High performance electrodes in vanadium redox flow batteries through oxygen-enriched thermal activation

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 294, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-338

  Pezeshki, Alan M ^a,b,c   Clement, Jason T ^a   Veith, Gabriel M ^c   Zawodzinski, Thomas A ^a,c   Mench, Matthew M ^a,c  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon paper; Electrode; Kinetics; Surface area; Thermal activation; Vanadium redox flow battery

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYME KINETICS; OXYGEN; PAPER; VANADIUM;

ACTIVATION OVERPOTENTIAL; ALL VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY; CARBON PAPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL ACTIVATION; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES;

FLOW BATTERIES;

EID: 84936805297     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.05.118     Document Type: Article

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