@article{Feng2023, 
author = {Xin Feng and Bo-Wen Liu and Ke-Xin Guo and Lin-Feng Fan and Gen-Xiang Wang and Su-Qin Ci and Zhen-Hai Wen},
title = {Anodic Electrocatalysis of Glycerol Oxidation for Hybrid Alkali/Acid Electrolytic Hydrogen Generation},
year = {2023},
journal = {Journal of Electrochemistry},
volume = {29},
number = {2},
pages = {2215005},
keywords = {Self-supporting electrode, Glycerol oxidation, Electrocatalysis, Acid/alkali dual-electrolyte electrolyzer, Hydrogen generation},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.13208/j.electrochem.2215005},
doi = {10.13208/j.electrochem.2215005},
abstract = {Electrolytic hydrogen production is heavily restricted by high-energy consumption majorly due to the relatively high potential of anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Development of OER-alternative reaction at the anode has been recently proposed as a promising pathway to address the associated issues. In this work, we report a hybrid acid/alkali dual-electrolyte electrolyzer by coupling acidic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using commercial Pt/C cathode with alkaline electrocatalytic glycerol oxidation (GOR) which is implemented by developing a nickel foam (NF) supporting Co3O4 nanosheets anode that shows low overpotential and high selectivity toward GOR for formate production. The hybrid acid/alkali electrolyzer only requires an applied voltage of 0.55 V to achieve the electrolytic current density of 10 mA·cm–2 for glycerol conversion into formate at the anode and H2 production at the cathode with the Faraday efficiency of about 100%. The present work may open a new avenue to maximize the electron utilization efficiency and implement the energy-saving green route for H2 generation.}
}