多硫化钠/溴液流储能电池负极材料的研究

在常规玻璃三电极池中用稳态极化法研究了铁、钴、镍、铅及石墨在 1. 3mol·L-1Na2S4水溶液中的极化行为, 测定了不同材料的交换电流密度.以泡沫镍、镀镍或镀钴碳毡为负极,聚丙腈碳毡为正极组成电池测试了常温下电池的能量效率及循环性能.结果表明:泡沫镍及镀镍或钴的碳毡可做电池负极材料;充放电电流密度为30mA/cm2时,电池的能量效率约 80 %;电池循环性能较好.     

钒液流电池用碳纸电极改性的研究

采用红外光谱和扫描电镜等手段研究了浓硫酸处理前、后碳纸的表面结构和形貌的变化。并将这类碳纸用作全钒液流氧化还原电池电极材料,对其电化学性能进行了详细研究。结果表明通过酸处理,碳纸表面有-COOH官能团生成,其电化学活性增强。酸处理后的碳纸电极组装成的电池在电流密度20 mA·cm^-2时有良好充放电性能,平均电流和电压效率达到95%和82%。     

液流电池正极活性物质钛铁试剂初探

应用循环伏安法研究钛铁试剂(4,5-二羟基-1,3-苯二磺酸钠)电对(石墨基底)在水溶液中的电化学行为.实验表明,溶液pH<4时,该试剂的氧化还原反应电位较高,可逆性好.以其作正极与V(III)/V(II)负极组成液流电池,在硫酸介质中,充放电库仑效率可达90%以上,而且循环寿命较好,性能衰减小,具备作为液流电池正极活性物质的可行性.     

全钒氧化还原液流电池用石墨毡电极的分步氧化活化

石墨毡电极是组成钒电池的关键材料,其较低的电化学活性是造成钒电池功率密度较低的关键因素之一. 本论文采用一种简便的石墨毡电极分步氧化活化法,先将石墨毡在高锰酸钾溶液中进行氧化,后置于活化溶液中激发其反应活性. 通过对处理后的石墨毡进行循环伏安、交流阻抗测试、XPS以及SEM表征,发现氧化时间和活化溶液组成是影响电极性能的因素,在本文中,先经过3天氧化时间,后在配比为3:1的活化溶液中处理的电极,较其他方法处理的电极,电荷传递电阻明显降低,其与溶液之间的接触电阻最低,为7.33 Ω·cm ²,氧化还原峰值比更接近于1,有效提高了反应的活性与可逆性,经X射线光电子能谱分析发现性能提高的原因与表面含氧官能团数目增加有关. 单电池性能测试结果进一步证实,利用该方法处理的石墨毡为电极的单电池,较未经处理的电池相比性能更优,有更高的放电容量和能量效率,在100 mA·cm ^-2电流密度下,能量效率较未处理电极高出7.47%. 与热处理法、酸处理法及电化学氧化法相比较,该方法不需要辅助设备,不消耗能源.     

氧化镉改性石墨毡作为高性能的钒电池负极

为了提高原始石墨毡(GF)对V3+/V2+氧化还原反应的电催化活性和降低析氢反应对电池性能的影响,本文采用水热法将氧化镉(CdO)纳米颗粒负载于石墨毡表面,制备出改性石墨毡(CdO/GF)作为高性能的钒电池负极。通过扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射分析(XRD)进行表面形貌和物相分析得出:CdO纳米颗粒均匀负载于石墨毡纤维表面;线性扫描伏安法(LSV)、循环伏安测试(CV)、交流阻抗谱测试(EIS)表明:相对于GF,CdO/GF有效抑制了析氢反应的活性,CdO/GF对于V3+/V2+氧化还原反应的电化学活性和可逆性有显著的提高,电荷转移阻抗也有明显的减小;单电池测试中,对比GF,CdO/GF的放电容量衰减速率有显著的下降,在90 mA·cm-2的电流密度下的电压效率和能量效率提高了约5%。在多次充放电循环过程中,CdO/GF的催化性能显示出良好的稳定性。     

