METHOD FOR PREPARING A POLYMER MEMBRANE FOR A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE WATER ELECTROLYSER

    公开(公告)号:US20220251721A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17612018

    申请日:2020-05-13

    IPC分类号: C25B13/08 C25B1/04

    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.