Charge–discharge performance of carbon fiber-based electrodes in single cell and short stack for vanadium redox flow battery

A. Di Blasi, N. Briguglio, O. Di Blasi and V. Antonucci

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 125, issue C, 114-122

Abstract: Electrode materials, having a different graphitic character, are investigated by using a zero-gap flow field cell configuration for vanadium redox flow battery applications (VRFBs). Carbon felt (CF) and carbon paper (CP) are used as electrodes for the membrane–electrode assemblies (MEAs) realization. The samples are electrochemically characterized both as-received and after chemical treatment by using a 5cm2 single cell. A Nafion 117 membrane is used as polymer electrolyte separators. A MEAs scale-up from 5 to 25cm2 is carried out in order to assembly a 3-cells short stack in series connected. Charge–discharge cycles are carried out both in a small area single cell and in a 3-cells short stack for all samples. CF treated and untreated samples show SOC values of 45% vs. 22% at 60mAcm−2, respectively. After the chemical treatment, the worst performance of the CF sample is attributed to the mass transport issues due to the beginning of corrosion phenomena. On the contrary, CP treated electrode shows a better energy efficiency values than raw sample (72% vs. 67% at 60mAcm−2) without any morphology change on the electrode surface. A proper stack assembly and flow field scale-up record similar performance to the small single cell configuration.

Keywords: Vanadium redox flow battery; Carbon felt; Carbon paper; Zero-gap flow field cell design; Short stack (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.043

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