First implementation of alkaline polymer electrolyte water electrolysis working only with pure water

被引:245
作者
Xiao, Li [1 ]
Zhang, Shuai [1 ]
Pan, Jing [1 ]
Yang, Cuixia [1 ]
He, Minglong [1 ]
Zhuang, Lin [1 ]
Lu, Juntao [1 ]
机构
[1] Wuhan Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Sci, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China
基金
国家教育部博士点专项基金资助; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; FUEL-CELLS; EVOLUTION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; CHALLENGES;
D O I
10.1039/c2ee22146b
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
A new type of water electrolysis is implemented using an alkaline polymer electrolyte (APE) and non-precious metal catalysts, and working only with pure water. The membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) is fabricated by sandwiching a self-crosslinking quaternary ammonia polysulfone (xQAPS) membrane between a Ni-Fe anode and a Ni-Mo cathode, both impregnated with xQAPS ionomer. Such an initial prototype of APE water electrolysis has exhibited decent performance comparable to that of the well-developed alkaline water electrolyzer.
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页码:7869 / 7871
页数:3
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