Nanoporous materials for reducing the over potential of creating hydrogen by water electrolysis

Anderson, Marc A.; Leonard, Kevin C.

Title: Nanoporous materials for reducing the over potential of creating hydrogen by water electrolysis

Patent · Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1257343

Anderson, Marc A.; Leonard, Kevin C.

Disclosed is an electrolyzer including an electrode including a nanoporous oxide-coated conducting material. Also disclosed is a method of producing a gas through electrolysis by contacting an aqueous solution with an electrode connected to an electrical power source, wherein the electrode includes a nanoporous oxide-coated conducting material.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: W-31-109-ENG-38

Assignee:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)

Patent Number(s):: 9,365,939

Application Number:: 13/149,298

OSTI ID:: 1257343

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 May 31

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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