化学
制氢
微生物电解槽
电解
氢
电解质
阴极
聚合物电解质膜电解
离解(化学)
电解水
高压电解
膜
分析化学(期刊)
无机化学
环境化学
电极
生物化学
有机化学
物理化学
作者
Xu Wang,Ruggero Rossi,Zhifei Yan,Wulin Yang,Michael A. Hickner,Thomas E. Mallouk,Bruce E. Logan
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.est.9b05024
摘要
Hydrogen production using two-chamber microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) is usually adversely impacted by a rapid rise in catholyte pH because of proton consumption for the hydrogen evolution reaction. While using a bipolar membrane (BPM) will maintain a more constant electrolyte pH, the large voltage loss across this membrane reduces performance. To overcome these limitations, we used an acidic catholyte to compensate for the potential loss incurred by using a BPM. A hydrogen production rate of 1.2 ± 0.7 L-H2/L/d (jmax = 10 ± 0.4 A/m2) was obtained using a Pt cathode and BPM with a pH difference (ΔpH = 6.1) between the two chambers. This production rate was 2.8 times greater than that of a conventional MEC with an anion exchange membrane (AEM, 0.43 ± 0.1 L-H2/L/d, jmax = 6.5 ± 0.3 A/m2). The catholyte pH gradually increased to 11 ± 0.3 over 9 days using the BPM and Pt/C, which decreased current production (jmax = 2.5 ± 0.3 A/m2). However, this performance was much better than that obtained using an AEM as the catholyte pH increased to 10 ± 0.4 after just one day. The use of an activated carbon cathode with the BPM enabled stable performance over a longer period of 12 days, although it reduced the hydrogen production rate (0.45 ± 0.1 L-H2/L/d).
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