STUDIES ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CATALYSTS ON AQUEOUS ELECTROLYSIS AS WELL AS MEMBRANE WATER SPLITTING FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN

Biswajit Mandal, Amalesh Sirkar, Parameswar De, Avijit Ghosh

Abstract: In search of catalysts for water splitting by electrolysis, the mixture of CuO, ZnO and activated charcoal appears as promising catalyst to enhance hydrogen production rate, and restricted heat generation considerably. The mixture of CuO, ZnO & activated charcoal in the ratio of 2:2:1 practically restrict the heat generation during electrolysis of water for hydrogen generation. The production rate of hydrogen was increased by maximum 15% in presence of said catalysts. Investigation of different catalysts ( namely 3%Pt on activated charcoal, NiO, as cathodic and anodic catalysts using cation exchange resin as membrane filler) on membrane water splitting was reported to improve hydrogen production rate manyfold using amide membranes of different composition ranging from 25-75 % acrylamide content in chemically modifying PVOH matrix with poly (acrylic acid –coacrylamide)

Keywords: ELECTROLYSIS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0513001