Abstract
The electrolysis of water using renewable energy inputs is a promising sustainable approach to produce clean hydrogen fuel. The conventional water electrolysis, where the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are tightly coupled to satisfy the thermodynamic potential of at least 1.23 V, occasionally encounters gas crossover through the membrane, resulting in the formation of explosive gas mixtures and reactive oxygen species. In this study, an asymmetric cell design of 3 M H2SO4|V(II)/V(III)|1 M KOH equipped with nickel foam electrodes is used for achieving decoupled HER and OER under kinetically favorable conditions by dividing the process into two steps using vanadium ions as redox mediators. The actual overall water splitting at an average cell voltage of 1.3 V and a current density of 10 mA cm−2 is accomplished even in the presence of membranes with outstanding cycling stability. The well-designed system for decoupled water electrolysis can allow the production of clean energy fuel using a low-power input in renewables–to–hydrogen conversion.
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