Issue 12, 2019

Solar-light-driven non-bias photoelectrolysis for bleach production from sea water and atmospheric oxygen

Abstract

Non-bias production of a bleach aqueous solution was successfully demonstrated using a solar-driven photoelectrochemical cell consisting of a metal-oxide-semiconductor photoanode and Pt-based cathode. Both hypochlorous acid (HClO) and hypobromous acid (HBrO) were generated via two-electron oxidation of chloride (Cl) and bromide (Br) at the photoanode. The faradaic efficiency for HBrO production gradually improved with increasing Br concentration in the electrolyte solution. Although a certain amount of HBrO was produced from a 1 mM NaBr aqueous solution, the co-existence of Cl drastically enhanced the amount of HBrO produced from the dilute Br solution. The use of a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) composed of a Pt/carbon catalyst layer for efficient 4-electron O2 reduction enabled us to achieve the anodic photocurrent derived from the oxidation of Cl and Br under AM-1.5 simulated solar light irradiation. Moreover, we successfully accomplished convenient and simple production of aqueous bleach from artificial sea water via irradiating the photoanode with simulated solar light without applying external bias.

Graphical abstract: Solar-light-driven non-bias photoelectrolysis for bleach production from sea water and atmospheric oxygen

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 jul 2019
Accepted
19 set 2019
First published
20 set 2019

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019,3, 3441-3447

Solar-light-driven non-bias photoelectrolysis for bleach production from sea water and atmospheric oxygen

S. Iguchi, H. Tateno, S. Takasugi, Y. Miseki and K. Sayama, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019, 3, 3441 DOI: 10.1039/C9SE00557A

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