全钒氧化还原液流电池Nafion/SiO_2复合膜的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备Nafion117/SiO2复合膜.工艺研究表明:复合膜制备过程中,加入的MeOH与TEOS比例基本不影响复合膜的阻钒性能.但如以水解时间10 min,水解完成后自然晾干24 h制备的复合膜,则其VO2+的渗透率最低,为4.27×10-9cm2/s,比Nafion117膜的渗透率降低了52倍.SEM测试表明,经自然晾干的复合膜,其中SiO2晶粒长大,并填充了Nafion膜中大部分的孔洞.以其作隔膜组装全钒氧化还原液流电池(单电池),测试表明膜掺杂后电池的电力效率提高2.7%.     

金属有机框架衍生的高性能锂离子电池负极Co3O4/C复合材料

为克服Co_3O_4负极材料导电率低、循环稳定性差的缺点,选择Co_2(NDC)_2DMF_2(NDC=1,4-萘二甲酸根)为前驱体采用两步煅烧工艺,制备了具有高碳含量的Co_3O_4/C复合材料。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和拉曼光谱对样品进行了表征。采用热重分析法(TGA)测定了Co_3O_4/C中非晶态碳的含量。作为锂离子电池的负极材料,Co_3O_4/C具有高的可逆比容量、优异的循环性能(在200 m A·g~(-1)的电流密度下,循环200圈后放电比容量稳定保持在1 000 mAh·g~(-1))和良好的倍率性能(在100、200、500、1 000和2 000 mA·g~(-1)的电流密度下,放电比容量为分别1 076.3、976.2、872.9、783.6和670.1 mAh·g~(-1))。材料优异的电化学性能归结为有机配体衍生的高含量非晶态碳的导电和缓冲作用有利于电子的快速传递并有效减缓了金属氧化物充放电过程中的体积膨胀。     

BaFeSi/C复合物作为锂离子电池负极材料的研究

采用机械球磨法制备BaFeSi/C复合物,并考察了其作为锂离子电池负极材料的电化学性能.结果表明,这种复合材料具有较高的初始放电容量、合适的充放电平台和良好的循环可逆性.XRD和XPS研究证明:BaFeSi/C复合物循环性能的提高主要源于惰性导电组分FeSi2、BaSi2和外层石墨骨架的协同作用,它们的存在不仅有效地缓冲了活性组分硅的体积变化,同时在很大程度上增强了复合材料的电子导电性和离子导电性.     

全钒液流电池高浓度下V(IV)/V(V)的电极过程研究

采用循环伏安、低速线性扫描和阻抗技术, 以石墨为电极, 研究了V(IV)/V(V)在较高浓度下的电极过程. 结果表明, 采用2.0 mol•L-1 的V(IV)溶液时, H2SO4浓度低于2 mol•L-1, V(IV)/V(V)反应极化大, 可逆性差, 表现为电化学和扩散混合控制; H2SO4浓度增至2 mol•L-1以上, V(IV)/V(V)反应的可逆性提高, 转为扩散控制, 且增加H2SO4浓度有利于阻抗的降低; 但H2SO4浓度超过3 mol•L-1, 溶液的粘度和传质阻力大, 阻抗反而增大. 在3 mol•L-1的H2SO4中, 随着V(IV)浓度的增加, 体系的可逆性和动力学改善, 阻抗减小; 但V(IV)浓度超过2.0 mol•L-1, 较高的溶液粘度导致溶液的传质阻力迅速增加, V(IV)/ V(V)的电化学性能衰减, 阻抗增大. 因此, 综合考虑电极反应动力学和电池的能量密度两因素, V(IV)溶液的最佳浓度为1.5～2.0 mol•L-1, H2SO4浓度为3 mol•L-1.     

