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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2009.12.3.263

Effect of Carbon Felt Oxidation Methods on the Electrode Performance of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery  

Ha, Dal-Yong (Department of chemical and biological engineering, Korea university)
Kim, Sang-Kyung (Fuel cell research center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Jung, Doo-Hwan (Fuel cell research center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Lim, Seong-Yop (Fuel cell research center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Peck, Dong-Hyun (Fuel cell research center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Lee, Byung-Rok (Fuel cell research center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Lee, Kwan-Young (Department of chemical and biological engineering, Korea university)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.12, no.3, 2009 , pp. 263-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
Carbon felt surface was modified by heat or acid treatment in order to use for the electrode of a redox-flow battery. Polymers on the surface of carbon felt was removed and oxygen-containing functional group was attached after the thermal treatment of carbon felt. Thermal treatment was better for the stability of the carbon structure than the acid treatment. Oxygen-containing functional group on the thermally treated carbon felt at 500$^{\circ}C$ was confirmed by XPS and elementary analysis. BET surface area was increased from nearly zero to 96 $m^2/g$. Thermally treated carbon felt at 500$^{\circ}C$ showed lower activation polarization than the thermally treated carbon felt at 400$^{\circ}C$ and the acid-treated carbon felt in the cyclicvoltammetry and polarization experiments. The thermally treated carbon felts at 400$^{\circ}C$ and 500$^{\circ}C$ and the acid-treated carbon felt was applied for the electrode to prepare vanadium redox flow battery. Voltage efficiencies of charge/discharge were 86.6%, 89.6%, and 96.9% for the thermally treated carbon felts at 400$^{\circ}C$ and 500$^{\circ}C$ and the acid-treated carbon felt, respectively.
Keywords
Vanadium Redox-flow Battery (VRB); Carbon felt; Thermal treatment; Acid treatment;
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