Copper/Carbon/PTFE oxygen-depolarized cathodes for chlor-alkali membrane cells

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5611-5615

  Figueiredo, Raul S ^a   Bertazzoli, Rodnei ^a   Rodrigues, Christiane A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE ELECTROLYSIS; CHLOR-ALKALI ELECTROLYSIS; GRAPHITE CATHODES; HYDROGEN-EVOLUTION; OVERALL REACTIONS; OXYGEN DEPOLARIZED CATHODE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; VOLTAMMETRIC STUDIES;

COPPER; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

CATHODES;

EID: 84876524329     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie303484d     Document Type: Article

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