A two-dimensional numerical model incorporating solid mechanics, electrochemistry, mass diffusion, and ion migration processes is developed to investigate the load effect on crevice corrosion. The a transient of corrosion occurring in cracks 304 stainless steel dilute NaCl solution, interaction between stress electrochemical was considered. By solving multiphysical coupling COMSOL, applied crac...

Advanced materials for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting are central to the area of renewable energy. In this work, we developed a selective solvothermal synthesis of MoS(2) nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets suspended in solution. The resulting MoS(2)/RGO hybrid material possessed nanoscopic few-layer MoS(2) structures with an abundance of exposed edge...

The kinetics of H(D) absorption into a b-phase PdHx (PdDx) electrode are discussed numerically, based on the Volmer–Tafel route of the hydrogen (deuterium) evolution reaction and thermodynamic and kinetic data of H(D) in the b-phase PdHx (PdDx). It is found that the asymptotic loading ratio of H(D) is determined only by the Tafel step under galvanostatic conditions. The kinetics of H(D) absorpt...

Mo2C nanocrystals (NCs) anchored on vertically aligned graphene nanoribbons (VA-GNR) as hybrid nanoelectrocatalysts (Mo2C-GNR) are synthesized through the direct carbonization of metallic Mo with atomic H treatment. The growth mechanism of Mo2C NCs with atomic H treatment is discussed. The Mo2C-GNR hybrid exhibits highly active and durable electrocatalytic performance for the hydrogen-evolution...

The kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at passive oxide covered polycrystalline Fe electrodes in aqueous alkaline solution were examined using both dc steady state polarisation and ac impedance techniques. It proved difficult to obtain reproducible polarisation data for bright anodes, and so an electrochemical pre-treatment routine was devised. Upon ageing of a given electrode spec...

A three-dimensional, steady, single-phase flow of oxygen, nitrogen and water vapor mixture in the cathode of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell was numerically studied here. It was shown that the performance of the cell was enhanced by partial blockage of the flow channels in a parallel flow field. Since, channel indentation could increase oxygen content within the catalyst layer. It was ...