Design principles for water dissociation catalysts in high-performance bipolar membranes

Lihaokun Chen; Qiucheng Xu; Sebastian Z. Oener; Kevin Fabrizio; Shannon W. Boettcher

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31429-7

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Design principles for water dissociation catalysts in high-performance bipolar membranes

Lihaokun Chen,
Qiucheng Xu,
Sebastian Z. Oener,
Kevin Fabrizio,
Shannon W. Boettcher

Affiliations

Lihaokun Chen: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon
Qiucheng Xu: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon
Sebastian Z. Oener: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon
Kevin Fabrizio: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon
Shannon W. Boettcher: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31429-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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It is important yet challenging to elucidate the mechanism of water dissociation in bipolar membrane electrolysers. Here the authors show how water dissociation is accelerated by electric-field-focusing and catalytic effects and uncover design principles to optimize the performance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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