Solar-assisted production of hydrogen and chlorine from hydrochloric acid using hexachloroiridate (III) and (IV)
Solar-assisted production of hydrogen and chlorine from hydrochloric acid using hexachloroiridate (III) and (IV)
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使用六氯铱酸盐 (III) 和 (IV) 在太阳能辅助下从盐酸生产氢气和氯气
DOI:
10.1016/0360-3199(93)90149-5
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
R. Hanrahan
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作者:
A. Gupta;Robin Z. Parker;R. Hanrahan
The production of H2and Cl2from HCl solution is important in relation to commercial H2production, utility load leveling and solar energy storage. The production of H2from electrolysis and Cl2from photolysis of a 6M HCl solution containing IrCl63 −/IrCl62 −was investigated for this purpose. Using a 1 m2solar concentrator, the photolysis of IrCl62 −was carried out, forming IrCl63 −and converting aqueous Cl−ions to gaseous Cl2. The amount of IrCl62 −destroyed under photolysis was established using light absorption at 425 nm; corresponding yields for formation of Cl2were inferred by stoichiometry. Electrolysis of the solution was carried out at a constant current density. During electrolysis the H3O+is reduced at the cathode to form H2, while IrCl63 −formed during photolysis is oxidized back to IrCl62 −at the anode. Electrolysis in the presence of the iridium complex proceeds at a lower voltage than the electrolysis of HCl solution itself. Formation of H2was inferred from Faraday's laws, as well as from a stoichiometric relationship with the amount of IrCl62 −formed under electrolysis, which was again measured by light absorption at 425 nm. Overall, aqueous HCl/IrCl63 −solutions form IrCl62 −plus H2during electrolysis, whereas aqueous HCl/IrCl62 −solutions form IrCl63 −plus Cl2during photolysis.