The cell-in-series method: A technique for accelerated electrode degradation in redox flow batteries
Abstract
Here we demonstrate a novel method to accelerate electrode degradation in redox flow batteries and apply this method to the all-vanadium chemistry. Electrode performance degradation occurred seven times faster than in a typical cycling experiment, enabling rapid evaluation of materials. This method also enables the steady-state study of electrodes. In this manner, it is possible to delineate whether specific operating conditions induce performance degradation; we found that both aggressively charging and discharging result in performance loss. Post-mortem x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the degraded electrodes was used to resolve the effects of state of charge (SoC) and current on the electrode surface chemistry. For the electrode material tested in this work, we found evidence that a loss of oxygen content on the negative electrode cannot explain decreased cell performance. Furthermore, the effects of decreased electrode and membrane performance on capacity fade in a typical cycling battery were decoupled from crossover; electrode and membrane performance decay were responsible for a 22% fade in capacity, while crossover caused a 12% fade.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1324215
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1337483
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 163; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; aqueous battery; degradation; durability; electrode; energy storage; polarization curve; redox flow battery; vanadium; XPS
Citation Formats
Pezeshki, Alan M., Sacci, Robert L., Veith, Gabriel M., Zawodzinski, Thomas A., and Mench, Matthew M. The cell-in-series method: A technique for accelerated electrode degradation in redox flow batteries. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.0251601jes.
Pezeshki, Alan M., Sacci, Robert L., Veith, Gabriel M., Zawodzinski, Thomas A., & Mench, Matthew M. The cell-in-series method: A technique for accelerated electrode degradation in redox flow batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0251601jes
Pezeshki, Alan M., Sacci, Robert L., Veith, Gabriel M., Zawodzinski, Thomas A., and Mench, Matthew M. Sat .
"The cell-in-series method: A technique for accelerated electrode degradation in redox flow batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0251601jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1324215.
@article{osti_1324215,
title = {The cell-in-series method: A technique for accelerated electrode degradation in redox flow batteries},
author = {Pezeshki, Alan M. and Sacci, Robert L. and Veith, Gabriel M. and Zawodzinski, Thomas A. and Mench, Matthew M.},
abstractNote = {Here we demonstrate a novel method to accelerate electrode degradation in redox flow batteries and apply this method to the all-vanadium chemistry. Electrode performance degradation occurred seven times faster than in a typical cycling experiment, enabling rapid evaluation of materials. This method also enables the steady-state study of electrodes. In this manner, it is possible to delineate whether specific operating conditions induce performance degradation; we found that both aggressively charging and discharging result in performance loss. Post-mortem x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the degraded electrodes was used to resolve the effects of state of charge (SoC) and current on the electrode surface chemistry. For the electrode material tested in this work, we found evidence that a loss of oxygen content on the negative electrode cannot explain decreased cell performance. Furthermore, the effects of decreased electrode and membrane performance on capacity fade in a typical cycling battery were decoupled from crossover; electrode and membrane performance decay were responsible for a 22% fade in capacity, while crossover caused a 12% fade.},
doi = {10.1149/2.0251601jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 1,
volume = 163,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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