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Agarwal H, Roy E, Singh N, Klusener PA, Stephens RM, Zhou QT. Electrode Treatments for Redox Flow Batteries: Translating Our Understanding from Vanadium to Aqueous-Organic. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2307209. [PMID: 37973559 PMCID: PMC10767411 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a promising technology for long-duration energy storage; but they suffer from inefficiencies in part due to the overvoltages at the electrode surface. In this work, more than 70 electrode treatments are reviewed that are previously shown to reduce the overvoltages and improve performance for vanadium RFBs (VRFBs), the most commercialized RFB technology. However, identifying treatments that improve performance the most and whether they are industrially implementable is challenging. This study attempts to address this challenge by comparing treatments under similar operating conditions and accounting for the treatment process complexity. The different treatments are compared at laboratory and industrial scale based on criteria for VRFB performance, treatment stability, economic feasibility, and ease of industrial implementation. Thermal, plasma, electrochemical oxidation, CO2 treatments, as well as Bi, Ag, and Cu catalysts loaded on electrodes are identified as the most promising for adoption in large scale VRFBs. The similarity in electrode treatments for aqueous-organic RFBs (AORFBs) and VRFBs is also identified. The need of standardization in RFBs testing along with fundamental studies to understand charge transfer reactions in redox active species used in RFBs moving forward is emphasized.
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- Harsh Agarwal
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology InstituteUniversity of Michigan Ann ArborAnn ArborMI48109‐2136USA
- Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.3333 Highway 6 SouthHoustonTX77082USA
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Energy Transition Campus AmsterdamGrasweg 31Amsterdam1031 HWThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology InstituteUniversity of Michigan Ann ArborAnn ArborMI48109‐2136USA
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Energy Transition Campus AmsterdamGrasweg 31Amsterdam1031 HWThe Netherlands
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- Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.3333 Highway 6 SouthHoustonTX77082USA
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- Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.3333 Highway 6 SouthHoustonTX77082USA
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Zhai M, Ye J, Jiang Y, Yuan S, Li Y, Liu Y, Dai L, Wang L, He Z. Biomass-derived carbon materials for vanadium redox flow battery: From structure to property. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 651:902-918. [PMID: 37573736 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Biomass-derived carbon (BDC) materials are suitable as electrode or catalyst materials for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), owing to the characteristics of vast material sources, environmental friendliness, and multifarious structures. A timely and comprehensive review of the structure and property significantly facilitates the development of BDC materials. Here, the paper starts with the preparation of biomass materials, including carbonization and activation. It is designed to summarize the lastest developments in BDC materials of VRFB in four different structural dimensions from zero dimension (0D) to three dimension (3D). Every dimension begins with meticulously selected examples to introduce the structural characteristics of materials and then illustrates the improved performance of the VRFB due to the structure. Simultaneously, challenges, solutions, and prospects are indicated for the further development of BDC materials. Overall, this review will help researchers select excellent strategies for the fabrication of BDC materials, thereby facilitating the use of BDC materials in VRFB design.
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- Meixiang Zhai
- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China; Hebei Province Key Laboratory of Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Materials for Environment, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063009, Hebei, China.
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Ding C, Shen Z, Zhu Y, Cheng Y. Insights into the Modification of Carbonous Felt as an Electrode for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:ma16103811. [PMID: 37241437 DOI: 10.3390/ma16103811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) has been regarded as one of the best potential stationary electrochemical storage systems for its design flexibility, long cycle life, high efficiency, and high safety; it is usually utilized to resolve the fluctuations and intermittent nature of renewable energy sources. As one of the critical components of VRFBs to provide the reaction sites for redox couples, an ideal electrode should possess excellent chemical and electrochemical stability, conductivity, and a low price, as well as good reaction kinetics, hydrophilicity, and electrochemical activity, in order to satisfy the requirements for high-performance VRFBs. However, the most commonly used electrode material, a carbonous felt electrode, such as graphite felt (GF) or carbon felt (CF), suffers from relatively inferior kinetic reversibility and poor catalytic activity toward the V2+/V3+ and VO2+/VO2+ redox couples, limiting the operation of VRFBs at low current density. Therefore, modified carbon substrates have been extensively investigated to improve vanadium redox reactions. Here, we give a brief review of recent progress in the modification methods of carbonous felt electrodes, such as surface treatment, the deposition of low-cost metal oxides, the doping of nonmetal elements, and complexation with nanostructured carbon materials. Thus, we give new insights into the relationships between the structure and the electrochemical performance, and provide some perspectives for the future development of VRFBs. Through a comprehensive analysis, it is found that the increase in the surface area and active sites are two decisive factors that enhance the performance of carbonous felt electrodes. Based on the varied structural and electrochemical characterizations, the relationship between the surface nature and electrochemical activity, as well as the mechanism of the modified carbon felt electrodes, is also discussed.
