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Doǧan H, Taş M, Meşeli T, Elden G, GENC G. Review on the Applications of Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:34310-34327. [PMID: 37779984 PMCID: PMC10534911 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
The development of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) requires the exploration of effective and affordable electrodes. In order to increase the electrochemical activity of these electrodes and decrease the polarizations, they are doped with an electrocatalyst. In this context, the use of biomass-derived materials as electrocatalysts in VRFBs has received much attention recently due to their widespread availability, renewable nature, low cost, and high energy efficiency. This paper aims to review the synthesis methods of biomass-derived carbon materials and their applications in VRFBs. In line with this aim, recent developments in carbon-based electrode modification methods and their electrochemical performance in VRFBs are summarized. The studies show that porous carbon electrocatalysts increase energy efficiency by reducing overpotentials and improving electrocatalytic activation. In addition, it is thought that biomass carbon doped electrocatalysts can improve the hydrophilicity of the electrodes, the transfer of vanadium ions, and the reaction kinetics. The highest charge voltage decrease rate of 8.61% was obtained in the Scaphium scaphigerum, whereas the highest discharge voltage increase rate of 14.29% was observed in the twin cocoon, as in all reviewed studies. Furthermore, the maximum energy efficiency (75%) was achieved in a VRFB equipped with an electrode doped with carbon derived from Scaphium scaphigerum and cuttlefish. It can be concluded from the reviewed studies that the electrochemical performances of electrodes doped with biomass-derived carbons in VRFBs are more effective than those of the bare electrodes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hilal Doǧan
- Energy
Systems Engineering Program, Graduate School of Natural and Applied
Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Electrochemical
Storage and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Department
of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Energy
Systems Engineering Program, Graduate School of Natural and Applied
Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Electrochemical
Storage and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Energy
Systems Engineering Program, Graduate School of Natural and Applied
Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Electrochemical
Storage and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Department
of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Energy
Conversions Research and Application Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Electrochemical
Storage and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Department
of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Energy
Conversions Research and Application Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
- Electrochemical
Storage and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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Zheng Q, Zhang Y, Xue N. Enhancing effect of vanadium releasing efficiently from lattice in black shale by thermal activation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lv Y, Yang Y, Gao J, Li J, Zhu W, Dai L, Liu Y, Wang L, He Z. Controlled synthesis of carbon nanonetwork wrapped graphite felt electrodes for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhao Y, Li Y, Ihsan-Ul-Haq M, Mubarak N, Xu M, Qin X, Zhao TS, Kim JK. Highly porous carbon nanofiber electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:5804-5813. [PMID: 35352708 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr08376g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electrochemical performance of carbon nanofiber (CNF) electrodes in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) is enhanced by optimizing the morphological and physical properties of low-cost electrospun CNFs. The surface area, porosity and electrical conductivity of CNFs are tailored by modifying the precursor composition, especially the sacrificing agent, Fe(acac)3, in the polymer precursor and carbonization temperature. A highly porous structure with a large surface area is generated by the catalytic growth of graphitic carbon spheres surrounding the iron nanoparticles which are removed by an acid etching process. The graphitic carbon layers formed at a high carbonization temperature improve the electrical conductivity of CNFs. The large surface area of 349 m2 g-1 together with the abundant mesopore-dominant structure leads to high wettability and high activity for redox reactions of the electrode, giving rise to enhanced electrochemical performance in VRFBs. It delivers an energy efficiency (EE) of 91.4% at a current density of 20 mA cm-2 and 79.3% at 100 mA cm-2, and maintains an average EE of 72.5% after 500 charge/discharge cycles at 100 mA cm-2.
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- Yunhe Zhao
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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Jing M, Qi X, An X, Ma X, Fang D, Fan X, Liu J, Yan C. A feasible strategy to enhance mass transfer property of carbon nanofibers electrode in vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Li K, Jiang Y, Zhang R, Ren S, Feng X, Xue J, Zhang T, Zhang Z, He Z, Dai L, Wang L. Oxygen vacancy and size controlling endow tin dioxide with remarked electrocatalytic performances towards vanadium redox reactions. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cheng D, Tian M, Wang B, Zhang J, Chen J, Feng X, He Z, Dai L, Wang L. One-step activation of high-graphitization N-doped porous biomass carbon as advanced catalyst for vanadium redox flow battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 572:216-226. [PMID: 32244082 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this paper, we reported a one-step activation strategy to prepare highly graphitized N-doped porous carbon materials (KDC-FAC) derived from biomass, and adopted ferric ammonium citrate (FAC) as active agent. At high temperature, FAC was decomposed into Fe- and NH3-based materials, further increasing graphitization degree, introducing N-containing functional groups and forming porous structure. KDC-FAC has superior electrocatalytic activity and stability towards V2+/V3+ and VO2+/VO2+ redox reactions. High graphitization degree can enhance the conductivity of carbon material, and porous structure is conducive to increase reaction area of vanadium redox couples. Moreover, N-containing functional groups are beneficial to improve the electrode wettability and serve as active sites. The single cell tests demonstrate that KDC-FAC modified cell exhibits good adaptability under high current density and superb stability in cycling test. Compared with pristine cell, the energy efficiency of KDC-FAC modified cell is increased by 9% at 150 mA cm-2. This biomass-derived carbon-based material proposed in our work is expected to be an excellent catalyst for vanadium redox flow battery.
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- Dixuan Cheng
- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, China.
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