The electrochemical characterisation of graphite felts
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Robert E. G. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, Trevor J. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Baynes, Nicholas de B. | * |
dc.contributor.author | Nichols, Richard J. | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-14T10:26:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-14T10:26:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Smith, R. E., Davies, T. J., Baynes, N. D. B., & Nichols, R. J. (2015). The electrochemical characterisation of graphite felts. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 747, 29-38. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1572-6657 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.03.029 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/550052 | |
dc.description | NOTICE: this is the authors' version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 747, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.03.029 | en |
dc.description.abstract | With the increasing demand for advanced energy storage, redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a rapidly growing market and research area. Carbon fibre based materials like graphite felts (GFs) are commonly used in RFBs as electrodes due to their electrochemical activity, high permeability for liquids, high surface area and relatively low cost. Previous characterisation of GFs has involved flow systems, which can be complicated to replicate and expensive. Using pre-treatment techniques to ensure sufficient wetting, GFs can be used effectively in quiescent electrochemistry. By combining the experimental voltammograms with digital simulations, key properties such as capacitance, electrode kinetics, average pore size and electrochemical surface area can be determined. This allows for the rapid and low cost examination of multiple GFs and pre-treatment methods, providing a useful tool for RFB development. In addition, the GF electrodes used in the study show promising limit of detection values, with initial experiments suggesting these electrodes may have applications in electroanalysis. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
dc.relation.url | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-electroanalytical-chemistry/ | en |
dc.relation.url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572665715001460 | en |
dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry | en |
dc.subject | graphite felt | en |
dc.subject | electrode | en |
dc.subject | carbon electrochemistry | en |
dc.subject | cyclic voltammetry | en |
dc.title | The electrochemical characterisation of graphite felts | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Liverpool ; University of Chester/ACAL Energy Limited ; ACAL Energy Limited ; University of Liverpool | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.03.029 | |
html.description.abstract | With the increasing demand for advanced energy storage, redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a rapidly growing market and research area. Carbon fibre based materials like graphite felts (GFs) are commonly used in RFBs as electrodes due to their electrochemical activity, high permeability for liquids, high surface area and relatively low cost. Previous characterisation of GFs has involved flow systems, which can be complicated to replicate and expensive. Using pre-treatment techniques to ensure sufficient wetting, GFs can be used effectively in quiescent electrochemistry. By combining the experimental voltammograms with digital simulations, key properties such as capacitance, electrode kinetics, average pore size and electrochemical surface area can be determined. This allows for the rapid and low cost examination of multiple GFs and pre-treatment methods, providing a useful tool for RFB development. In addition, the GF electrodes used in the study show promising limit of detection values, with initial experiments suggesting these electrodes may have applications in electroanalysis. | |
rioxxterms.publicationdate | 2015-03-25 | |
dc.dateAccepted | 2015-03-24 | |
dc.date.deposited | 2015-04-14 |