June 22, 2016
Journal Article

Tunable oxygen functional groups as electro-catalysts on graphite felt surfaces for all vanadium flow batteries

Abstract

We decorated the surfaces of graphite felts with some oxygen-containing functional groups, such as C-OH, O=C and HO-C=O. And the mole ratios and amounts of these functional groups were effectively adjusted on the graphite surface by a particular method. The catalytic effects of amounts and mole ratio of different kinds of functional groups on VRB electrode performances were investigated in detail.

Revised: August 9, 2016 | Published: June 22, 2016

Citation

Estevez L., D.M. Reed, Z. Nie, A.M. Schwarz, M.I. Nandasiri, J.P. Kizewski, and W. Wang, et al. 2016. Tunable oxygen functional groups as electro-catalysts on graphite felt surfaces for all vanadium flow batteries. ChemSusChem 9, no. 12:1455-1461. PNNL-SA-113820. doi:10.1002/cssc.201600198