Selectivity control of anodic reactions applicable in chlor-alkaline and chlorate processes

Grant Agency
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Number
21-03037S
Year from
2021
Year to
2023

The project intends to reveal, through a systematic study, the role and nature of the active sites in the chlorine evolving reactions. This knowledge will be consequently used to design novel catalytic materials for chlor-alkali and sodium chlorate processes. To achieve this goal, the project aims to synthesize and characterize a range of binary and ternary oxides identified in computational studies and relate the structure to their electrochemical activity. This effort will contribute to elucidate the reaction mechanism for chlorine evolution reaction which is far from being understood and enable to design novel catalysts decreasing the energy intensiveness of the process. The project’s topic represents a new research avenue that has to be explored in order to maximize the efficiency of chlorine and sodium chlorate production while minimizing the costs.

Dr. Ing. Minhová - Macounová Kateřina

E-mail
katerina.minhova at jh-inst.cas.cz
Room
424, 405
Extension
+420 26605 3746, 3725