Electrochemical hydrogen production from humid air using cation-modified graphene oxide membranes
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Nur Laila Hamidah
Abstract
Water electrolysis is an environment-friendly process of producing hydrogen with zero-carbon emission. Herein, we studied the water vapor electrolysis using a proton-conducting membrane composed of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets intercalated with cations (Al3+ and Ce3+). We examined the effect of cation introduction on the physical and chemical structures, morphology, thermal and chemical stabilities, and the proton conductivity of stacked GO nanosheet membranes by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Concentration cell measurements revealed that the cation-modified membranes are pure proton conductors at room temperature. The proton conductivity of a GO membrane was much improved by cation modification. The cation-modified GO membranes, sandwiched with Pt/C electrodes as the cathode and anode, electrolyzed humidified air to produce hydrogen at room temperature, indicating the feasibility of this carbon-based electrochemical device.
Funding source: Kato Foundation for Promotion of Science
Award Identifier / Grant number: KJ-2822
Funding source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Award Identifier / Grant number: 18H01835
Funding source: Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology
Award Identifier / Grant number: 19K22087
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Funding: This work was supported by the JST e-ASIA collaborative research project on functional materials, a Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research (19K22087), and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (18H01835) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. T.K. is also grateful for the support from the Kato Foundation for Promotion of Science (KJ-2822).
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