Concerning the stability of seawater electrolysis : a corrosion mechanism study of halide on Ni-based anode

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The corrosive anions (e.g., Cl-) have been recognized as the origins to cause severe corrosion of anode during seawater electrolysis, while in experiments it is found that natural seawater (~0.41 M Cl-) is usually more corrosive than simulated seawater (~0.5 M Cl-). Here we elucidate that besides Cl-, Br- in seawater is even more harmful to Ni-based anodes because of the inferior corrosion resistance and faster corrosion kinetics in bromide than in chloride. Experimental and simulated results reveal that Cl- corrodes locally to form narrow-deep pits while Br- etches extensively to generate shallow-wide pits, which can be attributed to the fast diffusion kinetics of Cl- and the lower reaction energy of Br- in the passivation layer. Additionally, for the Ni-based electrodes with catalysts (e.g., NiFe-LDH) loading on the surface, Br- causes extensive spalling of the catalyst layer, resulting in rapid performance degradation. This work clearly points out that, in addition to anti-Cl- corrosion, designing anti-Br- corrosion anodes is even more crucial for future application of seawater electrolysis.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 4822

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Englisch

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Zhang, Sixie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yunan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shuyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhongfeng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Haocheng [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Li [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qihao [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenwen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Aiying [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Zhiyi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.11.2023

published: Electronic

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10.1038/s41467-023-40563-9

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