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    公开号:WO1979000842A1
    申请号:PCT/EP1979/000021
    申请日:1979-03-27
    公开日:1979-11-01
    发明作者:V Denora；P Spaziante；A Nidola；G Bianchi
    申请人:Diamond Shamrock Techn；V Denora；P Spaziante；A Nidola；G Bianchi；
    IPC主号:C25B11-00
    专利说明:
    [0001] ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROLYTIC PROCESSES
    [0002] TECHNICAL FIELD
    [0003] The invention relates to electrodes for use in electrolytic processes, of the type comprising an electrically-conductive and corrosion-resistant Substrate having a coating containing tin dioxide, and to electrolytic processes using such electrodes.
    [0004] BACKGROUND ART
    [0005] Various types of tin dioxide coated electrodes are knσwn.
    [0006] U.S. Patent Specification 3,627,669 describes an electrode comprising a valve metal Substrate having a surface coating consisting essentially of a semiconductive mixture of tin dioxide and antimony trioxide. A solid-solution type surface coating comprising titanium dioxide, ruthenium dioxide and tin dioxide is described in U.S. Patent Specification 3,776,834 and a multi-component coating containing tin dioxide, antimony trioxide, a valve metal oxide and a platinum group metal oxide is disclosed in U.S. Patent Specification 3,875,043.
    [0007] Another type of coating, described in U.S. Patent Specification 3,882,002 uses tin dioxide as an intermediate layer, over which a layer of a noble metal or a noble metal oxide is deposited. Finally, U.S. Patent Specification 4,028,215 describes an electrode in which a semiconductive layer of tin dioxide/antimony trioxide is present as an intermediate layer and is covered by a top coating consisting essentially of manganese dioxide.
    [0008] DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
    [0009] Broadly, the invention provides an electrode of the above-indicated type, having a coating containing tin dioxide enhanced by the addition of bismuth trioxide. Thus, according to the invention, an electro for electrolytic processes comprises an electricallyconductive and corrosion-resistant Substrate having a coating containing a solid solution of tin oxide and bismuth trioxide. Preferably, the solid solution forming the coating is made by codeposition of a mixture of tin and bismuth compounds which are converted to the respective oxides. The tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide are advantageously present in the solid solution in a ratio of from about 9:1 to 4:1 by weight of the respecti metals. However, in general useful coatings may have a Sn:Bi ratio ranging from 1:10 to 100:1. Possibly, there is an excess of tin dioxide present, so that a part of the tin dioxide is undoped, i.e. it does not for part of the Sn02.Bi203 solid solution, but is present as a distinct phase.
    [0010] The electrically-conductive base is preferably one of the valve metals, i.e. titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium and tantalum, or it is an alloy containing at least one of these valve metals. Valve metal carbides and borides are also suitable. Titanium metal is preferred because of its low cost and excellent properties.
    [0011] In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the electrode coating consists essentially of the Sn02.Bi203 solid solution applied in one or more layers on a valve metal Substrate. This type of coating is useful in particular for the electrolytic production of chlorates and perchlorates, but for other applications the coating may desirably be modified by the addition of a small quantity of one or more specific electrocatalytic agents.
    [0012] In another preferred embodiment, a valve metal Substrate is coated with one or more layers of the Sn02.Bi203 solid solution and this or these layers are then covered by one or more layers of an electrocatalytic material, such as (a) one or more platinum group metals, i.e. ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum, (b) one or more platinum group metal oxides, (c) mixtures or mixed crystals of one or more platinum group metal oxides with one or more valve metal oxides, and (d) oxides of metals from the group of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, lead, germanium, antimony, arsenic, zinc, cadmium, selenium and tellurium. The layers of Sn02.Bi203 and the covering electrocatalytic material may optionally contain inert binders, for instance, such materials as silica, alumina or zirconium silicate.
    [0013] In yet another embodiment, the Sn02.Bi203 solid solution is mixed with one or more of the abovementioned electrocatalytic materials (a) to (d), with an optional binder and possible traces of other electrocatalysts, this mixture being applied to-the electricallyconductive Substrate in one or more codeposited layers. A preferred multi-compone-nt coating of the latter type has ion-selective properties for halogen evolution and oxygen inhibition and is thus useful for the electrolysis of alkali metal halides to form halogen whenever there is a tendency for undesired oxygen evolution, i.e. especially when sulphate ions are present in the electrolyte or when dilute brines, such as sea water, are being electrolyzed.
    [0014] This preferred form of electrode has a multicomponent coating comprising a mixture of (i) ruthenium dioxide as primary halogen catalyst, (ii) titanium dioxide as catalyst stabilizer, (iii) the tin dioxide/ bismuth trioxide solid solution as oxygen-evolutiσn inhibitor, and (iv) cobalt oxide (Co304) as halogen Promoter. These components are advantageously present in the following proportions, all in parts by weight of the metal or metals: (i) 30-50; (ii) 30-60; (iii} 5-15; and (iv) 1-6.
