Mixed potential response for hydrocarbons in a proton-conductive electrochemical cell operated at room temperature
Mixed potential response for hydrocarbons in a proton-conductive electrochemical cell operated at room temperature
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室温下运行的质子传导电化学电池中碳氢化合物的混合电位响应
DOI:
10.1149/2.054405jes
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Kazuyo Kobayashi
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作者:
Takashi Hibino;Kazuyo Kobayashi
The mixed potential response for various hydrocarbons at room temperature was investigated using proton-conductive Sn 0.9 In 0.1 P 2 O 7 as an electrolyte. Among the tested electrodes, Pt/C exhibited the most negative potential in a feed mixture of 1000 ppm propene, 10% oxygen, and ca. 3% water vapor. The potential of this electrode was further shifted to a more negative value by the addition of Sn 0.9 In 0.1 P 2 O 7 to the electrode. The resultant potential vs. an air electrode reached− 78 mV at 1000 ppm propene, which is a significant deviation from that calculated from the Nernst equation. This non-Nernstian potential also became enhanced as the concentration and carbon number of the hydrocarbon increased, with the CC linkage unsaturated, and with a branched chain structure. These enhancement effects could be explained by the polarization curves for hydrocarbon and oxygen, where CO 2 formation through hydrocarbon oxidation and water vapor formation through oxygen reduction were in competition with each other. It should be emphasized that the heterogeneous catalytic reaction of the hydrocarbon with oxygen did not occur over the electrode, which allowed not only for a simple mixed potential theory, but also for the potential properties to be independent of the supply gas flow rate.