Citation: XIAO Qin-Hao, WANG Lei, LI Dan, JING Wen-Heng. CdO-Modified Graphite Felt as a High-Performance Negative Electrode for a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2019, 35(9): 1678-1686. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2019.200 shu

CdO-Modified Graphite Felt as a High-Performance Negative Electrode for a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

XIAO Qin-Hao ¹ ,
WANG Lei ¹ ,
LI Dan ² ,
JING Wen-Heng ^1,,

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State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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Jiangsu Jiayi Thermal Power Co., Ltd., Changzhou, Jiangsu 213200, China

Corresponding author: JING Wen-Heng, jingwh@njtech.edu.cn
Received Date: 25 February 2019
Revised Date: 5 July 2019

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To improve the electrocatalytic activity of pristine graphite felt (GF) towards the V³⁺/V²⁺ redox couple and reduce the impact of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on battery performance, in this study, cadmium oxide (CdO) nanoparticles were loaded onto the surface of graphite felt fibers by the hydrothermal method to prepare a high-performance negative electrode of a VRFB. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that CdO nanoparticles were uniformly loaded on the surface of graphite felt fibers; Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results indicated that the activity of HER was significantly inhibited by the presence of CdO. Furthermore, the electrochemical activity and reversibility of cadmium-doped graphite felt (CdO/GF) for the V³⁺/V²⁺ redox reaction were significantly improved, and the charge transfer resistance was also significantly reduced as compared with GF. In a single-cell test, compared to GF, the discharge capacity attenuation rate of CdO/GF significantly decreased, the voltage efficiency and energy efficiency of CdO/GF were enhanced by approximately 5% at a current density of 90 mA·cm^-2. Moreover, the catalytic performance of CdO/GF showed good stability during constant current 100 charge-discharge tests.
- vanadium redox flow battery,
- graphite felt,
- cadmium oxide,
- negative electrode,
- hydrogen evolution reaction
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