ULTRA-STABLE REFERENCE ELECTRODE FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20240079605A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18459322

    申请日:2023-08-31

    IPC分类号: H01M4/92 H01M8/18

    CPC分类号: H01M4/92 H01M4/925 H01M8/188

    摘要: A reference electrode assembly includes a reference electrode, a counter electrode, and a variable resistor. The reference electrode comprises a foil of a first metal or a foil coated with the first metal, has a width ≥0.5 mm and a length ≥the width. A surface of the reference electrode has an average roughness (Ra)≤1 μm. The counter electrode comprises a foil of a second metal or a foil coated with the second metal. The reference and counter electrodes are spaced apart. The reference electrode is configured to be electrically coupled directly or indirectly to a (−) power terminal of an external power source, and the counter electrode is configured to be electrically coupled directly or indirectly to a (+) power terminal of the external power source. The variable resistor is positioned between the external power source and either the counter electrode or the reference electrode.

    Systems and methods of decoupled hydrogen generation using energy-bearing redox pairs

    公开(公告)号:US11050078B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US15988213

    申请日:2018-05-24

    摘要: Described herein are systems and methods of hydrogen generation and electrolyte regeneration as independent operations in separate redox flow cells. The operations can be decoupled by using an energy-bearing redox pair that electrochemically bears energy facilitating flexible, efficient hydrogen generation. In one example, the hydrogen generation redox flow cell can include a liquid, energy-bearing electrolyte solution in which at least one species of an energy-bearing redox pair is dissolved, to decouple the hydrogen evolution reaction from the reaction at the opposite electrode (e.g., the oxygen evolution reaction of conventional direct water electrolysis). Each species of the energy-bearing redox pair is associated with a standard electrode potential within the water electrolysis window.