Water Splitting Capacity Improvement of Mn-Fe Oxide Prepared by Ball Milling with $ZrO_2$

  • Kang, Kyoung-Soo (Hydrogen Energy Research Group, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Cho, Mi-Sun (Department of Fine Chemical Engineering & Chemistry, Chung-Nam National University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Hee (Hydrogen Energy Research Group, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Park, Chu-Sik (Hydrogen Energy Research Group, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

Mn-Fe oxide and Mn-Fe oxide/$ZrO_2$(50wt%/50wt%) were prepared by ball milling method. XRD data of the prepared samples revealed that hematite and ferrite phase coexisted. Water splitting at 1273K, after thermal reduction at 1573K, was performed 4 times for the samples. Hydrogen production amount was analyzed by GC with TCD detector. Water splitting capacity of Mn-Fe oxide was improved by ball milling with $ZrO_2$.

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