摘要:
A catalyst is to avoid the corrosion of a support and still have an active surface area of more than 30 m2/gmetal, preferably more than 50 m2/gmetal, particularly preferably more than 70 m2/gmetal. It has a high dispersion, achieving high stability and high activity (selectivity). A large-surface-area, unsupported catalyst has at least one metal for electrochemical processes, and a BET surface area of at least 30 m2/g, preferably more than 50 m2/g. The BET surface area is achieved by an arrangement of the at least one metal formed as a metal aerogel. Metal aerogels are produced in this manner. Metal aerogels, or metallic polymers, are fine-structured, inorganic superlattices having high porosity. In these metallic polymers, ince individual particles in the nanometer range typically are crosslinked with each other and form the highly porous network structures.
摘要:
A method of preparing an ionomer of an ion exchange membrane with a recombination catalyst to prevent gas crossover of species, such as hydrogen and/or oxygen, to anodic and cathodic cell compartments of an electrochemical cell. An ionomer of an ion exchange membrane is prepared with a recombination catalyst. The ionomer is a proton or anion exchange polymer and the recombination catalyst, selected from the precious metals group, is provided in ionic form in a liquid metal salt solution. The ion exchange membrane is immersed into the liquid metal salt solution to exchange ionic ionomer ports with the ionic form of the recombination catalyst. The membrane is then assembled in the electrochemical cell and the ionic form of the recombination catalyst is at least partly reduced to metallic form by forcing hydrogen to permeate through the ionomer of the ion exchange membrane.