화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Applied Chemistry for Engineering, Vol.31, No.6, 639-645, December, 2020
DOI10.14478/ace.2020.1081  Export Citation
Fe-V Chloric/Sulfuric Mixed Acid 레독스흐름전지 전극의 활성화 온도에 따른 전기화학적 성능 고찰
A Study on the Electrochemical Performance of Fe-V Chloric/Sulfuric Mixed Acid Redox Flow Battery Depending on Electrode Activation Temperature
이한얼, 김대업1, 김철중1, 김태근1, †
  • 충남대학교 에너지과학기술대학원
  • 1충남대학교 화학공학교육과
Han Eol Lee, Dae Eop Kim1, Cheol Joong Kim1, and Taekeun Kim1, †
  • Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134. Korea
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초록
레독스흐름전지(redox flow battery, RFB)의 구성 부품 중 전극은 전해액의 확산층 역할을 함과 동시에 전자의 통로 역할을 담당하여 출력에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 주요 부품이다. 본 연구는 Fe2+/Fe3+와 V2+/V3+를 레독스 커플로 사용한 RFB 시스템에 chloric/sulfuric mixed acid 지지 전해액을 사용한 경우 전극 종류 및 활성화 정도에 따른 용량, 쿨롱 효율, 에너지 효율을 비교하여 최적의 전극 및 활성화 정도를 제시하였다. 실험에 사용된 5종의 탄소 전극을 사용한 단일셀 평가에서 모두 이론 용량에 근사한 값을 보여 신뢰성을 확보하였으며, 사용된 전극 중 GFD4EA는 상대적으로 우수한에너지 효율 및 충방전 용량을 나타내었다. 활성화 온도에 따른 전기화학적 성능 고찰을 위하여 GFD4EA 전극을 공기분위기 하에서 400, 450, 500, 600 및 700 ℃에서 열처리하여 활성화하였다. 질량 변화, 주사전자현미경(SEM) 및 XPS분석을 통하여 활성화 전 후의 물성 변화를 관찰하였으며, 각각의 온도에서 활성화된 전극을 적용한 RFB 단일셀 평가를 실시하여 전기화학적 성능을 비교하였다.
Among the components of redox flow battery (RFB), the electrode serves as a diffusion layer of an electrolyte and a path for electrons and also is a major component that directly affects the RFB performance. In this paper, chloric/sulfuric mixed acidwas used as a supporting electrolyte in RFB system with Fe2+/Fe3+ and V2+/V3+ as redox couple. The optimum electrode and activation temperature were suggested by comparing the capacity, coulombic efficiency and energy efficiency according to the electrode type and activation temperature. In the RFB single cell evaluation using 5 types of carbon electrodes used in the experiments, all of them showed close to the theoretical capacity to retain the reliability of the evaluation results. GFD4EA showed relatively excellent energy efficiency and charge/discharge capacity. In order to investigate the electrochemical performance according to the activation temperature, GFD4EA electrode was activated by heat treatment at different temperatures of 400, 450, 500, 600 and 700 ℃ under an air atmosphere. Changes in physical properties before and after the activation were observed using electrode mass retention, scanning electron microscope (SEM), XPS analysis, and electrochemical performance was compared by conducting RFB single evaluation using electrodes activated at each temperature given above.
Keywords:Fe-V redox flow battery;Carbon electrode;Electrode activation
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