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1 PublicationBubble size distribution and electrode coverage at porous nickel electrodes in a novel 3-electrode flow-through cell
Rox, H.; Bashkatov, A.; Yang, X.; Loos, S.; Mutschke, G.; Gerbeth, G.; Eckert, K.
A novel 3-electrode cell type is introduced to run parametrical studies of H₂ evolution in an alkaline electrolyte on porous electrodes. Electrochemical methods combined with a high-speed optical measurement system are applied simultaneously to characterize the electrodes and the bubble dynamics in terms of bubble size distribution and coverage of the working electrode. Three different cathodes made of expanded nickel are investigated at applied current densities of |j| = 10 to 200 mA/cm² without forced flow and at a flow rate of 5 ml/min. The applied current density is found to significantly influence both the size of detached bubbles and the surface coverage of the working electrode. The forced flow through the cathodes is found to strongly reduce the bubble size up to current densities of about 100 mA/cm², whereas the initial transient until the cathode surface is completely covered by bubbles is only marginally affected by the flow-through.
Keywords: bubble dynamics; alkaline electrolysis; porous electrodes; machine learning; additive manufacturing; membraneless electrolyzer
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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 48(2023)8, 2892-2905
Online First (2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.10.165
arXiv: arXiv:2209.11550
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