| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for operating an electrolytic cell capable of abating the cost associated with an apparatus for electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen and the energy cost.SOLUTION: The present invention presupposes a method for operating an electrolytic cell 12 for electrolyzing water including at least one membrane 20. The electrolytic cell is formed as an alkali electrolytic cell and includes: two made-of-nickel porous electrodes 14 and 16 positioned within reaction zones and possessing catalyst layers; and a membrane. A passive supply of liquid water into this membrane is proposed. The membrane is immersed within an electrolytic solution formed by a potassium hydroxide solution, and hydroxide ions can be transmitted through this membrane, although atomic and molecular hydrogen and oxygen generated within reaction zones, namely generated within reaction zones formed by membrane-electrode contact zones are blocked by this membrane when they attempt to move from one reaction zone into the other.</p> |
