Modifying Ionic Membranes with Carbon Dots Enables Direct Production of High-Purity Hydrogen through Water Electrolysis

Song Wang; Daliang Zhang; Xiaohua Ma; Jiucong Liu; Yanli Chen; Yunfeng Zhao; Yu Han

doi:10.1021/acsami.1c09214

Modifying Ionic Membranes with Carbon Dots Enables Direct Production of High-Purity Hydrogen through Water Electrolysis

Song Wang, Daliang Zhang, Xiaohua Ma, Jiucong Liu, Yanli Chen, Yunfeng Zhao, Yu Han

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Traditional electrolysis of water produces hydrogen with a purity of ∼98%. Using ion transport membranes to prevent the migration of oxygen (O2) from the anode to the cathode, the purity of H2 can be increased to ∼99.8%, but it still cannot fulfill the requirement for use in fuel cells (>99.97%). Here, we report that modifying a commercial ionic membrane (Nafion) with carbon dots (CDs) can further inhibit O2 permeation across the membrane, while effectively improving its ion transportability. The key to achieve these effects is the rational design and proper loading of the CDs, which narrows the pore size of the membrane from ∼4 nm to

Original language	English (US)
Journal	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c09214
State	Published - Aug 16 2021

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-08-19
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the open fund of the key laboratory of advanced functional polymer materials, the ministry of education (KLFPM202001) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no: 22078245).

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