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Gastight rotating cylinder electrode: Toward decoupling mass transport and intrinsic kinetics in electrocatalysis

Journal Article · · AIChE Journal
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.17605· OSTI ID:1862458
Abstract

Decoupling and understanding the various mass, charge, and heat transport phenomena involved in the electrocatalytic transformation of small molecules (i.e., CO 2 , CO, H 2 , N 2 , NH 3 , O 2 , and CH 4 ) is challenging but it can be readily achieved using dimensionless quantities (i.e., Reynolds, Sherwood, Schmidt, Damköhler, Nusselt, Prandtl, and Peclet Numbers) to simplify the characterization of systems with multiple interacting physical phenomena. Herein we report the development of a gastight rotating cylinder electrode cell with well‐defined mass transport characteristics that can be applied to experimentally decouple mass transfer effects from intrinsic kinetics in electrocatalytic systems. The gastight rotating cylinder electrode cell enables the dimensionless analysis of electrocatalytic systems and should enable the rigorous research and development of electrocatalytic technologies.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0007613
OSTI ID:
1862458
Journal Information:
AIChE Journal, Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 68; ISSN 0001-1541
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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