Application of Electrochemistry

BATTERIES AND FEUL CELLS

Batteries and Fuel Cells

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Lead acid batteries Nickel-Cadmium batteries Nickel-Metal-Hydride batteries Lithium Ion batteries

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Using by NASA for spacecraft Pollution free, product (water) drunk by spacecraft crew Electrode grafit Saltbridge thin polymer membrane(PEM)

Methanol Fuel Cells

Hydrogen exchange by methanol

Corrosion of Iron

The rusting of iron requires both oxygen and water. Because the standard reduction potential for the reduction of Fe 2+ (aq) is less positive than that for reduction of O2, Fe(s) can be oxidized by O2(g )

Cathode : O2(g) + 4H+(aq) + 4e 2H2O(l) Anode : Fe (s) Fe 2+ (aq) + 2e

Ered = 1.23V

Ered = - 0.44V

Preventing the corrosion of ion

Covered with a coat of paint / metal / grease / plastic Galvanized iron iron coated with a thin layer of zinc