Limited Accessibility to Surface Area Generated by Thermal Pretreatment of Electrodes Reduces Its Impact on Redox Flow Battery Performance

Greco, Katharine V.; Bonesteel, Jude K.; Chanut, Nicolas; Wan, Charles Tai-Chieh; Chiang, Yet-Ming; Brushett, Fikile R.

doi:10.1021/acsaem.1c01980

Limited Accessibility to Surface Area Generated by Thermal Pretreatment of Electrodes Reduces Its Impact on Redox Flow Battery Performance

Journal Article · 01 December 2021 · ACS Applied Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01980· OSTI ID:1988910

Greco, Katharine V.; Bonesteel, Jude K.; Chanut, Nicolas; Wan, Charles Tai-Chieh; Chiang, Yet-Ming; Brushett, Fikile R.

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub - United States Department of Energy(United States Department of Energy (DOE)); National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship(National Science Foundation (NSF)); ExxonMobil through the MIT Energy Initiative Society of Energy Fellows Program

OSTI ID:: 1988910

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 4, Issue 12

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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