Oxygen Electrochemical Production from Air by High Performance Anion Exchange Membrane Electrode Assemble Devices

Abstract:

CoNi and FeCoNi hydroxide with narrow voltage distance between oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction was synthetized by electro-deposition in low solvent concentration. 5cm² Membrane electrode assemble (MEA) electrolyzers composed with anion exchange membrane, homogenerated catalyst on both cathode and anode gas diffusion layer (GDL) was fabricated for oxygen electrochemical production from air. The current and yield of binary CoNi device reached up to 466.7mA and 4.4mmol/h (94.7% conversion rate) at 1.2V. The ternary FeCoNi device showed only 0.5% degradation from 394.0mA during 12h. The applicability of oxygen production from air by high performance electrochemical devices was demonstrated.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 920)
• Pages: 166-171
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-o3mj79
• Online since: May 2022
• Authors: Bo Yuan Tian*, Zhan Feng Deng, Gui Zhi Xu, Xiao Yun Song, Gao Qun Zhang, Jia Yao Deng
• Keywords: Anion Exchange Membrane, Electrocatalyst, Membrane Exchange Assemble, Oxygen Electrochemical Reduction, Oxygen Production

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