Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Abstract
Pulsed electrolysis endowed merits of high current density, low energy consumption, and simple operation; thus, a booming in their publication numbers has been witnessed in recent years. In this review, we aim to summarize the state-of-the-art pulsed current/potential strategy to enhance electrochemical reactions, such as oxygen reduction reactions (ORR), CO2 reduction (CO2RR), CO reduction (COR), etc. It begins with historic analysis of pulsed electrolysis via a bibliometric method, aiming at providing a progress over the course of around 40 years in a quantitative way. Then, the definition along with its influence of electronic effect, double layer effect and mass transport have been reviewed based on a mechanism point of view for the first time. To sum up the review, several current challenges and future prospects of pulsed electrolysis have provided for the future smart design of electrochemical process.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (Harbin Institute of Technology
National Engineering Research Center for Safe Sludge Disposal and Resource Recovery
Ministry of Education’s “Chunhui Project” Cooperative Scientific Research Project”
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Catalysis,General Environmental Science