In situ investigation on ultrafast oxygen evolution reactions of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells
Abstract
Visualization investigation the oxygen bubble evolution and dynamics reveals the real phenomena inside an operating proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cell.
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tullahoma, TN (United States). Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering, UT Space Institute
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Biosciences and Center for Nanophase Materials Science Divisions
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Energy and Transportation Sciences Division
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Materials and Chemical Science and Technolog
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1393373
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1435301
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-70048
Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488; JMCAET
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; FE0011585; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 35; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; electrochemical devices; energy storage
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Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Retterer, Scott T., Cullen, David A., Toops, Todd J., Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green Jr, Johney B., and Zhang, Feng-Yuan. In situ investigation on ultrafast oxygen evolution reactions of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1039/C7TA05681H.
Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Retterer, Scott T., Cullen, David A., Toops, Todd J., Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green Jr, Johney B., & Zhang, Feng-Yuan. In situ investigation on ultrafast oxygen evolution reactions of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells. United States. doi:10.1039/C7TA05681H.
Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Retterer, Scott T., Cullen, David A., Toops, Todd J., Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green Jr, Johney B., and Zhang, Feng-Yuan. Fri .
"In situ investigation on ultrafast oxygen evolution reactions of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells". United States. doi:10.1039/C7TA05681H. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393373.
@article{osti_1393373,
title = {In situ investigation on ultrafast oxygen evolution reactions of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells},
author = {Mo, Jingke and Kang, Zhenye and Yang, Gaoqiang and Li, Yifan and Retterer, Scott T. and Cullen, David A. and Toops, Todd J. and Bender, Guido and Pivovar, Bryan S. and Green Jr, Johney B. and Zhang, Feng-Yuan},
abstractNote = {Visualization investigation the oxygen bubble evolution and dynamics reveals the real phenomena inside an operating proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cell.},
doi = {10.1039/C7TA05681H},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 35,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {8}
}
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