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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 22, Pages 13184-13190Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra27734a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51504041]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2016JJ3009]
- Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department [15K007]
- Key Laboratory of Efficient & Clean Energy Utilization, The Education Department of Hunan Province [2015NGQ008]
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Heteroatom doping on the surface of an electrode and catalyst can impact the surface and electronic properties. Herein, nitrogen and sulfur co-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (denoted as MWCNTsNS) prepared via a pyrolysis method, in which thiourea served as both nitrogen and sulfur sources, were investigated as an electrocatalyst for the VO2+/VO2 (+) redox couple in vanadium redox flow battery. It was revealed that the pyrolysis process had no effect on the microstructure of MWCNTs. The VO2+/VO2 (+) redox reaction on MWCNTs-NS exhibited higher electrochemical kinetics when compared with that on pristine and nitrogen-doped MWCNTs. The nitrogen and sulfur co-doping for MWCNTs can decrease the charge transfer resistance of the VO2+/VO2 (+) redox reaction. Static cells using graphite felt modified by the MWCNTs samples were employed to evaluate their electrocatalytic properties for the VO2+/VO2 (+) reaction. The cell using the MWCNTs-NS electrocatalyst showed the smallest electrochemical polarization, resulting in a larger energy density and energy efficiency. The results indicate that MWCNTs-NS is a novel efficient catalyst for the VO2+/VO+2 redox reaction with excellent electrocatalytic properties.
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