Reversible Hydrogen Electrode Application as Indicator Electrode for Real Time Kinetic Study of Microbial H2 Production

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (26) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Iñiguez ◽  
Roumen Zlatev ◽  
Margarita Stoytcheva ◽  
Benjamín Valdez ◽  
Jean-Pierre Magnin ◽  
...  

In a pervious communication a study has been made of the potential changes which occur during the discharge of small quantities of electricity at metallic cathodes in an acid electrolyte. The electrode potential was, in general, more negative than the reversible hydrogen electrode, and it was found that over this range the potential change was a linear function of the quantity of electricity passed. This quantity was very small, 6 X 10 -7 coulombs per square centimetre causing a change of 100 millivolts in the electrode potential at a mercury surface. This linear relation was found on all the metals investigated, but the quantity varied with the nature and condition of the surface, being greater the rougher the surface. Experiments with amalgams, and platinised mercury surfaces showed that this quantity was, to a first approximation, accessible area of its surface. It was suggested that this change in potential may be regarded as due to the deposition of more hydrogen dipoles to the surface, or alternatively to a flux of electricity across the interface causing a further deformation of the hydrogen dipoles already present on the surface. Although the potential changes accompanying these additions to the surface have been studied, few measurements were made of the quantity of hydrogen initially present on the surface at the reversible hydrogen potential. It was considered probable that this was approximately a monatomic layer but it was of some interest to investigate this point.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Wang ◽  
Qing-Song Song ◽  
Wen-Jing Liu ◽  
Jian Zhang

A new ringlike V2O3 architecture was successfully synthesized by a template-free hydrothermal method, and the sulfur ions-assisted central-etching mechanism of the ringlike structure was proposed. Herein, as a proof-of-concept experiment, taking V2O3 nanorings as non-noble-metal-free nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) catalysts, they show desired electrocatalytic performance toward NRR under ambient conditions (maximum yield: 47.2 µg h−1 mgcat.−1 at −0.6 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, maximum Faraday efficiency: 12.5% at −0.5 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode), which is significantly higher than those of noble metal-based catalysts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runbo Zhao ◽  
Chuangwei Liu ◽  
Xiaoxue Zhang ◽  
Xiaojuan Zhu ◽  
Peipei Wei ◽  
...  

A Ru2P–reduced graphene oxide hybrid acts as a superior catalyst for electrochemical N2 fixation in 0.1 M HCl, achieving a large NH3 yield of 32.8 μg h−1mgcat.−1 and a high faradaic efficiency of 13.04%−0.05 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode.


2009 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. B167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola M. Quaino ◽  
María R. Gennero de Chialvo ◽  
Abel C. Chialvo

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