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Carbonized Tubular Polypyrrole with a High Activity for The Br2/Br− Redox Reaction in Zinc-bromine Flow Batteries
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Zinc-bromine flow batteries have been regarded as one of the most promising technologies for large-scale energy storage. However, the widespread application of this technology is still hindered by its low power density, primarily resulting from a large polarization in the Br2/Br− electrode. In this work, carbonized tubular polypyrrole with abundant nitrogen- and oxygen-containing functional groups is synthesized and, for the first time, applied to a zinc-bromine flow battery as a positive electrode material. Experimental results unravel that carbonized tubular polypyrrole exhibits a high activity toward the Br2/Br− redox reaction, and enables the zinc-bromine flow battery to be operated at a current density of 80 mA cm−2 with a high energy efficiency of 76.0%. In contrast, the battery with the pristine graphite felt electrode can only output an energy efficiency of 69.4% at the same current density. In addition, no degradation is observed for the zinc-bromine flow battery equipped with carbonized tubular polypyrrole for 100 cycles. These superior results suggest that carbonized tubular polypyrrole is a promising positive electrode material for zinc-bromine flow batteries. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1110546052
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource