Evaluation of Raney nickel electrodes prepared by atmospheric plasma spraying for alkaline water electrolysers

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 14380-14390

  Chade, Daniel ^a   Berlouis, Leonard ^a   Infield, David ^a   Cruden, Andrew ^b   Nielsen, Peter Tommy ^c   Mathiesen, Troels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c FORCE TECHNOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alkaline electrolyser; Electrocatalyst; Hydrogen; Raney nickel; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SPRAYING; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROLYSERS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; RANEY NICKEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENTS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SPRAYING;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886727506     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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