Membrane electrode for alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production and preparation method therefor, and electrolytic cell

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a membrane electrode for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis, a preparation method therefor, and an electrolytic cell. According to the method provided by the present disclosure, a membrane electrode with catalyst layers uniformly and firmly adhered to the surfaces of a membrane can be obtained via a direct coating and hot pressing. The membrane electrode is endowed with good stability, and the obtained membrane electrode exhibits a significantly reduced overpotential for water electrolysis. The method comprises the following steps: directly applying a catalyst slurry (catalyst slurries) onto both sides of a membrane, followed by drying and hot pressing the catalyst slurry (catalyst slurries) to form catalyst layers on each surface of the membrane to obtain the membrane electrode. The membrane is selected from a porous membrane or an alkaline anion exchange membrane; the catalyst slurry comprises a binder solution and a catalyst, wherein the binder solution is one or more selected from a perfluorosulfonic acid resin solution and a perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer dispersion, and the mass concentration of the binder solution is 5% to 30%; and the mass ratio of the binder solution to the catalyst is 1:1 to 4:1.

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