基于磷钨酸功能化纳米纤维的超高质子/钒选择性的聚苯并咪唑膜在全钒液流电池中的应用

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) is a key component of vanadium redox flow battery (VRB), and its proton/vanadium selectivity plays an important role in the performance of a VRB single cell. Commercially available perfluorosulfonic acid (Nafion) membranes have been widely used due to their excellent proton conductivity and favorable chemical resistance. However, the large pore size micelle channels formed by the pendant sulfonic acid groups lead to the excessive penetration of vanadium ions, which seriously affects the coulombic efficiency (CE) of the single cell and accelerates the self-discharge rate of the battery. Additionally, the expensive cost of Nafion is also an important reason to limit its large-scale application. In this paper, the dense and low-cost hydrocarbon polymer polybenzimidazole (PBI) is used as the matrix material of the PEM, which is doped with phosphotungstic acid (PWA) to acquire excellent proton conductivity, and the intrinsic high resistance of PBI for vanadium ions is helpful to obtain high proton/vanadium selectivity. Considering the enormous water solubility of PWA and its easy leaching from membrane, organic polymer nano-Kevlar fibers (NKFs) are utilized as the anchoring agent of PWA, which achieves good anchoring effect and solves the problem of the poor compatibility between inorganic anchoring agent and the polymer matrix. The formation of PWA functionalized NKFs was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The anchoring stability of NKFs for PWA was evaluated by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The characterizations including water uptake, swelling ratio, ion exchange capacity, proton conductivity, vanadium ion permeability and ion selectivity were performed to evaluate the basic properties of the membranes. At the same time, the charge-discharge, self-discharge and cycle performance of single cell assembled with the composite membrane and recast Nafion were tested at various current densities from 40 to 100 mA∙cm^-2. Simple tuning for the filling amount of NKFs@PWA gives the composite membrane superior ion selectivity including an optimal value of 3.26 × 10⁵ S∙min∙cm^-3, which is 8.5 times higher than that of recast Nafion (0.34 × 10⁵ S∙min∙cm^-3). As a result, the VRB single cell assembled with the composite membrane exhibits higher CE and significantly lower self-discharge rate compared with recast Nafion. Typically, the CE of the VRB based on PBI-(NKFs@PWA)-22.5% membrane is 97.31% at 100 mA∙cm^-2 while the value of recast Nafion is only 90.28%. The open circuit voltage (V_OC) holding time above 0.8 V of the single cell assembled with the composite membrane is 95 h, which is about 2.4 times as long as that of recast Nafion-based VRB. The utilization of PBI as a separator for VRB can effectively suppress the penetration of vanadium ions, achieve higher proton/vanadium selectivity and superior battery performance as well as reduce the cost of the PEM, which will play an active role in the promotion of VRB applications.     

Composite Polybenzimidazole Membrane with High Capacity Retention for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Currently, energy storage technologies are becoming essential in the transition of replacing fossil fuels with more renewable electricity production means. Among storage technologies, redox flow batteries (RFBs) can represent a valid option due to their unique characteristic of decoupling energy storage from power output. To push RFBs further into the market, it is essential to include low-cost materials such as new generation membranes with low ohmic resistance, high transport selectivity, and long durability. This work proposes a composite membrane for vanadium RFBs and a method of preparation. The membrane was prepared starting from two polymers, meta-polybenzimidazole (6 μm) and porous polypropylene (30 μm), through a gluing approach by hot-pressing. In a vanadium RFB, the composite membrane exhibited a high energy efficiency (~84%) and discharge capacity (~90%) with a 99% capacity retention over 90 cycles at 120 mA·cm⁻², exceeding commercial Nafion^® NR212 (~82% efficiency, capacity drop from 90% to 40%) and Fumasep^® FAP-450 (~76% efficiency, capacity drop from 80 to 65%).     

