The Self-Discharge of the NiOOH/Ni(OH)2 Electrode Constant Potential Study

Author(s)

Z. Mao, Texas A & M University - College Station
Ralph E. White, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Chemical Engineering

Abstract

Hydrogen oxidation currents at a NiOOH/Ni(OH)₂ electrode were measured directly at constant potentials for various hydrogen pressures and states of charge. It was found that the hydrogen oxidation current is linearly proportional to the hydrogen pressure at all electrode potentials and that the logarithm of the anodic current is a linear function of electrode potential. It was also found that hydrogen oxidation on the nickel substrate material was strongly inhibited by the presence of nickel hydroxide on the substrate surface. By comparing the currents for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen evolution on the NiOOH/Ni(OH)₂ electrode and on a nickel substrate, it is suggested that the self-discharge of the NiOOH/Ni(OH)₂ electrode is mainly due to electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen on the active electrode material.

Publication Info

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1992, pages 1282-1289.

© The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 1992. All rights reserved. Except as provided under U.S. copyright law, this work may not be reproduced, resold, distributed, or modified without the express permission of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The archival version of this work was published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

http://www.electrochem.org/

DOI: 10.1149/1.2069397

http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.2069397

Rights

© The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 1992. All rights reserved. Except as provided under U.S. copyright law, this work may not be reproduced, resold, distributed, or modified without the express permission of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The archival version of this work was published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

http://www.electrochem.org/

DOI: 10.1149/1.2069397

http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.2069397