Alternative Gas Diffusion Electrode Designs: Influence of Porosity Gradients on the Electrochemical Activity

IF 6.2 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS
Artur Bekisch, Karl Skadell, Johannes Ast, Matthias Schulz, Roland Weidl, Silke Christiansen, Michael Stelter
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In this study, it is revealed that carbon-free gas diffusion electrodes (CF-GDEs) with macropore sizes outperform the a carbon-based GDE (GDEref). These CF-GDEs exhibit notably reduced overpotentials and increased electrochemical stability. By combining three distinct macropore-sized substrates, coated with MnOx and hydrophobized with polytetrafluorethylen, a range of CF-GDEs with distinct porosity gradients is designed. In the results, the pivotal role of substrate layers and their hydrophilic/hydrophobic attributes in steering the formation of the electrolyte thin film are unveiled. Specifically, one CF-GDE shows a reduction by one-third of the ηOER (0.24 V) compared to GDEref at 10 mA cm−2. Noteworthy, this CF-GDE also displays excellent long-term stability without degradation, which is a common issue with carbon-based GDEs due to carbon corrosion. Impressively, the stability measurement conditions the active catalyst sites of the CF-GDE and leads to the formation of NiOx, Ni6MnO8, and NiMn layered double hydroxides. This results in a doubling of the current densities.

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替代气体扩散电极设计:孔隙度梯度对电化学活性的影响
在这项研究中,发现具有大孔径的无碳气体扩散电极(CF-GDEs)优于碳基气体扩散电极(GDEref)。这些cf - gde表现出明显降低的过电位和提高的电化学稳定性。通过结合三种不同的大孔大小的衬底,涂覆MnOx和聚四氟乙烯疏水,设计了一系列具有不同孔隙度梯度的cf - gde。研究结果揭示了衬底层及其亲疏水特性在电解质薄膜形成过程中的关键作用。具体来说,一个CF-GDE在10 mA cm−2下的ηOER (0.24 V)比gde降低了三分之一。值得注意的是,这种CF-GDE还表现出优异的长期稳定性,而不会降解,这是碳基gde由于碳腐蚀而常见的问题。令人印象深刻的是,稳定性测试决定了CF-GDE的活性催化剂位置,并导致NiOx, Ni6MnO8和NiMn层状双氢氧化物的形成。这导致电流密度加倍。
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期刊介绍: Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research is an open access academic journal that focuses on publishing high-quality peer-reviewed research articles in the areas of energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, applications, ecology, climate change, water and environmental sciences, and related societal impacts. The journal provides readers with free access to influential scientific research that has undergone rigorous peer review, a common feature of all journals in the Advanced series. In addition to original research articles, the journal publishes opinion, editorial and review articles designed to meet the needs of a broad readership interested in energy and sustainability science and related fields. In addition, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research is indexed in several abstracting and indexing services, including: CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) INSPEC (IET) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
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