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- Cong Ding
- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Wu D, Wu S, Zhang G, Hui C, Cao D, Guo S, Feng H, Wang Q, Cheng S, Cui P, Yang Z. Boosting Li-O 2 Battery Performance via Coupling of P-N Site-Rich N, P Co-Doped Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets with Nano-CePO 4. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206455. [PMID: 36755193 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Development of efficient and robust cathode catalysts is critical for the commercialization of Li-O2 batteries (LOBs). Herein, a well-designed CePO4 @N-P-CNSs cathode catalyst for LOBs via coupling P-N site-rich N, P co-doped graphene-like carbon nanosheets (N-P-CNSs) with nano-CePO4 via a novel "in situ derivation" coupling strategy by in situ transforming the P atoms of P-C sites in N-P-CNSs to CePO4 is reported. The CePO4 @N-P-CNSs exhibit superior bifunctional ORR/OER activity relative to commercial Pt/C-RuO2 with an overall overpotential of 0.64 V (vs RHE). Moreover, the LOB with CePO4 @N-P-CNSs as the cathode catalyst delivers a low charge overpotential of 0.67 V (vs Li/Li+ ), high discharge capacity of 29774 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 and long cycling stability of 415 cycles, respectively. The remarkably enhanced LOB performance is attributable to the in situ derived CePO4 nanoparticles and the P-N sites in N-P-CNSs, which facilitate increased bifunctional ORR/OER activity, promote the rapid and effective decomposition of Li2 O2 and inhibit the formation of Li2 CO3 . This work may provide new inspiration for designing efficient, durable, and cost-effective cathode catalysts for LOBs.
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- Di Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, Hainan Normal University, Longkunnan Road 99, Haikou, 571158, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Tunxi Road 193, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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Wu X, Xie Z, Zhou H, Xiong Z, Yin X, Tang H, Ma Q, Liao J. Designing high efficiency graphite felt electrode via HNO3 vapor activation towards stable vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Gvozdik NA, Stevenson KJ. In situ spectroelectrochemical Raman studies of vanadyl-ion oxidation mechanisms on carbon paper electrodes for vanadium flow batteries. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dong P, Chen X, Guo M, Wu Z, Wang H, Lin F, Zhang J, Wang S, Zhao C, Sun H. Heterogeneous electro-Fenton catalysis with self-supporting CFP@MnO 2-Fe 3O 4/C cathode for shale gas fracturing flowback wastewater. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 412:125208. [PMID: 33513556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Self-supporting electrodes have triggered great interests in improving electro-Fenton (EF) system for degradation of refractory organic pollutants. In this work, a novel self-supporting carbon fiber paper (CFP) electrode modified by transition metals, e.g. Fe and Mn, was fabricated and employed as a heterogeneous EF cathode. The prepared electrode exhibited excellent degradation for a number of typical organic pollutants along with superior stability. Remarkably, a high removal efficiency was achieved in the EF treatment of shale gas fracturing flowback wastewater. Results indicated that 65.2% TOC and 74.8% COD were eliminated after 4 h degradation. The residual COD value of the real wastewater was 80 mg L-1, meeting the emission requirement of the integrated wastewater discharge standard (COD<100 mg L-1) with a low specific energy consumption of 6.9kWhkg-1COD-1. This work demonstrates a competing alternative for efficient decontamination of real wastewater using an electro-Fenton strategy with a low-cost electrode.
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- Pei Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China.
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
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Bellani S, Najafi L, Prato M, Oropesa-Nuñez R, Martín-García B, Gagliani L, Mantero E, Marasco L, Bianca G, Zappia MI, Demirci C, Olivotto S, Mariucci G, Pellegrini V, Schiavetti M, Bonaccorso F. Graphene-Based Electrodes in a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Produced by Rapid Low-Pressure Combined Gas Plasma Treatments. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2021; 33:4106-4121. [PMID: 34267420 PMCID: PMC8274967 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The development of high-power density vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) with high energy efficiencies (EEs) is crucial for the widespread dissemination of this energy storage technology. In this work, we report the production of novel hierarchical carbonaceous nanomaterials for VRFB electrodes with high catalytic activity toward the vanadium redox reactions (VO2+/VO2 + and V2+/V3+). The electrode materials are produced through a rapid (minute timescale) low-pressure combined gas plasma treatment of graphite felts (GFs) in an inductively coupled radio frequency reactor. By systematically studying the effects of either pure gases (O2 and N2) or their combination at different gas plasma pressures, the electrodes are optimized to reduce their kinetic polarization for the VRFB redox reactions. To further enhance the catalytic surface area of the electrodes, single-/few-layer graphene, produced by highly scalable wet-jet milling exfoliation of graphite, is incorporated into the GFs through an infiltration method in the presence of a polymeric binder. Depending on the thickness of the proton-exchange membrane (Nafion 115 or Nafion XL), our optimized VRFB configurations can efficiently operate within a wide range of charge/discharge current densities, exhibiting energy efficiencies up to 93.9%, 90.8%, 88.3%, 85.6%, 77.6%, and 69.5% at 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, and 300 mA cm-2, respectively. Our technology is cost-competitive when compared to commercial ones (additional electrode costs < 100 € m-2) and shows EEs rivalling the record-high values reported for efficient systems to date. Our work remarks on the importance to study modified plasma conditions or plasma methods alternative to those reported previously (e.g., atmospheric plasmas) to improve further the electrode performances of the current VRFB systems.
