Accepted Manuscript A novel approach for forming carbon nanorods on the surface of carbon felt electrode by catalytic etching for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery Saleem Abbas, Hyuck Lee, Jinyeon Hwang, Asad Mehmood, Hyun-Jin Shin, Sheeraz Mehboob, Ju-Young Lee, Heung Yong Ha PII: S0008-6223(17)31180-6 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.11.066 Reference: CARBON 12596 To appear in: Carbon Received Date: 13 July 2017 Revised Date: 21 November 2017 Accepted Date: 22 November 2017 Please cite this article as: S. Abbas, H. Lee, J. Hwang, A. Mehmood, H.-J. Shin, S. Mehboob, J.-Y. Lee, H.Y. Ha, A novel approach for forming carbon nanorods on the surface of carbon felt electrode by catalytic etching for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery, Carbon (2017), doi: 10.1016/ j.carbon.2017.11.066. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.