期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 45, 期 1, 页码 80-93出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.10.233
关键词
Alkaline water electrolysis; Separator membrane; Plasma initiated grafting; Acrylic acid; Resistance; Gas purity
资金
- Slovak grant agency VEGA [1/0930/17]
Highly hydrophilic separators for alkaline water electrolysis were prepared by plasma initiated grafting of acrylic acid on porous polypropylene (PP) membranes. The membranes were activated in a low-pressure radio-frequency discharge in oxygen and subsequently graft polymerization of acrylic acid was performed in aqueous solution. The membranes were characterized by gravimetric grafting degree (GD), SEM, FTIR, critical wetting surface tension (CWST) test, mechanical strength, and electrolytic conductivity. Moreover, the membranes were applied as separators in alkaline electrolysis cell, and content of hydrogen in the produced oxygen was measured to determine membrane permeability to hydrogen dissolved in the electrolyte. It was observed that increasing GD improves performance of membranes as separators in alkaline electrolysis, although the particular effects on the electrolytic conductivity and hydrogen permeability strongly depend on structure the of initial PP substrate. Ageing test conducted in 30 wt% KOH at 60 degrees C revealed that although considerable degrafting took place at beginning of the test, the remaining polyacrylic acid provided highly hydrophilic character to membrane for 7000 h of the test. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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