Research progress in hydrogen electrode materials for alkaline water electrolysis

doi:10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2015.10.025

Abstract

Abstract: Water electrolysis will become the core technology of environmental production for hydrogen industry in the future. It is very important to study new cathode materials for reducing the cathode overpotential. Because it not only can reduce energy consumption and the cost of water electrolysis, but also can enhance the stability and safety of production. This paper mainly discusses the research status of hydrogen electrode materials for alkaline water electrolysis. Based on the major improvement of catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction, this paper mainly focuses on the electrodepositing preparation method for three kinds of nickel-based electrodes, which are alloy hydrogen evolution electrode, composite hydrogen evolution electrode, and porous hydrogen evolution electrode. The existing problems on hydrogen evolution electrode in experimental research and industrial application are analyzed. In the end, it is pointed out that the more catalytic activity and more stable electrochemical performance of multivariate composite electrodes based on electrodepositing preparation will be the future of hydrogen electrode development.

Key words: electrolysis, hydrogen production, catalysis, hydrogen evolution electrode, electrolytic deposition

摘要： 电解水制氢将成为未来绿色制氢工业的核心技术。研究新型阴极材料以有效降低阴极过电位,对降低电解水能耗和设备成本、提高生产稳定性和安全性,具有十分重要的现实意义。本文主要对碱性水溶液电解制氢工业的析氢阴极材料进行综述。围绕电极结晶结构设计和尺寸结构设计两个主要的电极发展方向,重点介绍了3类基于电沉积制备技术的Ni基电极材料:合金析氢电极、复合析氢电极、多孔析氢电极。分析了当前析氢电极在实验研发与工业应用中存在的问题。指出采用电沉积法,制备催化活性更高且适用于工业电解环境的多元复合电极材料将是今后析氢电极发展的趋势。

关键词: 电解, 制氢, 催化, 析氢电极, 电沉积

CLC Number:

O646

ZHANG Kaiyue, LIU Weihua, CHEN Hui, ZHANG Bo, LIU Jianguo, YAN Chuanwei. Research progress in hydrogen electrode materials for alkaline water electrolysis[J]. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progree, 2015, 34(10): 3680-3687,3778.

张开悦, 刘伟华, 陈晖, 张博, 刘建国, 严川伟. 碱性电解水析氢电极的研究进展[J]. 化工进展, 2015, 34(10): 3680-3687,3778.

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