简介:Carbonclothmodifiedbyhydrothermaltreatmentinammoniawaterisdevelopedasthepositiveelectrodewithhighelectrochemicalperformanceforvanadiumredoxflowbatteries.TheSEMshowsthatthetreatmenthasnoobviousinfluenceonthemorphologyofcarboncloth.XPSmeasurementsindicatethatthenitrogenousfunctionalgroupscanbeintroducedonthesurfaceofcarbonclothsuccessfully.TheelectrochemicalperformanceofV(IV)/V(V)redoxcoupleonthepreparedelectrodeisevaluatedwithcyclicvoltammetryandlinearsweepvoltammetrymeasurements.TheN-dopedcarbonclothexhibitsoutstandingelectrochemicalactivityandreversibilitytowardV(IV)/V(V)redoxcouple.TherateconstantofV(IV)/V(V)redoxreactiononcarbonclothcanincreaseto2.27×10-4cm/sfrom1.47×10-4cm/safternitrogendoping.ThecellusingN-dopedcarbonclothaspositiveelectrodehaslargerdischargecapacityandhigherenergyefficiencycomparedwiththecellusingpristinecarboncloth.TheaverageenergyefficiencyofthecellusingN-dopedcarbonclothfor50cyclesat30mA/cm2is87.8%,4.3%largerthanthatofthecellusingpristinecarboncloth.ItindicatesthattheN-dopedcarbonclothhasapromiseapplicationprospectinvanadiumredoxflowbatteries.
简介:Forthefirsttime,WO2.72nanowireswerein-situgrownoncarbonclothbyasimplesolvothermalreaction.ThenanowireWO2.72/carboncloth(NWWO2.72/CC)electrodeshowedgoodelectrochemicalperformancewithspecificcapacitance(Cs)reachingupto398Fg-1atacurrentdensityof2Ag-1.Thecapacitanceof240Fg-1wasretainedatahighcurrentdensityof16Ag-1.Tofurtherevaluatetheenergystorageperformance,flexibleasymmetricsupercapacitors(FASCs)werefabricatedusingtheactivatedcarbon/carboncloth(AC/CC)asnegativeelectrodeandNWWO2.72/CCaspositiveelectrode,respectively.TheFASCsdeliveredahighenergydensityof28Whkg-1atapowerdensityof745Wkg-1and13Whkg-1evenatahighpowerdensityof22.5kWkg-1.Moreimpressively,81%ofthespecificcapacitanceoftheFASCswasretainedafter10,000cycles,indicatingexcellentcyclestability.ThisworkindicatestheNWWO2.72/CCholdsagreatpotentialforapplicationinenergystoragedevices.