enables testing tube-like and rod-like (nano-)materials for flow electrochemical systems.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Methodology for fast testing of carbon-based nanostructured 3D electrodes in vanadium redox flow battery

Popis výsledku anglicky

Progress in material chemistry is manifested daily by the variety of prepared functional materials, often with nanodimensional structuring. The electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries have been shown to benefit from incorporating nanostructured materials such as carbon nanotubes. However, the methods of such incorporation are far from optimal, relying mainly on physical deposition or insertion into a binder. Here, we describe a technique for integrating carbon-based rod-like nanomaterials into a vanadium redox flow battery and a methodology for fast nanomaterial performance testing. The technique is based on creating a fixed nanomaterial bed sandwiched between two graphite felt electrodes, forming a 3D flow-through electrode in the battery. Performing various positive and negative control experiments, we show the beneficial effect of a nanostructured bed on the primary battery characteristics obtained from short-term electrochemical experiments. We characterize carbon nanotubes exhibiting promising electrochemical behavior in vanadium electrolytes, as observed in our previous study. The load curves obtained from charge-discharge steps at various current densities and electrolyte flow rates revealed considerable differences in the performance of the tested materials, with fewwalled carbon nanotubes reaching unsurpassable characteristics. At room temperature, with 50 %-SOC-working solutions and the highest tested linear velocity of 14.6 cm/min, the evaluated power density for this material reached values above 500 mW/cm2. For comparison, thermally treated graphite felt, used as a benchmark material, provided a power density of around 300 mW/cm2 under identical conditions. Although developed for vanadium redox flow batteries, the method enables testing tube-like and rod-like (nano-)materials for flow electrochemical systems.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20401 - Chemical engineering (plants, products)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_025%2F0007445" target="_blank" >EF16_025/0007445: Baterie na bázi organických redoxních látek pro energetiku tradičních i obnovitelných zdrojů.</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

ISSN

0013-4686

e-ISSN

1873-3859

Svazek periodika

498

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

144681

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001269005600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85197771952