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https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.296
An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent
Seetharaman Swaminathan
; Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), II Floor, IIT-M Research Park, No.6 Kanagam road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113, India
Balaji Rengarajan
; Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), II Floor, IIT-M Research Park, No.6 Kanagam road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113, India
Ramya Krishnan
; Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), II Floor, IIT-M Research Park, No.6 Kanagam road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113, India
Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan
; Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), II Floor, IIT-M Research Park, No.6 Kanagam road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113, India
Manickam Velan
; Department of Chemical Engineering, A.C. College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India
Sažetak
The present work investigates the efficiency of an alkaline water electrolysis process in the presence of a complexing agent like citric acid (CA) when added directly into the electrolyte during the electrolytic process. High surface area nickel electrodes prepared by electrodeposition technique were used as the electrode to evaluate the efficiency of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by the polarization measurements and cyclic voltammetry. The quantity of the complexing agent CA in the electrolyte was varied from 0-1 wt. %. An increase in the current density of about 25 % resulted at a temperature of 30 °C in the presence of 0.2 wt. % of CA at 1.0 V vs. Hg/HgO. CA was found to improve performance by forming a complex with the alloy electrode and by formation of the high surface area catalyst for efficient OER.
Ključne riječi
Citric acid; Alkaline water electrolysis; Oxygen evolution reaction; Complexing agent
Hrčak ID:
167036
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Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2016.
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