Commercial anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer stack through non-precious metal electrocatalysts

The activity and durability of the electrolyzer stack system is demonstrated by applying a partially oxidized nano-particle. [Display omitted] •Partially oxidized NiCo (NiCoO-NiCo/C) electrocatalyst exhibited high activity and durability for HER.•NiCoO-NiCo/C electrocatalyst as cathode improved the...

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Published in:Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Environmental, 2021-09, Vol.292, p.120170, Article 120170
Main Authors: Park, Yoo Sei, Jeong, Jaehoon, Noh, Yuseong, Jang, Myeong Je, Lee, Jooyoung, Lee, Kyu Hwan, Lim, Dong Chan, Seo, Min Ho, Kim, Won Bae, Yang, Juchan, Choi, Sung Mook
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Language:English
Subjects:
Alloying
Anion exchange
Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis
Anion exchanging
Carbon
Catalysis
Cathodes
Cloth
Durability
Electrocatalyst
Electrocatalysts
Electrochemistry
Electrode materials
Energy of dissociation
Free energy
Heat of formation
Hydrogen
Hydrogen energy
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Hydrogen evolution reactions
Hydrogen production
Membranes
Metal oxides
Metals
Nickel
Noble metals
Stack
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Summary:The activity and durability of the electrolyzer stack system is demonstrated by applying a partially oxidized nano-particle. [Display omitted] •Partially oxidized NiCo (NiCoO-NiCo/C) electrocatalyst exhibited high activity and durability for HER.•NiCoO-NiCo/C electrocatalyst as cathode improved the performance of single-cell AEMWE.•5-cell stack AEMWE applied by NiCoO-NiCo/C electrocatalyst showed high performance. Ni-based electrocatalysts for replacement of precious metal electrocatalyst, the cathode materials of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer (AEMWE), are seriously unstable and low activity at hydrogen production conditions. This study develops a high-performance, durable non-precious metal electrocatalyst for AEMWE, which show improved activity and durability. First, Ni/C was alloyed with Co and supported on carbon cloth coated with microporous carbon layer to improve the electrocatalytic activity of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst; then, oxide (Ni/Co-O) was locally formed on the synthesized NiCo/C to increase its activity and durability. Specifically, this oxide increased the coverage of OH− ions, formed hydrogen spillover channels, and promoted the HER. Further, its improved electrochemical durability was attributed to the high bond dissociation energy of the metal oxide. The electrocatalyst was also evaluated as the cathode in single-cell (1-cell) and stack cell (5-cell) AEMWE systems to demonstrate that this superior performance would translate to the commercial scale.
ISSN:0926-3373
1873-3883
DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120170