Combining electrochemical and imaging analyses to understand the effect of electrode microstructure and electrolyte properties on redox flow batteries

Reducing the cost of redox flow batteries (RFBs) is critical to achieving broad commercial deployment of large-scale energy storage systems. This can be addressed in a variety of ways, such as reducing component costs or improving electrode design. The aim of this work is to better understand the relationship between electrode microstructure and performance. Four different commercially available carbon electrodes were examined – two cloths and...