Breathable electrode structure and method for use in water splitting
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1. A method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen in a water-splitting electrolysis cell, the method comprising:
- combining a first electrode having a conducting layer on a surface of a porous gas-permeable hydrophobic polymer membrane and a catalyst over the conducting layer with a counter-electrode in an electrochemical cell containing an aqueous electrolyte;
applying a current to the electrochemical cell to produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from the aqueous electrolyte; and
separately collecting the produced hydrogen gas directly from the first electrode and oxygen gas from the counter-electrode.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.
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1. A method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen in a water-splitting electrolysis cell, the method comprising:
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combining a first electrode having a conducting layer on a surface of a porous gas-permeable hydrophobic polymer membrane and a catalyst over the conducting layer with a counter-electrode in an electrochemical cell containing an aqueous electrolyte; applying a current to the electrochemical cell to produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from the aqueous electrolyte; and separately collecting the produced hydrogen gas directly from the first electrode and oxygen gas from the counter-electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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