Textile waste as carbon source for redox flow battery electrodes

纺织废料作为氧化还原液流电池电极的碳源

• 批准号: 2901277
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2901277
• 关键词: Textile; waste; carbon; source; redox

Redox flow batteries are robust, flexible and potentially very cheap energy storage devices that are becoming increasingly relevant for long-duration energy storage applications. While there has been much work on the development of redox couples tailored to use in flow batteries, the tailoring of the carbon electrodes remain under-researched, being largely borrowed from fuel cells. This PhD project will explore the use of textile waste as carbon source for redox flow battery electrodes, including cotton, acrylic and polyester. The structure, elemental composition and electrochemical activity of these materials after thermal treatment (carbonisation) and functionalisation will be studied, with opportunities to optimise thermal treatment methodology, the effect of material origin and pre-treatment, as well as the structure of the fabric before and after carbonization.

氧化还原液流电池是坚固、灵活且潜在地非常便宜的能量存储装置，其对于长时间能量存储应用变得越来越相关。虽然已经有很多工作在开发适合用于液流电池的氧化还原电对上，但碳电极的定制仍然研究不足，主要是从燃料电池中借用。这个博士项目将探索使用纺织废物作为氧化还原液流电池电极的碳源，包括棉花，丙烯酸和聚酯。将研究这些材料在热处理（碳化）和功能化后的结构，元素组成和电化学活性，并有机会优化热处理方法，材料来源和预处理的影响，以及碳化前后织物的结构。