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Distribution of relaxation times analysis of electrochemical hydrogen pump impedance spectra

Braig M, Zeis R (2023)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

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Book Volume: 576

Article Number: 233203

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233203

Abstract

Polybenzimidazole-based electrochemical hydrogen pumps (EHPs) allow hydrogen separation from gas mixtures at low cell overpotential. An operating temperature of up to 180 °C provides robustness towards catalyst poisoning by common impurities in steam reformate, like CO or sulfur compounds. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) coupled with the distribution of relaxation times (DRT) analysis is performed on single-cell EHPs supplied by H2 contaminated with N2, CO2, and CO to investigate and quantify the underlying physicochemical processes. By systematically varying the operating parameters, five different processes were identified in the DRT spectrum: the proton transport in the electrode, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), the mass transport (MT) in the anode gas diffusion electrode, and the movement of phosphoric acid anions from the cathode to the anode at high current densities. At high contaminant concentrations, the HOR and the MT resistances increase. The HOR inhibition is dominant for CO, while for N2 and CO2, the MT resistance increase is more pronounced. At 180 °C cell temperature, the performance with 50% CO2 in the gas feed was worse than with 1% CO, highlighting the possibility of operating an EHP with a CO-contaminated gas feed at elevated operating temperature.

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APA:

Braig, M., & Zeis, R. (2023). Distribution of relaxation times analysis of electrochemical hydrogen pump impedance spectra. Journal of Power Sources, 576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233203

MLA:

Braig, Michael, and Roswitha Zeis. "Distribution of relaxation times analysis of electrochemical hydrogen pump impedance spectra." Journal of Power Sources 576 (2023).

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