Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of carbon element class electrode material treatment fluid; To overcome the deficiency of prior art; Use this treatment fluid to handle electrode material, can improve the electro-chemical activity of electrode material, improve the right invertibity of negative electricity; Reduce the hydrogen-evolution overpotential of negative electrode, can also significantly improve the charge-discharge performance of the battery that uses this processing rear electrode simultaneously.
For this reason; Carbon electrode material treating agent provided by the invention comprises following raw material: rare earth compound, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid; And proper amount of solvent, wherein rare earth compound accounts for the 1-5% of inorganic agent total weight, and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid accounts for the 0.5-3% of inorganic agent total weight.
In specific embodiment provided by the invention, said rare earth compound can be lanthanum chloride, lanthana, yttrium nitrate or cerium oxide, and the solvent of employing is selected from that (hereinafter is with H by ethanol, sulfuric acid, deionized water
2O representes) and the group formed of nitric acid in one or more.
Inorganic agent provided by the invention can further include the ammonium chloride of 0-3% and/or the urea of 0-3%.
In the specific embodiment provided by the invention, this inorganic agent is by cerium oxide (CeO
2) 2.682%, H
2O 53.648%, and ethanol 42.328% and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 1.342% are formed; Perhaps this inorganic agent is by lanthana 2.817%, H
2O 89.206%, and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 0.939% and ethanol 7.038% are formed; Perhaps said inorganic agent is by yttrium nitrate (Y (NO
3)
36H
2O) 1%, H
2O 95%, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 1%, and the concentrated sulfuric acid 1% and urea 2% are formed; Perhaps by lanthanum chloride 3%, ethanol 90%, ammonium chloride 3%, red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) 0.5%, urea 3% and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 0.5% are formed this inorganic agent.
The present invention also provides a kind of processing method of carbon element class electrode material; This method adopts inorganic agent provided by the invention to soak said carbon element class electrode material at normal temperatures; Usually can soak 3-10 hour, the electrode material after will soaking then is 60-100 ℃ of oven dry, and washed with de-ionized water is used in the oven dry back; Dry again oven dry, the electrode material after can obtaining handling.
The present invention also provides a kind of battery, and it adopts the vanadium ion sulfuric acid solution as electrolyte, makes electrode by the electrode material of handling through inorganic agent provided by the invention, and this electrode material both can be used as the positive pole of battery, also can be used as the negative pole of battery.
The electrode of battery provided by the invention has passed through the processing of electrode material processing method provided by the invention.
Use carbon element class electrode material treatment fluid provided by the invention to handle carbon element class electrode material, can improve the electro-chemical activity of carbon element class electrode material, improve the right invertibity of negative electricity, reduce the hydrogen-evolution overpotential of negative electrode.Can significantly improve simultaneously the charge-discharge performance of battery.Simultaneously, carbon element class electrode material processing method provided by the invention, simple, do not need the support of main equipment, easy to utilize.
Embodiment
To do further detailed explanation to goal of the invention of the present invention, technical scheme and beneficial effect below.
Be noted that following detailed description all is an exemplary, being intended to provides further explanation to desired the present invention.Unless otherwise, all technology used of this paper and scientific terminology have with the present invention under the identical meanings of those of ordinary skill common sense of technical field.
Inventor of the present invention be intended to study a kind of can be when improving carbon element class electrode material electro-chemical activity; Improve the right invertibity of negative electricity; And the electrode inorganic agent of the hydrogen-evolution overpotential of reduction negative electrode, this inorganic agent is by raw material rare earth compound, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid, and solvent composition; The electrode material of handling through this inorganic agent has the electro-chemical activity height, and negative electricity is to plurality of advantages such as invertibity are strong.
In a kind of embodiment of the present invention, above-mentioned raw materials is by rare earth compound, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid, and an amount of solvent composition.The content of wherein said rare earth compound is 1-5%, and said ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid content is 0.5-3%.
In specific embodiment provided by the invention, said rare earth compound can be lanthanum chloride, lanthana, yttrium nitrate or cerium oxide.Though the specific embodiment of the invention adopts above-mentioned rare earth compound, those skilled in the art should know, the rare earth compound that every skin contains the d electronic structure can be applied among the present invention.
The solvent that adopts can be selected from ethanol, the concentrated sulfuric acid, deionized water or red fuming nitric acid (RFNA), perhaps the arbitrary mixture in them.
Inorganic agent provided by the invention can further include the ammonium chloride of 0-3% and/or the urea of 0-3%.The inventor finds, add these ammonium chlorides or urea after, inorganic agent has enhancing to a certain degree to the treatment effect of electrode material.
