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Title: Evaluating Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation in Alkaline Media to Establish Baselines

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This paper fills a significant gap in the literature for alkaline hydrogen evolution (HER) and oxidation (HOR) baseline performance, while reviewing the different variables that influence observed properties. Although high-performing HER-HOR catalysts in acidic electrolytes are too active to measure kinetic in rotating disk electrode (RDE) half-cells, under alkaline conditions RDE kinetics evaluations are relevant and half-cell performances are comparable to hydrogen pump data. This paper focuses on best practices to ensure that half-cell tests don't unnecessarily lower platinum group metal (PGM) performance or improve non-PGM performance. Specific aspects examined include experiments on PGMs minimizing the impact of impurities (electrolyte, cell material) and experiments on non-PGMs minimizing the impact from test protocols (counter electrode).

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); NREL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1435360
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OSTI ID: 1455162
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-71361
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651; /jes/165/7/F441.atom
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AC36-08GO28308
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
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Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Volume: 165 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher:
The Electrochemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
08 HYDROGEN; electrocatalysis; electrolysis; fuel cells

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Alia, Shaun M., and Pivovar, Bryan S. Evaluating Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation in Alkaline Media to Establish Baselines. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1149/2.0361807jes.
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@article{osti_1435360,
title = {Evaluating Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation in Alkaline Media to Establish Baselines},
author = {Alia, Shaun M. and Pivovar, Bryan S.},
abstractNote = {This paper fills a significant gap in the literature for alkaline hydrogen evolution (HER) and oxidation (HOR) baseline performance, while reviewing the different variables that influence observed properties. Although high-performing HER-HOR catalysts in acidic electrolytes are too active to measure kinetic in rotating disk electrode (RDE) half-cells, under alkaline conditions RDE kinetics evaluations are relevant and half-cell performances are comparable to hydrogen pump data. This paper focuses on best practices to ensure that half-cell tests don't unnecessarily lower platinum group metal (PGM) performance or improve non-PGM performance. Specific aspects examined include experiments on PGMs minimizing the impact of impurities (electrolyte, cell material) and experiments on non-PGMs minimizing the impact from test protocols (counter electrode).},
doi = {10.1149/2.0361807jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 7,
volume = 165,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sat Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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