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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages 11347-11358Publisher
ESG
DOI: 10.20964/2018.12.84
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A-901 AEM membranes; A-201 AEM membranes; Membrane electrode assembly; Oxygen evolution reaction; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
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A new ultrathin anion exchange membrane (AEM) is proposed for low cost AEM electrolysis. The advantages that thin membranes offer include reduced mass transport resistance and ohmic resistance. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with a thinner membrane will have improved hydroxide ion transfer due to the shorter ion transfer pathway. We fabricated a MEA with a commercially available ultrathin A-901 membrane (9 mu m thick) and non-noble metal catalysts. We determined the efficiency and stability of this ultrathin membrane using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The best performance recorded was 400 mA cm(-2) at 1.94 V at 50 degrees C. Over a period of 200 h, the voltage increase was only 200 mu V h(-1), which is < 60% that of the more commonly used A-201 membrane. The ultrathin A-901 membrane exhibited slightly higher performance compared to the A-201 for a given catalyst, catalyst loading, and electrolyte concentration. Acta 3030 (R) (CuCoOx) and Acta 4030 (R) (Ni/(CeO2-La2O3)/C) were employed as the oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts, respectively.
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