<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Inductive voltage pulses are generated in the electric circuit consisting of a DC power source, a pulse generator, a BUZ350 field transistor, a blocking diode, and a bifilarly wound transformer. Very short inductive voltage pulses arising at disruption of current in the primary circuit (>1 μs) are applied to a water electrolysis cell, which causes its quick charging followed by a relatively slower discharge tail. To take voltage and current pulses from the cell consisting of steel electrodes and water-KOH solution, an oscilloscope is employed. By changing the concentration of electrolyte and the distance between electrodes it is found that applying inductive voltage pulses to such a cell it is possible to separate the double-layer charging currents from the charge transition (Faradic) current.</p></abstract>

Inductive voltage pulses are generated in the electric circuit consisting of a DC power source, a pulse generator, a BUZ350 field transistor, a blocking diode, and a bifilarly wound transformer. Very short inductive voltage pulses arising at disruption of current in the primary circuit (>1 μs) are applied to a water electrolysis cell, which causes its quick charging followed by a relatively slower discharge tail. To take voltage and current pulses from the cell consisting of steel electrodes and water-KOH solution, an oscilloscope is employed. By changing the concentration of electrolyte and the distance between electrodes it is found that applying inductive voltage pulses to such a cell it is possible to separate the double-layer charging currents from the charge transition (Faradic) current.

Separation of Charging and Charge Transition Currents with Inductive Voltage Pulses

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 8 Kengaraga Str. 8, Riga, LV-1063, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

Inductive voltage pulses are generated in the electric circuit consisting of a DC power source, a pulse generator, a BUZ350 field transistor, a blocking diode,...

Separation of Charging and Charge Transition Currents with Inductive Voltage Pulses

Published Online: Jul 14, 2011

Page range: 34 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-011-0020-y

Keywords
water electrolysis cell, hydrogen evolution reaction, inductive reverse voltage pulse, high voltage pulse electrolysis

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Separation of Charging and Charge Transition Currents with Inductive Voltage Pulses

Published Online: Jul 14, 2011

Page range: 34 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-011-0020-y

Keywordswater electrolysis cell, hydrogen evolution reaction, inductive reverse voltage pulse, high voltage pulse electrolysis

This content is open access.

Keywords
water electrolysis cell, hydrogen evolution reaction, inductive reverse voltage pulse, high voltage pulse electrolysis