在盐水电解过程中模拟通过薄膜复合膜的离子运输
Rachel F Taylor1, Xuechen Zhou1, Chenghan Xie1
1Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|June 11, 2024
概括
薄膜复合材料 (TFC) 膜为气生产提供价格合理的盐水电解. 运输模型显示,活性层电荷对离子交叉产生最小的影响,在支层中形成pH梯度.
科学领域:
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 薄膜复合材料 (TFC) 膜是用于盐水电解的离子交换膜的具有成本效益的替代品.
- 通过电解生产气对于储存可再生能源至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在盐水电解过程中研究TFC膜中的离子运输机制.
- 模拟潜在梯度对跨TFC膜层的离子运动的影响.
- 确定控制离子交叉和TFC膜中的pH梯度的关键因素.
主要方法:
- 开发和应用一个简化的解决方案-摩擦运输模型.
- 将模型配合来自电解600mM电解质的实验性离子运输数据在10mA cm-2的电解.
- 在不同电解质度,电流密度和活性层电荷密度下模拟离子运输.
主要成果:
- 该模型准确地预测了电解质度和电流密度增加的主要电荷载体运输.
- 从0到600毫米的活性层电荷密度变化对离子传输的影响最小.
- 模拟预测了膜支层内的急剧pH梯度.
结论:
- 活性层电荷不是控制电解过程中TFC膜中的离子交叉的主要因素.
- 支层内的pH梯度是电解过程的重要结果.
- 这些发现可以为水电解仪的TFC膜的设计和操作参数提供信息.
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