3D Carbon Nanonetwork Coated Composite Electrode with Multi-Heteroatom Doping for High-Rate Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Overview

Journal Polymers (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2022 Dec 11

PMID 36501663

Authors

Wei Ling

Xiongwei Wu

Funian Mo

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Abstract

With the advantages of benign mechanical property, electrochemical stability, and low cost, graphite fibers (GFs) have been widely used as electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). However, GFs usually possess inferior electrochemical activity and ion diffusion kinetics for electrode reaction, vastly limiting their application in VRFBs. Here, a 3D carbon nanonetwork coated GFs with multi-heteroatom doping was constructed for application in VRFBs via low temperature polymerization between linear polymer monomer and phytic acid, and subsequent carbonization (900 °C) on the GFs (GF@PCNs-900). Benefiting from the 3D structural features and multi-heteroatom doping (O, N and P), the composite electrode displayed sufficient diffusion of vanadium ions, rapid electron conduction, and highly enhanced electrochemical activity of reactive site on the electrodes. As a result, the GF@PCNs-900 delivered a high discharge capacity of 21 Ah L and energy efficiency of above 70% with extraordinary stability during 200 cycles at 200 mA cm. Even at a huge current density of 400 mA cm, the GF@PCNs-900 still maintained a discharge capacity of 5.0 Ah L, indicating an excellent rate of performance for VRFBs. Such design strategy opens up a clear view for further development of energy storage field.

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