Abstract:
The present invention relates to rechargeable electrochemical zinc-oxygen cells comprising A) at least one anode comprising metallic zinc, B) at least one gas diffusion electrode comprising (B1) at least one cathode active material, and (B2) optionally at least one solid medium through which gas can diffuse, and C) an aqueous electrolyte comprising boric acid. The present invention further relates to uses of the inventive rechargeable electrochemical zinc- oxygen cells, to zinc-air batteries comprising the inventive rechargeable electrochemical zinc- oxygen cells, and to the use of an aqueous electrolyte comprising boric acid for production or for operation of rechargeable electrochemical zinc-oxygen cells.
Abstract:
A process for working up an exhaust gas (A) from a system for producing hydroxylamine or hydroxylammonium salts by catalytic reduction of nitrogen monoxide with hydrogen, wherein the exhaust gas (A) comprises nitrogen monoxide, hydrogen, dinitrogen monoxide, nitrogen and ammonia, and at least some of the hydrogen present in the exhaust gas (A) is separated off from the exhaust gas (A) by means of a gas-tight membrane-electrode assembly which comprises at least one selectively proton-conducting membrane, a retentate side, a permeate side, and, on each side of the membrane, at least one electrode catalyst, wherein, on the retentate side of the membrane, at least some of the hydrogen is oxidized to protons at the anode catalyst and the protons, after crossing the membrane, are, on the permeate side, at the cathode catalyst according to (I) reduced to hydrogen and/or (II) reacted with oxygen to form water, wherein the oxygen originates from an oxygen-comprising stream (O) which is contacted with the permeate side.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst for electro-chemical applications comprising an alloy of platinum and a transition metal, wherein the transition metal has an absorption edge similar to the absorption edge of the transition metal in oxidic state, measured with x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) wherein the measurements are performed in concentrated H3PO4 electrolyte. The invention further relates to a process for an oxygen reduction reaction using the catalyst as electrocatalyst.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种用于电化学应用的催化剂,其包括铂和过渡金属的合金,其中过渡金属具有类似于氧化态的过渡金属的吸收边缘的吸收边缘,其用x射线吸收近 - 边缘光谱(XANES),其中测量在浓H 3 PO 4电解质中进行。 本发明还涉及使用该催化剂作为电催化剂的氧还原反应方法。
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the production of a membrane electr ode unit, comprising an anode catalyst layer (13), a polymer electrolyte mem brane (1), and a cathode catalyst layer (14), and to a fuel cell having such a membrane electrode unit. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of applying a first border (17) made of a UV-curable material onto the polymer electrolyte membrane (1), wherein an inner region (16) of the p olymer electrolyte membrane (1) remains free of the UV-curable material, app lying a catalyst layer (2), which covers the inner region (16) of the polyme r electrolyte membrane (1) and overlaps the first border (17), applying a se cond border (18) made of the UV-curable material onto the first border (17), wherein the second border (18) surrounds the catalyst layer (2), applying a third border (19) made of the UV-curable material onto the second border (1 8), wherein the third border (19) overlaps the catalyst layer (2), and expos ing the first, second, and third borders (17, 18, 19) to UV radiation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a catalyst ink which contains at least one catalytically active material and at least one ionic liquid, to a method for producing said catalyst ink, to a method for producing a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) containing at least one membrane and at least one electrode, by applying said catalyst ink to a membrane or by applying said catalyst ink to the optional gas diffusion layer, to the use of said catalyst ink in the production of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), of a catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) or a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and to the use of an ionic liquid for producing a catalyst ink.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a membrane-electrode unit comprising at least on e membrane, at least two electrode layers, and at least one barrier junction that contains at least one catalytically active species and/or at least one adsorbent material, the barrier junction not being electronically conductin g when a catalytically active species is provided. Also disclosed are the us e of such a barrier junction in a membrane-electrode unit and in a fuel cell as well as a gas diffusion electrode and a fuel cell containing such a memb rane-electrode unit.