Ceramic carbon electrode-based anodes for use in the Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4871-4876

  Ranganathan, Santhanam ^a   Easton, E Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramic carbon electrodes; Electrolysis; Nuclear based hydrogen production; Thermochemical copper chloride cycle

Indexed keywords

3-AMINOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; ACTIVE AREA; ANION TRANSPORT; ANODE ELECTRODE MATERIALS; CARBON ELECTRODE; CERAMIC CARBON ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRODE PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR-BASED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL BALANCE; ORGANOSILICATES; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES;

ANODES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 77951133283     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.08.085     Document Type: Article

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