Synergistic effects of niobium oxide–niobium carbide–reduced graphene oxide modified electrode for vanadium redox flow battery

Abstract In a vanadium redox flow battery, the traditional polyacrylonitrile based graphite felt (GF) electrode suffers the problems of low electrochemical catalytic activity and low specific surface area. To improve the performance of the GF electrode, we prepared phosphorus and sulphur co-doped reduced graphene oxide (PS-rGO) as catalyst with the simple treatment of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in the mixture of phytic acid and sulfuric acid. The GF electrode modified with PS-rGO (PS-rGO-GF) was characterized by scanning electron microscope, specific surface area, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and charge-discharge tests. The PS-rGO-GF shows enhanced performance toward VO2+/VO2+ redox reaction. The battery with the PS-rGO decorated GF presents an excellent battery performance with the energy efficiency of 81.37 % at the current density of 80 mA cm-2 and the corresponding discharge capacity of 772 mAh due to the high catalytic activity of PS-rGO.

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Reduced graphene oxide with tunable C/O ratio and its activity towards vanadium redox pairs for an all vanadium redox flow battery

Carbon ◽

10.1016/j.carbon.2012.12.069 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 55 ◽

pp. 313-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 114

Author(s):

Wenyue Li ◽

Jianguo Liu ◽

Chuanwei Yan

Keyword(s):

Graphene Oxide ◽

Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽

Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽

Redox Flow Battery ◽

Flow Battery ◽

Reduced Graphene ◽

Vanadium Redox

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Simultaneous Determination of Uric Acid and Xanthine Using a Poly(Methylene Blue) and Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Film Modified Electrode

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry ◽

10.1155/2014/984314 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gen Liu ◽

Wei Ma ◽

Yan Luo ◽

Deng-ming Sun ◽

Shuang Shao

Keyword(s):

Methylene Blue ◽

Uric Acid ◽

Graphene Oxide ◽

Composite Film ◽

Simultaneous Determination ◽

Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽

Modified Electrode ◽

Reduced Graphene ◽

Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide

Poly(methylene blue) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide composite film modified electrode (PMB-ERGO/GCE) was successfully fabricated by electropolymerization and was used for simultaneous determination of uric acid (UA) and xanthine (Xa). Based on the excellent electrocatalytic activity of PMB-ERGO/GCE, the electrochemical behaviors of UA and Xa were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV). Two anodic sensitive peaks at 0.630 V (versus Ag/AgCl) for UA and 1.006 V (versus Ag/AgCl) for Xa were given by CV in pH 3.0 phosphate buffer. The calibration curves for UA and Xa were obtained in the range of 8.00 × 10−8~4.00 × 10−4 M and 1.00 × 10−7~4.00 × 10−4 M, respectively, by SWV. The detection limits for UA and Xa were3.00×10-8 M and5.00×10-8 M, respectively. Finally, the proposed method was applied to simultaneously determine UA and Xa in human urine with good selectivity and high sensitivity.

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