Mass-transfer measurements at porous 3D Pt-Ir/Ti electrodes in a direct borohydride fuel cell
Mass-transfer measurements at porous 3D Pt-Ir/Ti electrodes in a direct borohydride fuel cell
The volumetric mass-transport coefficients (kmAe) for borohydride ion oxidation at various titanium 3D electrode structures in a rectangular flow channel were calculated by chronoamperometry in a three-electrode electrochemical flow cell. The 3D electrodes used for the oxidation of borohydride in alkaline media included flat, mesh, micromesh, fine mesh and felt coated with a Pt-Ir alloy catalysts. Felt, fine mesh and micromesh electrodes showed high electrochemical activity with current enhancement factors () of 100, 64, 22, respectively at a mean linear flow velocity of 6 cm s-1 through the electrodes. In the presence of a turbulence promoter (TP), the currents from the flat and mesh electrodes improved twice compared with no TP. The 3D electrodes were tested in a complete cell with an anolyte consisting of 2.5 mol dm-3 NaBH4 in 2 mol dm-3 and a catholyte of 0.75 mol dm-3 H2O2 in 2 mol dm-3 NaOH. The power density increased in the following order: plate < micromesh < mesh < felt < mesh + 1 TP < fine mesh. The maximum power density at the fine mesh was 44.5 mW cm-2 at a cell potential of 0.44 V and a current density of 100 mA cm-2 at 296 K.
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Abahussain, Abdulaziz, Abdulkarim
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Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
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Walsh, Frank
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Abahussain, Abdulaziz, Abdulkarim
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Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos
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Walsh, Frank
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Abahussain, Abdulaziz, Abdulkarim, Ponce De Leon Albarran, Carlos and Walsh, Frank
(2018)
Mass-transfer measurements at porous 3D Pt-Ir/Ti electrodes in a direct borohydride fuel cell.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 165 (3), .
(doi:10.1149/2.0751803jes).
Abstract
The volumetric mass-transport coefficients (kmAe) for borohydride ion oxidation at various titanium 3D electrode structures in a rectangular flow channel were calculated by chronoamperometry in a three-electrode electrochemical flow cell. The 3D electrodes used for the oxidation of borohydride in alkaline media included flat, mesh, micromesh, fine mesh and felt coated with a Pt-Ir alloy catalysts. Felt, fine mesh and micromesh electrodes showed high electrochemical activity with current enhancement factors () of 100, 64, 22, respectively at a mean linear flow velocity of 6 cm s-1 through the electrodes. In the presence of a turbulence promoter (TP), the currents from the flat and mesh electrodes improved twice compared with no TP. The 3D electrodes were tested in a complete cell with an anolyte consisting of 2.5 mol dm-3 NaBH4 in 2 mol dm-3 and a catholyte of 0.75 mol dm-3 H2O2 in 2 mol dm-3 NaOH. The power density increased in the following order: plate < micromesh < mesh < felt < mesh + 1 TP < fine mesh. The maximum power density at the fine mesh was 44.5 mW cm-2 at a cell potential of 0.44 V and a current density of 100 mA cm-2 at 296 K.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 March 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418348
ISSN: 0013-4651
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