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- The study focuses on improving the electrocatalytic reactions in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) through advanced electrode designs, specifically a carbon fiber system with a unique distribution of heteroatoms.
- This design enhances electronic conductivity and accelerates reaction rates, as demonstrated by density functional theory calculations and practical testing.
- The resulting electrodes show exceptional performance, maintaining 98.3% energy efficiency after 1000 cycles, highlighting the importance of innovative electrode development for long-lasting VRFBs.
Article 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 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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