In the specific embodiment provided by the invention, this inorganic agent is by cerium oxide (CeO
2) 2.682%, H
2O 53.648%, and ethanol 42.328% and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 1.342% are formed; Perhaps by lanthana 2.817%, H
2O 89.206%, and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 0.939% and ethanol 7.038% are formed; Perhaps by yttrium nitrate (Y (NO
3)
36H
2O) 1%, H
2O95%, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 1%, the concentrated sulfuric acid 1% and urea 2% are formed; Perhaps by lanthanum chloride 3%, ethanol 90%, ammonium chloride 3%, red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) 0.5%, urea 3% and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid 0.5% are formed.
In embodiment of the present invention; The method that electrode material is handled is to adopt the prepared inorganic agent of the present invention to soak electrode material 3-10h at normal temperatures; Electrode material after soaking is dried 3-10h at 60-100 ℃; Washed with de-ionized water is used in the oven dry back, selects suitable temperature to carry out the drying oven dry down or according to the concrete condition of electrode material at 120 ℃ again.
In a kind of embodiment of the present invention, a kind of battery is provided, by the vanadium ion sulfuric acid solution as electrolyte, by adopting electrode material after above-mentioned inorganic agent is handled as electrode.
One, to the processing of carbon element class electrode material
Embodiment 1:
The carbon electrode material treating agent raw material: lanthanum chloride 3%, ethanol 90%, ammonium chloride 3%, red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) 0.5%, urea 3%, EDTA 0.5%.
Carbon element class electrode material processing method: with the above-mentioned raw materials mixing and stirring, prepared inorganic agent soaked electrode material 3 hours at normal temperatures, and then electrode material is used washed with de-ionized water after 80 ℃ of oven dry, and is dry down at 120 ℃ at last.
Embodiment 2
The raw material of carbon electrode material treating agent: lanthana 2.817%, H
2O 89.206%, and EDTA 0.939%, ethanol 7.038%.
The electrode material processing method: with the above-mentioned raw materials mixing and stirring, soaked electrode material at normal temperatures 5 hours, then electrode material is used washed with de-ionized water after 60 ℃ of oven dry, and is dry down at 120 ℃ at last.
Instance 3
Carbon electrode material treating agent raw material: yttrium nitrate (Y (NO
3)
36H
2O) 1%, H
2O 95%, and EDTA 1%, the concentrated sulfuric acid 1%, urea 2%.
The processing method of electrode material: with the above-mentioned raw materials mixing and stirring, soaked electrode material at normal temperatures 10 hours, then electrode material is used washed with de-ionized water after 100 ℃ of oven dry, and is dry down at 120 ℃ at last.
Embodiment 4
The raw material of carbon electrode material treating agent: cerium oxide 2.682%, H
2O 53.648%, ethanol 42.328%, and EDTA 1.342%.
The processing method of electrode material: as above raw materials mix stirs, and soaks electrode material 5h at normal temperatures, and then electrode material is used washed with de-ionized water after 100 ℃ of oven dry, and is dry down at 120 ℃ at last.
Two, embodiment 1-4 gained electrode material is tested
1. cyclic voltammetric test:
Electrode is selected for use: adopt three-electrode system; (1) embodiment of the invention 1 makes the graphite felt of inorganic agent before and after handling (available from Liaoyang Jin Gu High Seience Technology Co., Ltd.; Graphite felt thickness is 5mm) be work electrode; (2) platinum electrode is to electrode, and (3) saturated calomel electrode electrode (saturated KCl solution) is a reference electrode, forms three-electrode system through Luggin capillary.
Electrolyte is selected for use: it is 0.9mol/L V that negative pole electrolyte adopts total V density
2+And V
3+Mixed electrolytic solution (V
2+And V
3+Mol ratio is 1: 1)+3.0mol/L H
2SO
4, anodal electrolyte adopts 1.6mol/L V (IV)+3.0mol/L H
2SO
4
On CS350 type electrochemical workstation, carry out electro-chemical test, sweep speed is 5mv/s.
As shown in Figure 1, former felt (undressed graphite felt) V occurs at-0.423V
2+/ V
3+The oxidation peak that electricity is right, corresponding reduction peak is not obvious, and this is because the higher V that flooded of hydrogen-evolution overpotential
2+/ V
3+The reduction peak that electricity is right; And greatly reduced hydrogen-evolution overpotential through the graphite felt after the inorganic agent processing provided by the invention, reduced evolving hydrogen reaction, V
2+/ V
3+The right redox peak-to-peak current potential of electricity is respectively-0.423V and-0.564V, and the spike potential difference is 0.141V, V
2+/ V
3+Electricity is better to the redox peak symmetry on the graphite felt electrode after the processing, and V is described
2+/ V
3+Electricity is better to the invertibity on the graphite felt electrode after the processing.
The redox peak that in Fig. 2, occurs is corresponding to V (IV)/right redox reaction of V (V) electricity, and the V of former felt (IV)/V (V) redox peak-to-peak current potential is respectively 1.709V and 0.455V, and the spike potential difference is 1.254V; Graphite felt V after the processing (IV)/V (V) redox peak-to-peak current potential is respectively 1.598V and 0.571V; The spike potential difference is 1.027V; Graphite felt after the processing is than the little 227mV of spike potential of former felt, and peak current improves, and the electro-chemical activity of the graphite felt electrode after the processing improves.
