An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent
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 wer...
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| author | Seetharaman Swaminathan Balaji Rengarajan Ramya Krishnan Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan Manickam Velan |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce70e668958a44e19817d4ad953009ef2022-12-22T01:05:57ZengInternational Association of Physical Chemists (IAPC)Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering1847-92862016-09-016310.5599/jese.296215An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agentSeetharaman Swaminathan0Balaji Rengarajan1Ramya Krishnan2Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan3Manickam Velan4Centre 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, and Department of Chemical Engineering, A.C. College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai-600 025Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), Taramani, Chennai – 600 113Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), Taramani, Chennai – 600 113Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials( ARCI), Taramani, Chennai – 600 113Department of Chemical Engineering, A.C. College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai-600 025The 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.http://pub.iapchem.org/ojs/index.php/JESE/article/view/296Citric acidAlkaline water electrolysisOxygen evolution reactionComplexing agent |
| spellingShingle | Seetharaman Swaminathan Balaji Rengarajan Ramya Krishnan Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan Manickam Velan An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering Citric acid Alkaline water electrolysis Oxygen evolution reaction Complexing agent |
| title | An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent |
| title_full | An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent |
| title_fullStr | An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent |
| title_full_unstemmed | An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent |
| title_short | An improved method of water electrolysis – effect of complexing agent |
| title_sort | improved method of water electrolysis effect of complexing agent |
| topic | Citric acid Alkaline water electrolysis Oxygen evolution reaction Complexing agent |
| url | http://pub.iapchem.org/ojs/index.php/JESE/article/view/296 |
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