Carbonclothmodifiedbyhydrothermaltreatmentinammoniawaterisdevelopedasthepositiveelectrodewithhighelectrochemicalperformanceforvanadiumredoxflowbatteries.TheSEMshowsthatthetreatmenthasnoobviousinfluenceonthemorphologyofcarboncloth.XPSmeasurementsindicatethatthenitrogenousfunctionalgroupscanbeintroducedonthesurfaceofcarbonclothsuccessfully.TheelectrochemicalperformanceofV（IV）/V（V）redoxcoupleonthepreparedelectrodeisevaluatedwithcyclicvoltammetryandlinearsweepvoltammetrymeasurements.TheN-dopedcarbonclothexhibitsoutstandingelectrochemicalactivityandreversibilitytowardV（IV）/V（V）redoxcouple.TherateconstantofV（IV）/V（V）redoxreactiononcarbonclothcanincreaseto2.27×10-4cm/sfrom1.47×10-4cm/safternitrogendoping.ThecellusingN-dopedcarbonclothaspositiveelectrodehaslargerdischargecapacityandhigherenergyefficiencycomparedwiththecellusingpristinecarboncloth.TheaverageenergyefficiencyofthecellusingN-dopedcarbonclothfor50cyclesat30mA/cm2is87.8%,4.3%largerthanthatofthecellusingpristinecarboncloth.ItindicatesthattheN-dopedcarbonclothhasapromiseapplicationprospectinvanadiumredoxflowbatteries.