Like Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 2, through the graphite felt that carbon electrode material treating agent of the present invention is handled, its negative electricity is to V
2+/ V
3+Invertibity, and electro-chemical activity all is significantly improved.
2. dynamic battery test:
The battery that the electrode material of embodiment 2 and the processing of embodiment 3 gained inorganic agents is formed carries out the dynamic battery test.
In Fig. 3, battery 1 is for to make the battery that both positive and negative polarity assembles respectively with undressed Liaoyang Jin Gu graphite felt (thickness is 5mm);
Battery 2 is done negative pole, former felt for the graphite felt of handling through the embodiment of the invention 2 prepared carbon electrode material treating agent and is assembled battery as positive pole;
The battery that battery 3 assembles as both positive and negative polarity respectively for the graphite felt of handling through the embodiment of the invention 2 prepared carbon electrode material treating agent;
In Fig. 4, battery 4 is for the graphite felt of handling through the embodiment of the invention 3 prepared carbon electrode material treating agent is done negative pole, former felt is made the anodal battery that assembles;
Battery 5 assembles battery as both positive and negative polarity respectively for the graphite felt of handling through the embodiment of the invention 3 prepared carbon electrode material treating agent.
The battery effective area is 7 * 8cm
2, positive pole and negative pole are respectively with 70mL 1.6mol/LV (III)/V (IV)+3.0mol/L H
2SO
4Electrolyte, barrier film are nafion 115 films, at 50mA/cm
2Test under the current density.
Fig. 3 shows and adopts embodiment 2 gained inorganic agents to handle the front and back graphite felt at 50mA/cm
2Charging and discharging curve figure under the current density.Wherein, curve 1 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 1, and curve 2 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 2, and curve 3 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 3.
Fig. 4 shows and adopts embodiment 3 to handle the front and back graphite felt at 50mA/cm
2Charging and discharging curve figure under the current density.Wherein, curve 1 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 1, and curve 2 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 4, and curve 3 is the charging and discharging curve of battery 5.
From Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, can obviously find out; Under the identical situation of current density; One termination electrode obviously is longer than all undressed battery 1 of two end electrodes through the time that discharges and recharges of the battery 2,4 that carbon electrode material treating agent of the present invention is handled, the time that discharges and recharges of the battery 3,5 that two end electrodes is all handled through carbon electrode material treating agent of the present invention obviously be longer than battery have only a termination electrode through carbon electrode material treating agent of the present invention handle 2,4.
Therefore, in battery, use the electrode after carbon electrode material treating agent of the present invention is handled, can significantly improve the charge-discharge performance of battery.
The inventor has further carried out dynamic electrode test to the battery 6 that the electrode material inorganic agent that makes through embodiment 4 was handled, and test result is as shown in Figure 5.
To pass through the prepared carbon electrode material treating agent of the embodiment of the invention 4 handles back Liaoyang Jin Gu graphite felt (thickness is 5mm) and does both positive and negative polarity respectively and be assembled into battery 6.
The battery effective area is 7 * 8cm
2, positive pole and negative pole are respectively with 70mL 1.4mol/LV (III)/V (IV)+3.0mol/L H
2SO
4Electrolyte, barrier film are nafion 115 films, at 50mA/cm
2Carry out 30 cycle charge-discharges under the current density.
Fig. 5 shows battery 6 at 50mA/cm
2The charging and discharging curve figure of the 1st, 10,20,30 circulation under the current density.1 is the 1st charging and discharging curve figure among the figure; 2 is the 10th charging and discharging curve figure among the figure; 3 is the 20th charging and discharging curve figure among the figure; 4 is the 30th charging and discharging curve figure.
Can know battery 6 the 1-30 time cycle charge-discharge from Fig. 5, the voltage platform of battery, charge/discharge capacity do not have variation basically, explain that the electrode that the present invention handles has cyclical stability preferably.
In sum, use the treatment fluid of carbon element class electrode material of the present invention to handle electrode material, can improve the electro-chemical activity of carbon element class electrode material, improve the right invertibity of negative electricity, reduce the hydrogen-evolution overpotential of negative electrode.Can significantly improve simultaneously the charge-discharge performance of the battery that uses this processing rear electrode.Simultaneously, the processing method of carbon element class electrode material of the present invention, this method is simple, is easy to promote.
The foregoing description only is being example by the vanadium ion sulfuric acid solution as the battery of electrolyte.But it will be understood by those skilled in the art that through the electrode material that inorganic agent provided by the invention was handled and to be applied in sodium polysulfide flow battery or the full chrome liquor galvanic battery.
More than explanation is merely preferred implementation of the present invention, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.All within spirit of the present invention and principle, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.