Hybrid Structures of Sisal Fiber Derived Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets/MoS2/Polyaniline as Advanced Electrode Materials in Lithium-Ion Batteries

In this work, we designed and successfully synthesized an interconnected carbon nanosheet/MoS₂/polyaniline hybrid (ICN/MoS₂/PANI) by combining the hydrothermal method and in situ chemical oxidative polymerization. The as-synthesized ICNs/MoS₂/PANI hybrid showed a “caramel treat-like” architecture in which the sisal fiber derived ICNs were used as hosts to grow “follower-like” MoS₂ nanostructures, and the PANI film was controllably grown on the surface of ICNs and MoS₂. As a LIBs anode material, the ICN/MoS₂/PANI electrode possesses excellent cycling performance, superior rate capability, and high reversible capacity. The reversible capacity retains 583 mA h/g after 400 cycles at a high current density of 2 A/g. The standout electrochemical performance of the ICN/MoS₂/PANI electrode can be attributed to the synergistic effects of ICNs, MoS₂ nanostructures, and PANI. The ICN framework can buffer the volume change of MoS₂, facilitate electron transfer, and supply more lithium inset sites. The MoS₂ nanostructures provide superior rate capability and reversible capacity, and the PANI coating can further buffer the volume change and facilitate electron transfer.     

A Cost‐effective Nafion Composite Membrane as an Effective Vanadium‐Ion Barrier for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Ion exchange membranes play a key role in all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). The mostly available commercial membrane for VRFBs is Nafion. However, its disadvantages, such as high cost and severe vanadium‐ion permeation, become obstacles for large‐scale energy storage. It is thus crucial to develop an efficient membrane with low permeability of vanadium ions and low cost to promote commercial applications of VRFBs. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) has been employed as an additive to the Nafion 212 matrix and a composite membrane named rN212/GO obtained. The thickness of rN212/GO has been reduced to only 41 μm (compared with 50 μm Nafion 212), which indicates directly lower cost. Meanwhile, rN212/GO shows lower permeability of vanadium ions and area‐specific resistance compared to the Nafion 212 membrane due to the abundant oxygen‐containing functional groups of GO additives. The VRFB cells with the rN212/GO membrane show higher Coulombic efficiencies and lower capacity decay than those of VRFB cells with the Nafion 212 membrane. Therefore, the cost‐effective rN212/GO composite membrane is a promising alternative to suppress migration of vanadium ions across the membrane to set up VRFB cells with better performances.     

SnO2/ 石墨复合材料作为锂离子电池负极材料研究

Nano-scale SnO₂ powders were prepared by hydrolyzation. Graphite was poured into the SnCl₄ solution during hydrolyzation. After drying and calcining at 360 ℃, the negative electrode composite material of nanosized SnO₂ and graphite was obtained. The composite materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The average crystallite size was in the range of 15～20 nm. Electrochemical lithium insertion/extraction was studied preliminarily on the obtained composite. The discharge capacity of nanosized SnO₂ / graphite composite was found to have a high electrochemical reversible capacity for Li-ion insertion and extraction, which possessed the advantages of both higher discharge capacity of SnO₂ and lower discharge potential of graphite. In addition, the cycle capability was also improved due to the inhibiting effect of the composite against pulverization and agglomeration to a certain extent during Li-ion insertion and extraction.     

Binder Free Modification of Glassy Carbon Electrode by Employing Reduced Graphene Oxide/ZnO Composite for Voltammetric Determination of Certain Nitroaromatics