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- Sebastiano Bellani
- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- (S.B.)
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Materials
Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano
di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala
University, Box 534, 751
03 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- CIC nanoGUNE, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque, Spain
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- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Department
of Physics, University of Calabria, via P. Bucci cubo 31/C, 87036 Rende, Cosenza, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università
degli Studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genoa, Italy
- NanoChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Wind
Technology Innovation, Enel Global Power
Generation, https://www.enel.com/
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- Storage
and New Business Design, Engineering & Construction, Enel Green Power S.p.A., https://www.enel.com/
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Thermal &
Industry 4.0 Innovation, Enel Global Power
Generation, https://www.enel.com/
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- BeDimensional
S.p.a., Via Lungotorrente
secca 3D, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Labs, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- (F.B.)
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Dong P, Wang H, Liu W, Wang S, Wang Y, Zhang J, Lin F, Wang Y, Zhao C, Duan X, Wang S, Sun H. Quasi-MOF derivative-based electrode for efficient electro-Fenton oxidation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123423. [PMID: 32763710 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developing efficient and robust materials for emerging electrodegradation of organic pollutants has attracted broad interests. In this study, a novel controlled pyrolysis approach was employed to fabricate a quasi-MOF derivative-based electrode by pyrolyzing MIL-101(Fe) anchored on a polyaniline-modified carbon fiber paper at 400 °C. The construction of the accessible Fe-O sites, and the in situ generation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles with graphene-like carbon layers coated, would enhance the electro-Fenton activity of the electrode, which was used as the cathode. The results showed that 100 % of 50 mg L-1 p-nitrophenol and 52 % total organic carbon were removed in 120 min under a current density of 5 mA cm-2, suggesting that the prepared electrode had a more efficient mineralization current efficiency and less energy consumption compared with electrodes before pyrolysis. Notably, the stability of the electrode was greatly improved, maintaining its outstanding performance even after ten runs. The plausible reaction mechanism and degradation pathway were also proposed. This new pyrolysis strategy is expected to serve as a paradigm for designing efficient electrode in electro-Fenton remediation field.
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- Pei Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China; School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
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Li Q, Bai A, Xue Z, Zheng Y, Sun H. Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene composite electrode with high electrocatalytic activity for vanadium redox flow battery application. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Anarghya D, Anantha M, Venkatesh K, Santosh M, Priya MG, Muralidhara H. Bermuda grass derived nitrogen-doped carbon as electrocatalyst in graphite felt electrode to increase the efficiency of all‑iron redox flow batteries. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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LI R, SATO Y. Recent Development of Carbon-based Electrode for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.20-64076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Risheng LI
- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
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- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Zhang L, Yue J, Deng Q, Ling W, Zhou CJ, Zeng XX, Zhou C, Wu XW, Wu Y. Preparation of a porous graphite felt electrode for advance vanadium redox flow batteries. RSC Adv 2020; 10:13374-13378. [PMID: 35493023 PMCID: PMC9051378 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra00666a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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.
