US 2023/0143558 A1Published application

Membrane-electrode-gasket assembly for alkaline water electrolysis

AssigneeTokuyama Corporation

InventorsYasuyuki TANAKA, Harumi SUEOKA

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Abstract

A membrane-electrode-gasket assembly for alkaline water electrolysis, the assembly including: a separating membrane having first and second membrane faces; a first electrode arranged in contact with the first membrane face; and an insulating gasket holding the membrane and the electrode as one body, the gasket including: first and second faces for contacting with anode- and cathode-side frames respectively; a slit part opening toward an inner side of the gasket and receiving the entire peripheries of the membrane and the electrode; first and second parts facing with each other across the slit part; and a continuous part arranged on an outer periphery side of the slit part, uniting the first and second parts into one body, and sealing an outer periphery end of the slit part, wherein the first and second parts sandwich therebetween to hold the entire peripheries of the membrane and the electrode received in the slit part into one body.

Claims24

Dependent claims

An electrolysis vessel for alkaline water electrolysis, the electrolysis vessel comprising:

an anode-side frame defining an anode chamber;
a cathode-side frame defining a cathode chamber;
a membrane-electrode-gasket assembly, wherein the anode-side frame and the cathode-side frame sandwich the assembly, to hold the assembly;
a second electrode arranged in contact with the second membrane face of the separating membrane, wherein the second electrode is not held by the gasket,
the assembly comprising:
a separating membrane having a first membrane face and a second membrane face;
a first electrode arranged in contact with the first membrane face;
and
an insulating gasket holding the separating membrane and the first electrode as one body, wherein the gasket is formed of an alkali-resistant elastomer;
the gasket comprising:
a first face for contacting with an anode-side frame;
a second face for contacting with a cathode-side frame;
a slit part opening toward an inner peripheral side of the gasket and receiving an entire periphery of the separating membrane and an entire periphery of the first electrode;
a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part facing each other across the slit part in a direction crossing the first face and the second face, the first part having the first face and the second part having the second face;
and
a continuous part arranged on an outer peripheral side of the slit part, the continuous part uniting the first part and the second part into one body and sealing an outer peripheral end of the slit part,
wherein the first part and the second part sandwich the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode, to hold the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode as one body;
the assembly is arranged such that the first membrane face of the separating membrane faces the anode chamber and the second membrane face of the separating membrane faces the cathode chamber;
the first electrode is an anode;
and
the second electrode is a cathode.

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An electrolysis vessel for alkaline water electrolysis, the electrolysis vessel comprising:

an anode-side frame defining an anode chamber;
a cathode-side frame defining a cathode chamber;
a membrane-electrode-gasket assembly, wherein the anode-side frame and the cathode-side frame sandwich the assembly, to hold the assembly;
a second electrode arranged in contact with the second membrane face of the separating membrane, wherein the second electrode is not held by the gasket,
the assembly comprising:
a separating membrane having a first membrane face and a second membrane face;
a first electrode arranged in contact with the first membrane face;
and
an insulating gasket holding the separating membrane and the first electrode as one body, wherein the gasket is formed of an alkali-resistant elastomer;
the gasket comprising:
a first face for contacting with an anode-side frame;
a second face for contacting with a cathode-side frame;
a slit part opening toward an inner peripheral side of the gasket and receiving an entire periphery of the separating membrane and an entire periphery of the first electrode;
a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part facing each other across the slit part in a direction crossing the first face and the second face, the first part having the first face and the second part having the second face;
and
a continuous part arranged on an outer peripheral side of the slit part, the continuous part uniting the first part and the second part into one body and sealing an outer peripheral end of the slit part,
wherein the first part and the second part sandwich the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode, to hold the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode as one body;
the assembly is arranged such that the first membrane face of the separating membrane faces the cathode chamber and the second membrane face of the separating membrane faces the anode chamber;
the first electrode is a cathode;
and
the second electrode is an anode.

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An electrolysis vessel for alkaline water electrolysis, the electrolysis vessel comprising:

an anode-side frame defining an anode chamber;
a cathode-side frame defining a cathode chamber;
a membrane-electrode-gasket assembly, wherein the anode-side frame and the cathode-side frame sandwich the assembly, to hold the assembly,
the assembly comprising:
a separating membrane having a first membrane face and a second membrane face;
a first electrode arranged in contact with the first membrane face;
a second electrode arranged in contact with the second membrane face of the separating membrane;
and
an insulating gasket holding the separating membrane and the first electrode as one body, wherein the gasket is formed of an alkali-resistant elastomer;
the gasket comprising:
a first face for contacting with an anode-side frame;
a second face for contacting with a cathode-side frame;
a slit part opening toward an inner peripheral side of the gasket and receiving an entire periphery of the separating membrane and an entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode;
a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part facing each other across the slit part in a direction crossing the first face and the second face, the first part having the first face and the second part having the second face;
and
a continuous part arranged on an outer peripheral side of the slit part, the continuous part uniting the first part and the second part into one body and sealing an outer peripheral end of the slit part,
wherein the first part and the second part sandwich the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode, to hold the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode as one body;
wherein the gasket holds the separating membrane, the first electrode, and the second electrode as one body;
the assembly is arranged such that the first membrane face of the separating membrane faces the anode chamber and the second membrane face of the separating membrane faces the cathode chamber;
the first electrode is an anode;
and
the second electrode is a cathode.

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An electrolysis vessel for alkaline water electrolysis, the electrolysis vessel comprising:

an anode-side frame defining an anode chamber;
a cathode-side frame defining a cathode chamber;
a membrane-electrode-gasket assembly, wherein the anode-side frame and the cathode-side frame sandwich the assembly, to hold the assembly,
the assembly comprising:
a separating membrane having a first membrane face and a second membrane face;
a first electrode arranged in contact with the first membrane face;
a second electrode arranged in contact with the second membrane face of the separating membrane;
and
an insulating gasket holding the separating membrane and the first electrode as one body, wherein the gasket is formed of an alkali-resistant elastomer;
the gasket comprising:
a first face for contacting with an anode-side frame;
a second face for contacting with a cathode-side frame;
a slit part opening toward an inner peripheral side of the gasket and receiving an entire periphery of the separating membrane and an entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode;
a first part and a second part, the first part and the second part facing each other across the slit part in a direction crossing the first face and the second face, the first part having the first face and the second part having the second face;
and
a continuous part arranged on an outer peripheral side of the slit part, the continuous part uniting the first part and the second part into one body and sealing an outer peripheral end of the slit part,
wherein the first part and the second part sandwich the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode, to hold the entire periphery of the separating membrane and the entire periphery of the first electrode and the entire periphery of the second electrode as one body;
wherein the gasket holds the separating membrane, the first electrode, and the second electrode as one body;
the assembly is arranged such that the first membrane face of the separating membrane faces the cathode chamber and the second membrane face of the separating membrane faces the anode chamber;
the first electrode is a cathode;
and
the second electrode is an anode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/987,217Filed 15 Nov 2022
Priority: JP 2017-2337045 Dec 2017
Published: 11 May 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

C25B 9/23
With diaphragms: comprising ion-exchange membranes in or on which electrode material is embedded
C25B 1/04
Hydrogen or oxygen: by electrolysis of water
C25B 9/73
Assemblies comprising two or more cells: of the filter-press type
C25B 9/75
Of the filter-press type: having bipolar electrodes

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Application16/767,532Division · filed 27 May 2020
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