On the Water Electrolysis with Photovoltaic Solar Energy for Hydrogen Production

A. Benghnia; B. Nabil; R. Ben Slama; B. Chaouachi

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On the Water Electrolysis with Photovoltaic Solar Energy for Hydrogen Production

A. Benghnia, B. Nabil, R. Ben Slama, B. Chaouachi

Published in World Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 2, Issue 2)

Received: 31 October 2016 Accepted: 29 December 2016 Published: 10 March 2017

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Abstract

In this paper we investigated the parameters determining the performance of hydrogen production by using the solar water electrolysis system (SWES), without the need of high additional electrical energy. The electrolyte after and before using in solar electrolysis was described to understand the mechanism responsible on the hydrogen production enhancement. Additionally, the employed electrolyte (deposit) was characterized by FT-IR, UV-visible and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. As results the salt addition can obtained 40% more hydrogen efficiency. Also the pH values that varied between 3 to 6 and 8.5 to 12 could further improve hydrogen yield. The deposit provided a discriminate environment which is proposed to be responsible for the hydrogen production improvement. In addition, hydroxyl ions are mainly transported through the exchange anion, to maintain charge neutrality, and thus the anode and cathode electrode resulting in a low transport resistance. This can be assumed that the proton transport facilitated by water permeation can lower the transport resistance, and consequently increase hydrogen production.

Published in	World Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.wjac.20170202.11
Page(s)	34-47
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Solar Electrolysis, Hydrogen Production, Deposit, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

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A. Benghnia

Research Unit: Environment Catalyzes and Process Analysis, National School of Engineers of Gabes (ENIG), University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
B. Nabil

Research Unit: Environment Catalyzes and Process Analysis, National School of Engineers of Gabes (ENIG), University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
R. Ben Slama

Research Unit: Environment Catalyzes and Process Analysis, National School of Engineers of Gabes (ENIG), University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia
B. Chaouachi

Research Unit: Environment Catalyzes and Process Analysis, National School of Engineers of Gabes (ENIG), University of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia

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