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- Lei Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang Hunan 414006 China .,School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy ofSciences (CAS) Beijing 100190 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang Hunan 414006 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hunan Agricultural University Changsha Hunan 410128 China .,College of Energy and Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Jiangsu 211816 China
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Zhao K, Liu S, Ye G, Wei X, Su Y, Zhu W, Zhou Z, He Z. Ultrasmall 2 D Co x Zn 2-x (Benzimidazole) 4 Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets and their Derived Co Nanodots@Co,N-Codoped Graphene for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:1556-1567. [PMID: 31691474 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201902776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
The development of nonprecious metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) materials with efficient metal utilization and abundant active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great significance for fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Ultrasmall 2 D Cox Zn2-x (benzimidazole)4 [Cox Zn2-x (bim)4 ] bimetallic metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheets (≈2 nm thick) are synthesized by a novel bottom-up strategy and then thermally converted into a core-shell structure of sub-5 nm Co nanodots (NDs) wrapped with 2 to 5 layers of Co,N-codoped graphene (Co@FLG). The size of the Co NDs in Co@FLG could be precisely controlled by the Co/Zn ratio in the Cox Zn2-x (bim)4 nanosheet. As an ORR electrocatalyst, the optimized Co@FLG exhibits an excellent half-wave potential of 0.841 V (vs. RHE), a high limiting current density of 6.42 mA cm-2 , and great stability in alkaline electrolyte. Co@FLG also has great ORR performance in neutral electrolyte, as well as in Mg-air batteries. The experimental studies and DFT calculations reveal that the high performance of Co@FLG is mainly attributed to its great O2 absorptivity, which is endowed by the abundant Co-Nx and pyridinic-N in the FLG shell and the strong electron-donating ability from the Co ND core to the FLG shell. This elevates the eg orbital energy of CoII and lowers the activation energy for breaking the O=O/O-O bonds. This work sheds light on the design and fabrication of 2 D MOFs and MOF-derived M-N-C materials for energy storage and conversion applications.
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- Kuangmin Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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Zhang L, Ma Q, Hu J, Liu J, Deng Q, Ning P, Zhou C, Wu X, Wu Y. Enhancing the Catalytic Kinetics of Electrodes by using a Multidimensional Carbon Network for Applications in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201902131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Lei Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang 414006 China
- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang 414006 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan Institute of Science and Technology Yueyang 414006 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHunan Agricultural University Changsha 410128 China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering & School of Energy Science and EngineeringNanjing Tech University Nanjing Nanjing 211816 China
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Cheng D, Li Y, Han C, He Z, Zhu J, Dai L, Meng W, Wang L. Endowing electrospun carbon fiber with excellent electrocatalytic properties towards VO2+/VO2+ redox reaction for vanadium redox flow battery by in situ iridium decoration. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.124137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Steldinger H, Esposito A, Brunnengräber K, Gläsel J, Etzold BJM. Activated Carbon in the Third Dimension-3D Printing of a Tuned Porous Carbon. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1901340. [PMID: 31592426 PMCID: PMC6774063 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A method for obtaining hierarchically structured porous carbons, employing 3D printing to control the structure down to the lower µm scale, is presented. To successfully 3D print a polymer precursor and transfer it to a highly stable and structurally conformal carbon material, stereolithography 3D printing and photoinduced copolymerization of pentaerythritol tetraacrylate and divinylbenzene are employed. Mechanically stable structures result and a resolution of ≈15 µm is demonstrated. This approach can be combined with liquid porogen templating to control the amount and size (up to ≈100 nm) of transport pores in the final carbonaceous material. Additional CO2 activation enables high surface area materials (up to 2200 m2 g-1) that show the 3D printing controlled µm structure and nm sized transport pores. This unique flexibility holds promise for the identification of optimal carbonaceous structures for energy application, catalysis, and adsorption.
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- Hendryk Steldinger
- Ernst‐Berl‐Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare ChemieTechnische Universität Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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- Ernst‐Berl‐Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare ChemieTechnische Universität Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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- Ernst‐Berl‐Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare ChemieTechnische Universität Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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- Ernst‐Berl‐Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare ChemieTechnische Universität Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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- Ernst‐Berl‐Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare ChemieTechnische Universität Darmstadt64287DarmstadtGermany
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ZrO2 nanoparticle embedded carbon nanofibers by electrospinning technique as advanced negative electrode materials for vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Xu A, Shi L, Zeng L, Zhao T. First-principle investigations of nitrogen-, boron-, phosphorus-doped graphite electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.01.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Carbonized tubular polypyrrole with a high activity for the Br2/Br− redox reaction in zinc-bromine flow batteries. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pasala V, Ramavath JN, He C, Ramani VK, Ramanujam K. N‐ and P‐co‐doped Graphite Felt Electrode for Improving Positive Electrode Chemistry of the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Vasudevarao Pasala
- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Tamilnadu-600036
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Tamilnadu-600036
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- Department of EnergyEnvironmental and Chemical EngineeringWashington University in St. Louis USA
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- Department of EnergyEnvironmental and Chemical EngineeringWashington University in St. Louis USA
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He Z, Li M, Li Y, Zhu J, Jiang Y, Meng W, Zhou H, Wang L, Dai L. Flexible electrospun carbon nanofiber embedded with TiO2 as excellent negative electrode for vanadium redox flow battery. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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He Z, Jiang Y, Zhu J, Wang H, Li Y, Zhou H, Meng W, Dai L, Wang L. N-doped carbon coated LiTi2(PO4)3 as superior anode using PANi as carbon and nitrogen bi-sources for aqueous lithium ion battery. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.05.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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