Aqueous methanol eletrolysis using proton conducting membrane for hydrogen production

作者：Sasikumar Gangadharan^*; Muthumeenal Arunachalam; Pethaiah Sethu Sundar; Nachiappan Nachiappan; Balaji Rengarajan

来源：International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2008, 33(21): 5905-5910.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.013

• Hydrogen production
• Electrolyser
• Methanol electrolysis
• Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM)
• Nafion
• Fuel cells

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.

• 出版日期2008-11