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High-Performance of Mn2O3 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Using Natural Bischofite Salt from Atacama Desert. A Novel Application for Solar Saline Water Splitting

Version 1 : Received: 8 August 2024 / Approved: 8 August 2024 / Online: 9 August 2024 (07:13:36 CEST)

How to cite: Madrid, F. M. G.; Salazar-Avalos, S.; Fuentealba, E.; Leiva-Guajardo, S.; Caceres, L.; Portillo, C.; Sepulveda, F.; Brito, I.; Cobos-Murcia, J. Á.; Rojas-Moreno, O. F.; Jimenez, V.; Schott, E.; Soliz, A. High-Performance of Mn2O3 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Using Natural Bischofite Salt from Atacama Desert. A Novel Application for Solar Saline Water Splitting. Preprints 2024, 2024080640. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0640.v1 Madrid, F. M. G.; Salazar-Avalos, S.; Fuentealba, E.; Leiva-Guajardo, S.; Caceres, L.; Portillo, C.; Sepulveda, F.; Brito, I.; Cobos-Murcia, J. Á.; Rojas-Moreno, O. F.; Jimenez, V.; Schott, E.; Soliz, A. High-Performance of Mn2O3 Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Using Natural Bischofite Salt from Atacama Desert. A Novel Application for Solar Saline Water Splitting. Preprints 2024, 2024080640. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0640.v1

Abstract

Solar saline water splitting is a promising approach for sustainable hydrogen production, harnessing abundant solar energy and the availability of brine resources, especially in the Atacama Desert. Bischofite (MgCl2·6H2O), a naturally occurring salt, has garnered significant attention due to its wide range of industrial applications and the challenges associated with efficient hydrogen production in arid or hyper arid locations. This work discloses the electrochemical performance of Mn2O3 electrodes using a superposition model based on mixed potential theory and evaluates the superficial performance of this electrode in contact with a 0.5 M nature Bischofite salt solution focusing on hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), that occurs during saline water splitting. The application of the non-linear superposition model provides valuable electrochemical kinetic parameters that complement the understanding of Mn2O3, this being one of the novelties of the manuscript.

Keywords

saline water splitting; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); bischofite; superposition model

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Electrochemistry

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