Enhancement of SO2 high temperature depolarized electrolysis by means of graphene oxide composite polybenzimidazole membranes

In the present work, Polybenzimidazole-composite membranes with graphene oxide as organic filler with different contents (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 wt%) were prepared and tested in a sulfur depolarized electrolyzer. The composite Graphene Oxide/Polybenzimidazole membranes show greater electrolyzer perfo...

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Autores: Díaz Abad, Sergio, Fernández Mancebo, Sandra, Andrés Rodrigo, Manuel, Lobato Bajo, Justo, Galán Moya, eva María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/36288
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/36288
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SO2 depolarized electrolysis
Green hydrogen
High-temperature electrolysis
PBI membrane
Graphene oxide
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Sumario:In the present work, Polybenzimidazole-composite membranes with graphene oxide as organic filler with different contents (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 wt%) were prepared and tested in a sulfur depolarized electrolyzer. The composite Graphene Oxide/Polybenzimidazole membranes show greater electrolyzer performance than a standard membrane. For the first time, actual hydrogen production is reported at high temperature in the range of 110 °C–140 °C for the sulfur dioxide depolarized electrolysis. In general, composite Graphene Oxide/Polybenzimidazole membranes showed superior performance, obtaining the highest hydrogen generation with the composite membrane with a content of 2 wt%. Furthermore, sulfur dioxide crossover is reported to decrease by increasing the amount of graphene oxide into the membrane, demonstrating the benefit of adding Graphene Oxide to a Polybenzimidazole matrix for the sulfur dioxide depolarized electrolysis.