When hydroxamic acid functionalized carbon nanotube (CNT) catalyst is adopted for VO2+/VO2+ reaction, VRFB performance is best. It is due to the chelation ability of hydroxamic acid. With the role as chelating agent, hydroxamic acid properly interacts with VO2+ and VO2+, promoting their redox reactions.
Bismuth sulfate (BiOS) is doped on acidified carbon nanotube (ACNT) (BiOS-ACNT) using sulfuric acid treatment and this is used as catalyst to improve the performance of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). Its catalytic activity is compared with that of pure CNT and ACNT. Regarding the redox reactivity of vanadium ions, BiOS-ACNT whose weight ratio is 1:3 exhibits the best catalytic activity and reaction reversibility for both VO2+/VO2+ and V2+/V3+ reactions because the abundant oxygen atoms are well produced during the conversion of bismuth (Bi) nanoparticle into BiOS, and they act as active site for promoting the reactions of VO2+/VO2+ and V2+/V3+. These are confirmed by calculating kinetic parameters, such as electron transfer rate constant and diffusion coefficient, while BiOS-ACNT shows the best values (0.21 s−1 and 6.46 × 10−8 cm2 s−1). In VRFB including BiOS-ACNT, the performance of BiOS-ACNT VRFB is enhanced with voltage and energy efficiencies of 87.6 and 81.9% at 80 mA cm−2. Furthermore, in 50 cycle test of 120 mA cm−2, BiOS-ACNT VRFB shows lower overpotential (0.2 V) and capacity loss rate (0.04% cycle−1) than other VRFBs. This proves that BiOS-ACNT is beneficial for enhancements in the performance and long-term stability of VRFB.
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