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@ARTICLE{Schalenbach:1046697,
author = {Schalenbach, Maximilian and Wolf, Niklas and Poc,
Jean-Pierre and Heume, Christine and Basak, Shibabrata and
Schierholz, Roland and Karl, André and Jodat, Eva and
Eichel, Rüdiger-A.},
title = {{A}ccelerated {I}ridium {D}issolution in {P}roton
{E}xchange {M}embrane ({PEM}) {W}ater {E}lectrolyzers by
{I}nert {M}obile {A}nions {A}dsorbed in the {D}ouble
{L}ayer},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
volume = {172},
number = {6},
issn = {0013-4651},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publishing},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-03917},
pages = {064509},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Iridium oxides display state-of-the-art electrocatalysts
for anodes in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers
(PEM-WE), combining electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) and reasonable stability. During
OER with liquid electrolytes, iridium dissolution rates were
reported as orders of magnitude higher than those of
operating PEM-WE cells, while the reasons for these
differences are not well understood. Here, iridium oxide
dissolution in an operating PEM-WE cell is examined with
different feeds, including pure water, 0.1 M sulfuric acid,
and 0.1 M perchloric acid. With sulfuric acid feed, the
electrically contacted iridium oxide at the anode is found
to dissolve within 22 h. In comparison, the dissolution
rates with perchloric acid addition and pure water are
approximately 120 and 1500 times smaller, respectively.
These differences are explained with a novel theory that
correlates the influence of inert mobile anions on
dissolution rates by their adsorption in the electrochemical
double layer. This physicochemical effect also explains
previously reported discrepancies of reported iridium
dissolution rates with different electrolytes. Based on the
results, the quality of the feed water in terms of inert
anion pollution is highlighted as a critical factor for
achieving long life of PEM-WE cells with low iridium
loadings.},
cin = {IET-1},
ddc = {660},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IET-1-20110218},
pnm = {1232 - Power-based Fuels and Chemicals (POF4-123) / HITEC -
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and
Climate Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1232 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1149/1945-7111/ade0ef},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1046697},
}