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Unveiling the Role of Heteroatom Gradient-Distributed Carbon Fibers for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries with Long
Xiong-Wei Wu1, Qi Deng1, Chang Peng1
1College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Science , Hunan Agricultural University , Changsha , Hunan 410128 , P. R. China.
Abstract:
The fundamental understanding of electrocatalytic reaction process is anticipated to guide electrode upgradation and acquirement of high-performance vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). Herein, a carbon fiber prototype system with a heteroatom gradient distribution has been developed with enlarged interlayer spacing and a high graphitization that improve the electronic conductivity and accelerate the electrocatalytic reaction, and the mechanism by which gradient-distributed heteroatoms enhance vanadium redox reactions was elucidated with the assistance of density functional theory calculations. All these contributions endow the obtained electrode prominent redox reversibility and durability with only 1.7% decay in energy efficiency over 1000 cycles at 150 mA cm-2 in the VRFBs. Our work sheds light on the significance of elaborated electrode design and impels the in-depth investigation of VRFBs with long service life.
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