In situ compression and X-ray computed tomography of flow battery electrodes
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Date
2018-09-01
Authors
Jervis, Rhodri
Kok, Matthew D. R.
Neville, Tobias P.
Meyer, Quentin
Brown, Leon D.
Iacoviello, Francesco
Gostick, Jeffrey Thomas
Brett, Dan J. L.
Shearing, Paul R.
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Elsevier
Abstract
Redox flow batteries offer a potential solution to an increase in renewable energy generation on the grid by offering long-term, large-scale storage and regulation of power. However, they are currently underutilised due to cost and performance issues, many of which are linked to the microstructure of the porous carbon electrodes used. Here, for the first time, we offer a detailed study of the in situ effects of compression on a commercially available carbon felt electrode. Visualisation of electrode structure using X-ray computed tomography shows the non-linear way that these materials compress and various metrics are used to elucidate the changes in porosity, pore size distribution and tortuosity factor under compressions from 0%-90%.
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The final publication is available at Elsevier via https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2018.03.022 © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywords
Redox flow battery, X-ray computed tomography, Compression, Carbon felt, RFB