De Nora Permelec Ltd

Yokohama National University

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Kyoto University

National University Corporation Yokohama National University

Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Shigenori Mitsushima

Yoshinori Nishiki

Awaludin Zaenal

Akihiro Kato

Ikuo Nagashima

Takaaki Nakai

Kensaku Nagasawa

Tatsuya Taniguchi

Masatoshi Majima

Kazuki Okuno

Takahiro Higashino

Hiromasa Tawarayama

Akihiko Inomata

Yoshiharu Uchimoto

Fumiya Tsujii

Ashraf Abdelhaleem

Yun Bao

Tomoki Uchiyama

Ayaka Nagai

Shohei Takatsu

Haruki Masumura

Takeshi Nishimoto

Bao Yun

The present invention provides an accelerated evaluation method for an anode, the method imitating electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, and enabling an accurate evaluation, in a shorter time, of durability of an anode using such electric power having a large output fluctuation as a power source. The method is an accelerated evaluation method for an anode, the method performing evaluation of the durability of the anode in an accelerated manner by electrochemical operation in an aqueous electrolyte. The method includes a Jstep of loading an oxidation current of 0.1 A/cmor more to the anode for a duration of Tand an Estep of holding the anode at a constant potential lower than an open circuit potential for a duration of T, wherein each of the Jstep and the Estep is repeated 100 times or more.

Accelerated evaluation method for anode

The present invention provides an alkaline water electrolysis anode such that even when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source, the electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a long period of time. The alkaline water electrolysis anode is an alkaline water electrolysis anodeprovided with an electrically conductive substrateat least a surface of which contains nickel or a nickel base alloy and a catalyst layerdisposed on the surface of the electrically conductive substrate, the catalyst layercontaining a nickel-containing metal oxide having a spinel structure, wherein the nickel-containing metal oxide contains nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), and has an atom ratio of Li/Ni/Mn/O of (0.0 to 0.8)/(0.4 to 0.6)/(1.0 to 1.8)/4.0.

Anode for alkaline water electrolysis and method for producing same

The present invention provides an electrode for electrolysis in which electrolysis performance is hard to deteriorate and excellent catalytic activity is kept stable over a long period of time even when electric power in which there is a large fluctuation in output, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source. The electrode for electrolysis is an electrodefor electrolysis provided with an electrically conductive substrateat least the surface of which contains nickel or a nickel-based alloy, an intermediate layerformed on the surface of the electrically conductive substrateand containing a lithium-containing nickel oxide represented by composition formula LiNiO(0.02≤x≤0.5), and a catalyst layerof a nickel cobalt spinel oxide, an iridium oxide, or the like, the catalyst layerformed on the surface of the intermediate layer

Electrolysis electrode and method for manufacturing same

The present invention realizes industrially excellent effects such that when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source, electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a longer period of time, and in addition, the present invention provides a technique that enables forming a catalyst layer of an oxygen generation anode, which gives such excellent effects, with a more versatile materials and by a simple electrolysis method. Provided are an alkaline water electrolysis method including supplying an electrolyte obtained by dispersing a catalyst containing a hybrid nickel-iron hydroxide nanosheet (NiFe-ns) being a composite of a metal hydroxide and an organic substance to an anode chamber and a cathode chamber, and using the electrolyte for electrolysis in each chamber in common, an alkaline water electrolysis method including supplying an electrolyte obtained by dispersing a catalyst containing the NiFe-ns to an anode chamber and a cathode chamber, and performing electrolytic deposition of the NiFe-ns in the electrolytic cell during operation to electrolytically deposit the NiFe-ns on a surface of an electrically conductive substrate having a catalyst layer formed on a surface of an oxygen generation anode, thereby recovering and improving electrolysis performance, and an alkaline water electrolysis anode.

Alkaline water electrolysis method, and anode for alkaline water electrolysis

A metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure, includes: a framework forming the three-dimensional network structure; and a coating layer having fine pores and coating the framework, the three-dimensional network structure including a rib and a node connecting a plurality of ribs, the framework including an alkali-resistant first metal, the fine pores having an average fine pore diameter of 10 nm or more and 1 &#x3bc;m or less, the coating layer including an alkali-resistant second metal and optionally including an alkali-soluble metal, the alkali-soluble metal being contained at a proportion of 0% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less with reference to a total mass of the framework and the coating layer.

Metal porous body

An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolysis technique such that the electrolysis performance is unlikely to be deteriorated, and excellent catalytic activity is retained stably over a long period of time even when electric power having a large output fluctuation, such as renewable energy, is used a power source, and this object is realized by an alkaline water electrolysis method, in which an electrolytic solution obtained by dispersing a catalyst containing a hybrid cobalt hydroxide nanosheet (Co-NS) being a composite of a metal hydroxide and an organic substance is supplied to an anode chamber and a cathode chamber that form an electrolytic cell, and the electrolytic solution is used for electrolysis in each chamber in common, and an alkaline water electrolysis anode.

Alkaline water electrolysis method and alkaline water electrolysis anode

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