Graphene oxide modified non-noble metal electrode for alkaline anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 14934-14942

  Seetharaman, S ^a,b   Balaji, R ^a   Ramya, K ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^a   Velan, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline water electrolyzer; Anion exchange membrane; Graphene oxide; Hydrogen production; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE WATER; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NICKEL; PRECIOUS METALS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84887081019     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.033     Document Type: Article

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