Fullerene C as a novel electrocatalyst for VO/VO and chlorine evolution inhibitor in all-vanadium redox flow batteries

We report, for the first time, the superior electrocatalytic activity of fullerene C 76 towards VO 2+ /VO 2 + in all-vanadium redox flow batteries. Results show a 99.5% and 97% decrease in charge transfer resistance, compared to treated and untreated carbon cloth. Suppression of chlorine evolution a...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 56; no. 55; pp. 7569 - 7572
Main Authors El Diwany, Farah A, Ali, Basant A, El Sawy, Ehab N, Allam, Nageh K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.07.2020
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Summary:We report, for the first time, the superior electrocatalytic activity of fullerene C 76 towards VO 2+ /VO 2 + in all-vanadium redox flow batteries. Results show a 99.5% and 97% decrease in charge transfer resistance, compared to treated and untreated carbon cloth. Suppression of chlorine evolution and good stability after 100 cycles are achieved. We report, for the first time, the superior electrocatalytic activity of fullerene C 76 towards VO 2+ /VO 2 + in all-vanadium redox flow batteries.
Bibliography:10.1039/d0cc03544k
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/d0cc03544k