Aqueous methanol eletrolysis using proton conducting membrane for hydrogen production
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- 作者：Gangadharan Sasikumar ; Arunachalam Muthumeenal ; Sethu Sundar Pethaiah ; Nachiappan Nachiappan ; Rengarajan Balaji
- 关键词：Hydrogen production ; Electrolyser ; Methanol electrolysis ; Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) ; Nafion ; Fuel cells
- 刊名：International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：November 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：33
- 期：21
- 页码：5905-5910
- 全文大小：313 K
文摘
In this paper, we present the studies carried out on electrolysis of aqueous methanol for hydrogen production, in a PEM electrolyser consisting of Pt–Ru/C anode, Pt/C cathode and Nafion membrane as the electrolyte. The effect of various parameters such as methanol concentration, cell voltage, temperature, membrane thickness etc. on cell performance was investigated. The results illustrate the attractive features and indicate suitability of aqueous methanol electrolysis for distributed hydrogen production.