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Bipolar membranes (BPMs) possess the potential to optimize pH environments for electrochemical synthesis applications when employed in reverse bias. Unfortunately, the performance of BPMs in reverse bias has long been limited by the rate of water dissociation (WD) occurring at the interface of the BPM. Herein, we develop a continuum model of the BPM that agrees with experiment to understand and enhance WD catalyst performance by considering multiple kinetic pathways for WD in the BPM junction catalyst layer. The model reveals that WD catalysts with a more highly alkaline or acidic pH at the point of zero charge (pH PZC ) exhibit accelerated WD kinetics because the more acidic or alkaline pH PZC catalysts possess greater surface charge, enhancing the local electric field and rate of WD. The model is then employed to explore the sensitivity of the BPM performance to various BPM physical parameters. Finally, the model is used to simulate the operation of bimetallic WD catalysts, demonstrating that an optimal bimetallic catalyst has an acidic pH PZC catalyst matched with the cation-exchange layer and an alkaline pH PZC catalyst matched with the anion-exchange layer. The study provides

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Author

Justin C. Bui; Kaitlin Rae M. Corpus; Alexis T. Bell; Adam Z. Weber

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)