Reduced Graphene oxide/ZnO nanoflowers ( rGO/ZnO‐NFs ) composite has been synthesized in‐situ using asymmetric Zn complex ( 1 ) as a single‐source molecular precursor (SSMP) with GO at 150 °C. The rGO/ZnO‐NFs composite was characterized by PXRD, UV‐vis, SEM, EDX mapping, TEM and SAED pattern to confirm its purity and morphology. The rGO/ZnO‐NFs composite shows uniform distribution of nanoflowers on graphene sheets. The modified glassy carbon electrode ( GCE ) was fabricated by drop wise layering of the rGO/ZnO‐NFs composite at the surface of the GCE without using binder. The binder free modified electrode ( GCE‐rGO/ZnO ) was explored for detection of nitroaromatics such as p‐nitro‐phenol ( p ‐NP ), 2,4‐dinitrophenol ( 2,4‐DNP ), 2,4‐dinitrotoluene ( 2,4‐DNT ) and 2,4,6‐trinitrophenol ( 2,4,6‐TNP ). The fabricated sensor showed remarkable response for the both toxicants and explosives. The LOD, sensitivity and linear range for the studied toxicants and explosives were found to be in a good range: p ‐NP= 0.93 μM, 240 μA mM⁻¹ cm⁻² and 0.2–0.9 mM; 2,4‐DNP= 6.2 μM, 203 μA mM⁻¹ cm⁻² and 0.1–0.9 mM; 2,4‐DNT= 10 μM, 371 μA mM⁻¹ cm⁻² and 0.2–0.9 mM; 2,4,6‐TNP= 16 μM, 514 μA mM⁻¹ cm⁻² and 0.2–0.9 mM, respectively.     

Metal Oxide Nanostructures Generated from In Situ Sacrifice of Zinc in Bimetallic Textures as Flexible Ni/Fe Fast Battery Electrodes

An “in situ sacrifice” process was devised in this work as a room‐temperature, all‐solution processed electrochemical method to synthesize nanostructured NiO_x and FeO_x directly on current collectors. After electrodepositing NiZn/FeZn bimetallic textures on a copper net, the zinc component is etched and the remnant nickel/iron are evolved into NiO_x and FeO_x by the “in situ sacrifice” activation we propose. As‐prepared electrodes exhibit high areal capacities of 0.47 mA h cm⁻² and 0.32 mA h cm⁻², respectively. By integrating NiO_x as the cathode, FeO_x as the anode, and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)‐KOH gel as the separator/solid‐state electrolyte, the assembled quasi‐solid‐state flexible battery delivers a volumetric capacity of 6.91 mA h cm⁻³ at 5 mA cm⁻², along with a maximum energy density of 7.40 mWh cm⁻³ under a power density of 0.27 W cm⁻³ and a maximum tested power density of 3.13 W cm⁻³ with a 2.17 mW h cm⁻³ energy density retention. Our room‐temperature synthesis, which only consumes minute electricity, makes it a promising approach for large‐scale production. We also emphasize the in situ sacrifice zinc etching process used in this work as a general strategy for metal‐based nanostructure growth for high‐performance battery materials.     

MoO2/C共包覆Si/石墨复合锂离子电池负极材料的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法, 用二氧化钼(MoO₂)和C共同包覆Si/石墨粒子制备了Si/石墨/MoO₂/C锂离子电池负极材料. 利用X射线衍射(XRD)、 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、 透射电子显微镜(TEM)、 循环伏安(CV)和电化学阻抗(EIS)等分析了材料的形貌和性质. 结果表明, MoO₂/C的共包覆在缓解材料体积膨胀的同时提高了材料的电子和离子电导率, 进而提高了材料的电化学性能. 复合材料的首次充电比容量为2494 mA·h/g, 首次库仑效率为72%, 经过100次循环后比容量为636.6 mA·h/g.     

锂离子电池正极材料LiMn2O4的低热固相合成与性能表征

锂离子电池具有比能量高、环境污染小等优点,广泛应用于手提电话、便携式电脑、摄像机等设备中。其正极材料的研究是锂离子电池的研究重点。层状结构的LiCoO2、LiNiO2和尖晶石结构的LiMn2O4是仅有的三种能在3.5V以上电位可嵌入Li的正极材料[1~3]。目前市售的锂离子电池主要采用LiCoO2作正极材料,但由于Co资源缺乏和价格相对昂贵,而锰资源丰富,价格低廉且无毒,对环境友好,因此世界各国都在大力进行以LiMn2O4为正极材料的锂离子电池的实用化研究。LiMn2O4传统的制备方法是高温固相反应合成法[4~7],但由于Mn的变价多,与Li形成贫Li或…