Polarization curves for an alkaline water electrolysis at a small pin vertical electrode to produce hydrogen

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2446-2454

  Mandin, Ph ^a   Wuthrich R ^b   Roustan, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Electrochemical modeling; Two phase flow; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; POLARIZATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; EARTH GRAVITY FIELD; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MODELING; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITY; TWO-PHASE ELECTROLYSIS; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77957908509     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12153     Document Type: Article

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