Communication-Pt-Doped Thin Membranes for Gas Crossover Suppression in Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis

被引:28
作者
Garbe, Steffen [1 ]
Babic, Ugljesa [1 ]
Nilsson, Elisabeth [1 ]
Schmidt, Thomas J. [1 ,2 ]
Gubler, Lorenz [1 ]
机构
[1] Paul Scherrer Inst, Electrochem Lab, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[2] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Lab Phys Chem, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
HYDROGEN; PERMEATION;
D O I
10.1149/2.0111913jes
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
Hydrogen gas crossover is a major safety issue in polymer electrolyte water electrolyzers (PEWE) and a limiting factor for the use of thinner polymer electrolyte membranes for high voltage efficiency PEWE. This article outlines a simple impregnation method for a recombination catalyst, yielding high crossover suppression for thinner membranes at differential pressures without negative effects on the cell performance. (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by ECS.
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页码:F873 / F875
页数:3
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