TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation of hydrophobic electrocatalyst layer and inorganic porous electrolyte layer for water absorbing porous electrolyte electrolysis cell
AU - Terayama, Yuki
AU - Furukawa, Shoichi
AU - Nomura, Munemitsu
AU - Haji, Takamasa
AU - Nishihara, Masamichi
AU - Mendoza, Omar
AU - Sone, Yoshitsugu
AU - Matsumoto, Hiroshige
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by CREST (Creation of Innovative Core Technology for Manufacture and Use of Energy Carriers from Renewable Energy, No. JPMJCR1442), JST, Japan. The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Stephen M. Lyth, Associate Professor at Kyushu University for editing the manuscript, and help in interpreting the significance the results in this study.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by CREST (Creation of Innovative Core Technology for Manufacture and Use of Energy Carriers from Renewable Energy, No. JPMJCR1442 ), JST, Japan. The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Stephen M. Lyth, Associate Professor at Kyushu University for editing the manuscript, and help in interpreting the significance the results in this study.
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PY - 2018/7/5
Y1 - 2018/7/5
N2 - A water-absorbing porous electrolyte electrolysis cell is presented consisting of a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer (GDL), a controlled-hydrophobicity electrocatalyst layer, and a hydrophilic porous electrolyte layer. The specific character of this cell is that high-pressure water is injected directly into the porous electrolyte layer and is resisted by the electrocatalyst layer and GDL, which have strong water support force. In this study, the preparation method of the electrocatalyst layer and the porous inorganic electrolyte layer, and the evaluation of water electrolysis using the prepared layers were investigated. The optimized conditions and preparation methods of each layer of the MEA (i.e. the GDL, electrocatalyst layer, electrolyte layer) were determined. The assembly method and conditions of these three layers were also determined for fabricating MEAs for water electrolysis. The evaluation of water electrolysis tests using this MEA showed that the hydrogen evolution rate obeyed Faraday's Law in the low current density region (<10 mA cm−2).
AB - A water-absorbing porous electrolyte electrolysis cell is presented consisting of a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer (GDL), a controlled-hydrophobicity electrocatalyst layer, and a hydrophilic porous electrolyte layer. The specific character of this cell is that high-pressure water is injected directly into the porous electrolyte layer and is resisted by the electrocatalyst layer and GDL, which have strong water support force. In this study, the preparation method of the electrocatalyst layer and the porous inorganic electrolyte layer, and the evaluation of water electrolysis using the prepared layers were investigated. The optimized conditions and preparation methods of each layer of the MEA (i.e. the GDL, electrocatalyst layer, electrolyte layer) were determined. The assembly method and conditions of these three layers were also determined for fabricating MEAs for water electrolysis. The evaluation of water electrolysis tests using this MEA showed that the hydrogen evolution rate obeyed Faraday's Law in the low current density region (<10 mA cm−2).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.137
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.137
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047066316
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 43
SP - 11903
EP - 11912
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 27
ER -
