Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.

Osamu Arimoto

Shinji Katayama

Takamichi Kishi

Yoshinari Take

An electrode for hydrogen generation can maintain a low hydrogen overvoltage for a long period of time even when electrolysis is conducted there not only with a low current density but also with a high current density. The electrode for hydrogen generation has a coating layer formed on a conductive base member by applying a material not containing any chlorine atom prepared by dissolving lanthanum carboxylate in a nitric acid solution of ruthenium nitrate and thermally decomposing the material in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.

Electrode for hydrogen generation and process for preparation thereof

In an activated cathode and a method for manufacturing the activated cathode, a first layer which contains nickel or cobalt as a main component is formed on a metal substrate, and a second layer which contains platinum or ruthenium as a main component is formed on the first layer. It is preferable that the first layer is formed of Raney nickel and the second layer has a large cathode working area, or it is also preferable that the first layer is formed of nickel oxide or cobalt oxide, and the second layer is formed of fine platinum or ruthenium particles and has a large cathode working area.

Activated cathode and method for manufacturing the same

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing hypochlorite efficiently, using an anode, which has a coating containing palladium oxide by 10 to 45 weight %, ruthenium oxide by 15 to 45 weight %, titanium dioxide by 10 to 40 weight %, and platinum by 10 to 20 weight % as well as an oxide of at least one metal selected from cobalt, lanthanum, cerium or yttrium by 2 to 10 weight % being formed on a conductive base, and a cathode comprising a coating having low hydrogen overvoltage and covered with a reduction preventive film and being formed on a conductive base, and an aqueous solution of a chloride is electrolyzed without a diaphragm.

Electrolytic method for manufacturing hypochlorite

Electroplating is carried out in a nickel plating bath in which are dispersed active carbon particles supporting at least one platinum metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, iridium, and palladium, thereby forming on an electrode substrate a nickel electrode active layer containing platinum metal-supporting active carbon particles and having such active carbon particles attached to a surface layer thereof, and thus producing a cathode exhibiting a high electrode activity and capable of stably sustaining a low hydrogen overvoltage for a long period of time.

Low-hydrogen overvoltage cathode having activated carbon particles

An electrode (14) is joined to ridges (12) or ribs of a partition (11) by means of spring members (13), each being in comb form and bent at the toothed portions (16) thereof, so that, while the electrode surface is kept flat, the toothed portions (16) can be held with any desired distance with respect to electrode-supporting portions such as the partition or its ribs, but without causing damage to an ion-exchange membrane.

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Osamu Arimoto