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Direct electrolysis of liquid anhydrous ammonia for continuous production of high-purity, pressurized hydrogen at ambient temperature
Year of publication 2025
Title of paper Direct electrolysis of liquid anhydrous ammonia for continuous production of high-purity, pressurized hydrogen at ambient temperature
Author Seungmok Han, Junsoo Ha, Jae Seung Lee, Hyukjoo Lee, Chang Hyun Lee, Kangwoo Cho and Chang Won Yoon
Publication in journal EES Catalysis
Status of publication accepted
Vol 3, 694-700
Link https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EY00140D 105회 연결

The direct electrolysis of liquid anhydrous ammonia (NH3(l), >99.99% of NH3, free of water and solvent) is demonstrated using a 25 cm2 zero-gap electrolyzer, consisting of a Ru/C anode and a Pt/C cathode, with the two electrodes spatially separated by a cation exchange membrane. This system, supplied by NH3(l) and NH4Br as the supporting electrolyte, continuously produces high-purity and pressurized hydrogen (H2, >99.99%, >5.5 bar) at a temperature of 10 °C and a pressure of 6.2 bar, without requiring H2/N2 separation and compression processes. The direct NH3(l) electrolyzer exhibits a cell potential of 1.1 V at 0.1 A cm−2, presenting a faradaic efficiency of >99.3% for H2 production. The developed system achieves a H2 production rate of >18.8 mol-H2 gcat−1 h−1 at 0.5 A cm−2, which is 4.7-fold higher than the highest H2 production rate reported to date for NH3(g) thermolysis at temperatures of over 500 °C.