Thermocapillary Effects at Gas Bubbles Growing on Electrodes


Thermocapillary Effects at Gas Bubbles Growing on Electrodes

Mutschke, G.; Hossain, S. S.; Bashkatov, A.; Yang, X.; Eckert, K.

The contribution summarizes recent progress obtained in our group when studying the dynamics of
hydrogen gas bubbles growing during electrolysis in an aqueous electrolyte. We find that thermocapillary
effects are important to be considered, which lead to characteristic vortical electrolyte flow close to the
bubble [1,2]. We further discuss the resulting force on the bubble and conclude on how the bubble
departure is affected at electrodes of different sizes [3]. This knowledge might contribute to advancing
the efficiency of electrolyzers.

References:

[1] X. Yang et al., Marangoni convection at electrogenerated hydrogen bubbles, Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 20 (2018) 11542.
[2] J. Massing et al., Thermocapillary convection during hydrogen evolution at microelectrodes,
Electrochim. Acta 297 (2019) 929-940.
[3] S.S. Hossain et al., On the thermocapillary effect on gas bubbles growing on electrodes of different
sizes, Electrochim. Acta 353 (2020) 136461.

Keywords: electrolysis; water splitting; gas evolution; thermocapillary effect

  • Lecture (Conference) (Online presentation)
    29th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 19.-21.04.2021, Mikulov, Tschechische Republik
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    International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2020+1), 26.08.2021, Milano, Italien, 22.-27.08.2021, Milano, Italien
  • Lecture (Conference) (Online presentation)
    72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 29.08.-03.09.2021, Jeju, Südkorea

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