Comparison of fluoride intercalation/de-intercalation processes on graphite electrodes in aqueous and aqueous methanolic HF media |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China;2. National Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Electrical Vehicle Power System, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China;3. School of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China |
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Abstract: | The solvent can play a major role in the intercalation/de-intercalation process and the stability of graphite substrates towards this process. This fact is established in the present work that involves fluoride intercalation/de-intercatlation on graphite electrodes in aqueous and aqueous methanolic HF solutions where the HF concentration is varied between 1.0 and 18.0 M. In addition to cyclic voltammetry and potentiostatic polarization, open-circuit potential decay measurements, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements have been employed. In general, addition of methanol and increasing concentration of HF raise the overall intercalation/de-intercalation efficiency. Methanol is adsorbed preferentially on the graphite lattice and, hence, suppresses both oxygen evolution and the formation of passive graphite oxides. In 15.0 M HF, the optimum methanol concentration is 5 vol.%. This suggests that, in addition to the adsorption effect, there is some weakening of the structured water molecules that facilitates the solvated fluoride ions for efficient intercalation. |
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