The invention discloses a
zinc-
bromine flow battery carbon-plastic bipolar plate as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
electrochemical energy storage. The method comprises the following steps: dispersing a
nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanobox, spraying the
nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanobox on the positive
electrode side of a carbon-plastic bipolar plate, and
drying to obtain a positive
electrode carbon-plastic bipolar plate modified by the
nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanobox; and dispersing the
boron-nitrogen co-
doped carbon, spraying the
boron-nitrogen co-
doped carbon on the negative
electrode side of the pretreated carbon-plastic bipolar plate, and
drying again to obtain the
boron-nitrogen co-
doped carbon modified negative electrode carbon-plastic bipolar plate. On the positive electrode side, the nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanobox catalyzes
bromine reaction through
nitrogen doping, and the
overpotential is reduced; the hollow structure adsorbs
bromine species and inhibits bromine
permeation by utilizing the
charge effect, so that self-
discharge is reduced. On the negative electrode side, boron-nitrogen co-doped carbon utilizes B-N
zinc-loving sites to guide
zinc to be uniformly and compactly deposited, and dendritic crystals are inhibited; and
hydrogen evolution is inhibited through charge regulation and control. The two synergistically improve the bromine resistance, reaction
kinetics and dendritic
crystal inhibition capability of the carbon-plastic bipolar plate.