Surfactant Effects in Porous Electrodes for Microemulsion Redox Flow Batteries

Barth, Brian A.; Wood, Avery L.; Albenice, Philip J.; Imel, Adam E.; Sharma, Bhavya; Zawodzinski, Thomas A.

doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ad4ac5

Surfactant Effects in Porous Electrodes for Microemulsion Redox Flow Batteries

Journal Article · Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad4ac5· OSTI ID:2563191

^[1]; Wood, Avery L. ^[1]; Albenice, Philip J. ^[2]; Imel, Adam E. ^[2]; Sharma, Bhavya ^[1]; Zawodzinski, Thomas A. ^[3]

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, Knoxville, TN (United States)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The effect of surfactant additives on electrochemical behavior in porous electrodes was investigated using vanadium redox flow battery half-cells and the dependence of volumetric kinetics and mass transport on electrolyte, surfactant, and electrode type was explored. Without surfactant added, carbon paper electrodes demonstrated greater kinetics and transport compared to carbon felt, for a given electrolyte. Additionally, posolyte kinetics are greater than negolyte kinetics by one to three orders of magnitude, depending on the electrode type. Addition of surfactant increased electrode wettability and possibly electrochemical surface area. However, this was accompanied by a decrease in volumetric mass transport, due to stronger electrolyte-electrode interactions. The presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) influenced posolyte and negolyte kinetics differently. Kinetics showed a dependence on electrode type and surfactant. On carbon felt, volumetric kinetics decreased for both posolyte and negolyte with SDS addition. On carbon paper, SDS decreased volumetric kinetics for the posolyte but increased (>2X) kinetics for the negolyte! This kinetic enhancement depends on surfactant chemistry: cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, a cationic surfactant, failed to increase kinetics. Furthermore, SDS did not increase areal specific resistance. Furthermore, these findings show the superior performance of carbon paper compared to carbon felt and suggest SDS as a possible VRFB negolyte additive.

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Research Organization:: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019409

OSTI ID:: 2563191

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 171; ISSN 0013-4651

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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