WC as a non-platinum hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst for high temperature PEM water electrolysers

Aleksey Nikiforov; Irina Petrushina; Erik Christensen; N.V. Alexeev; A.V. Samokhin; Niels Bjerrum

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.112

WC as a non-platinum hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst for high temperature PEM water electrolysers

Aleksey Nikiforov, Irina Petrushina, Erik Christensen, N.V. Alexeev, A.V. Samokhin, Niels Bjerrum

Department of Energy Conversion and Storage

Russian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Tungsten carbide (WC) nanopowder was tested as a non-platinum cathode electrocatalyst for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) water electrolysers, operating at elevated temperatures. It was prepared in thermal plasma reactor with confined plasma jet from WO3 precursor in combination with CH4 carburizing agent. The results of the investigation showed that the activity of tungsten carbide as cathode electrocatalyst increases significantly with temperature and this effect is more pronounced than for platinum, especially, at 150 °C.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	37
Issue number	24
Pages (from-to)	18591-18597
ISSN	0360-3199
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.112
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Hydrogen evolution reaction
HER electrocatalyst
PEM water electrolyser
Non-platinum electrocatalyst
WC

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WC as a non-platinum hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst for high temperature PEM water electrolysers

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