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Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Reaction in Electrical Discharge through D2/H2O System (전기방전하에서 D2/H2O 반응계의 수소 동위원소 교환반응)

  • Kim, H.J.;Park, Y.D.;Lee, W.M.
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 1998
  • Hydrogen isotope exchange in mixtures of $H_2O/D_2$, $H_2O/D_2O$, or $D_2O/H_2$ can be facilitated under electrical discharge. For example, a simple DC corona discharge through the mixture creates a plasma in which the reactants are excited energetically. The reactants in such plasma, due to increase in population of excited quantum levels or due to production of radicals or ions, undergo very rapid chemical reactions even at ambient temperature. The isotope exchange reaction of hydrogen(H) and deuterium(D) produces the third kind of heavy water(HDO) and isotopic hydrogen gas(HD), as shown in $D_2+H_2O{\rightarrow}HD$ K=11.257(at $25^{\circ}C$) The reaction products can be detected with temporal resolution using the Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) absorption spectroscopy. Since $H_2O$, $D_2O$ and HDO are all infrared active with different absorption peaks, FTIR proves to be a useful tool for monitoring the reaction. Experimental results show that the electrical method is indeed a useful means to promote the reaction, showing a better efficiency than traditional catalytic methods.

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Hydrogen Supply to PEMFC for Unmanned Aero Vehicles Using Hydrolysis Reaction of NaBH4 (NaBH4 가수분해 반응에 의한 무인항공기용 PEMFC 수소공급)

  • Jung, Hyeon-Seong;Jo, Byung-Joo;Lee, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Han-Jong;Na, Il-Chai;Chu, Cheun-Ho;Park, Kwon-Pil
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2016
  • Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) instead of batteries is appropriate for long time flight of unmanned aero vehicles (UAV). In this work, $NaBH_4$ hydrolysis system supplying hydrogen to PEMFC was studied. In order to decrease weight of $NaBH_4$ hydrolysis system, enhancement of hydrogen yield, recovery of condensing water and maintenance of stable hydrogen yield were studied. The hydrogen yield of 3.4% was increased by controlling of hydrogen pressure in hydrolysis reactor. Condensing water formed during air cooling of hydrogen was recovered into storage tank of $NaBH_4$ solution. In this process the condensing water dissolved $NaBH_4$ powder and then addition of $NaBH_4$ solution decreased system weight of 14%. $NaBH_4$ hydrolysis system was stably operated with hydrogen yield of 96% by 2.0g Co-P-B catalyst for 10 hours at 2.0L/min hydrogen evolution rate.

A Review on Membranes and Catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Single Cells

  • Cho, Min Kyung;Lim, Ahyoun;Lee, So Young;Kim, Hyoung-Juhn;Yoo, Sung Jong;Sung, Yung-Eun;Park, Hyun S.;Jang, Jong Hyun
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.183-196
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    • 2017
  • The research efforts directed at advancing water electrolysis technology continue to intensify together with the increasing interest in hydrogen as an alternative source of energy to fossil fuels. Among the various water electrolysis systems reported to date, systems employing a solid polymer electrolyte membrane are known to display both improved safety and efficiency as a result of enhanced separation of products: hydrogen and oxygen. Conducting water electrolysis in an alkaline medium lowers the system cost by allowing non-platinum group metals to be used as catalysts for the complex multi-electron transfer reactions involved in water electrolysis, namely the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER, respectively). We briefly review the anion exchange membranes (AEMs) and electrocatalysts developed and applied thus far in alkaline AEM water electrolysis (AEMWE) devices. Testing the developed components in AEMWE cells is a key step in maximizing the device performance since cell performance depends strongly on the structure of the electrodes containing the HER and OER catalysts and the polymer membrane under specific cell operating conditions. In this review, we discuss the properties of reported AEMs that have been used to fabricate membrane-electrode assemblies for AEMWE cells, including membranes based on polysulfone, poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phylene) oxide, polybenzimidazole, and inorganic composite materials. The activities and stabilities of tertiary metal oxides, metal carbon composites, and ultra-low Pt-loading electrodes toward OER and HER in AEMWE cells are also described.