Voronina O. Electrode processes on alloys and compounds of vanadium in hydrogen power engineering

The thesis deals with the development of the technological process of hydrogen production using new electrode materials based on vanadium alloys and aluminum alloys. The vanadium based electrode material exclude the formation of ferrites in alkaline electrolysis. Aluminum alloys exclude the oxygen evolution on the anodes due to the corrosion process with hydrogen depolarization. Therefore it is possible to produce hydrogen on both electrodes in electrolyzers without membrane in alkaline water electrolysis. The kinetic dependences and mechanisms of hydrogen evolution on aluminum alloys have been determined, which leads to the reduce of overvoltage of hydrogen evolution reaction on cathodes and produce hydrogen on anodes by aluminum dissolving. Experimental-industrial tests of oxygen-free hydrogen production in developed electrolyzers at cell voltages of 0.3-1 V are presented. This allows to reduce the material and energy costs of electrolysis.