A clean and membrane-free chlor-alkali process with decoupled Cl2 and H2/NaOH production

Mengyan Hou; Long Chen; Zhaowei Guo; Xiaoli Dong; Yonggang Wang; Yongyao Xia

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02877-x

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

A clean and membrane-free chlor-alkali process with decoupled Cl2 and H2/NaOH production

Mengyan Hou,
Long Chen,
Zhaowei Guo,
Xiaoli Dong,
Yonggang Wang,
Yongyao Xia

Affiliations

Mengyan Hou: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University
Long Chen: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University
Zhaowei Guo: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University
Xiaoli Dong: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University
Yonggang Wang: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University
Yongyao Xia: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Institute of New Energy, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02877-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The chlor-alkali process is an important industrial process to make commodity chemicals; however, it usually requires the use of dangerous chemicals as membrane material. Here, the authors demonstrate clean, membrane-free chlor-alkali electrolysis, where chlorine evolution and hydrogen/sodium hydroxide production are completely decoupled.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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