    [0015] The main applications of electrodes with these multi-component coatings include seawater electrolysis, evan at low temperature, halogen evolution from dilute waste waters, electrolysis of brine in rαercury cells under hign current density (above 10 KA/m2), electrolysis with membrane or SPE cell technology, and organic electrosynthesis. For electrodes used in SPE (solid-polymer electrolyte) cell and related technology, instead of being directly applied to the Substrate, the active coating material is applied to or incorporated in a hydraulically and/or ionically permeable Separator, typically an ion-exchange membrane, and the electrode Substrate is typically a grid of titanium or pther valve-metal which is brought into contact with. the active material carried by the Separator.
    [0016] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
    [0017] In the accompanying drawings:
    [0018] Fig. 1 shows a graph in which oxygen evolution potential as Ordinate is plotted against current density as abs.cissa, for seven of the anodes described in detail in Example I below;
    [0019] Fig. 2 shows a graph in which anodic potential as ordinate is plotted against current density as abscissa,, for the same seven anodes; Fig. 3 shows a graph in which oxygen evolution faraday efficiency as ordinate is plotted against current density as abscissa, for two of the anodes;
    [0020] Fig. 4 shows a graph similar to Fig. 1 in which oxygen evolution potential as ordinate is plotted against current density as abscissa, for five of the anodes described in detail in Example I below;
    [0021] Fig. 5 shows a graph similar to Fig. 2 in whiqh anodic potential as ordinate is plotted against current density as abscissa, for five of the anodes described in detail in Example I below.
    [0022] BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
    [0023] The following Examples are given to illusträte the invention.
    [0024] EXAMPLE I
    [0025] A series of an'odes was prepared as follows. Titanium coupons measuring 10 x 10 x 1 mm were sandblasted and etched in 20% hydrochloric acid and thoroughly washed in water. The coupons were then brush coated with a solution in ethanol of ruthenium Chloride and orthobutyl titanate. (coupon 1), the coating solution also containing stannic Chloride and bismuth trichloride for nine coupons (coupons 2-10) and, in addition, cobalt chloride for four coupons (coupons 11-14). Each coating was dried at 95° to 100°C and the coated coupon was then heated at 450°C for 15 minutes in an oven with forced air Ventilation. This procedure was repeated 5 times and the coupons were then subjected to a final heat treatment at 450°C for 60 minuteε. The quantities of the components in the coating Solutions were varied so as to give the final coating compositions shown in Table I, all quantities being in % by weight of the respective metals to the total metal content.
    [0026]
    [0027] Coupons 1-7 were tested as anodes for the electro lysis of an aqueous solution containing 200 g/1 of Na2SO4 at 60°C and current densities up to 10 KA/m2. Fig. 1 is an anodic polarization curve showing the measured oxygen evolution potentials. It can be seen that anodes 2-5, which includisg the Sn02.Bi203 mixture, have a higher oxygen evolution potential than anode 1 (no Sn02 or Bi203), anode 6 (Sn02 only) and anode 7 (Bi203 only). Anodes
    [0028] 2 and 3 show the highest oxygen evolution potentials.
    [0029] It is believed that this synergistic effect of the Sn02.Bi203 mixed crystals or mixtures may be due to the fact that Sn02.Bi203 blocks OH radicals through the formation of stable persalt complexes, thus hindering oxygen evolution.
    [0030] The chlorine evolution potential of anodes
    [0031] 1-10 was measured in saturated NaCl Solutions up to 10 KA/m2 and was found not to vary as a function of the presence or absence of Sn02.Bi203.
    [0032] Fig. 2 shows the anodic potential of coupons
    [0033] 1-7 in dilute NaCl/Na2SO4 Solutions (10 g/1 NaCl, 5g/lNa2SO4) at 15°C, at current densities up to about 500 A/m2. In these conditions, coupons 2 and 3 exhibit a measurable chlorine evolution limit current iL(Cl2).
    [0034] Fig. 3 shows the oxygen evoiution faraday efficiency of anodes 1 and 3 as a function of current density in this dilute NaCl/Na^SO. solution at 15°C. This graph clearly shows that anode 3 has a lower oxygen faraday efficiency than anode 1, and therefore preferentially evolves chlorine.
    [0035] Fig. 4 is similar to Fig. 1 and shows the oxygen evolution potentials of anodes 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10 under the same conditions as in Fig. 1, i.e. a solution of 200 g/1 Na2SO4 at 60°C. This graph shows that in these conditions anode 9 with an Sn02.Bi203 content of 10% (by metal) has an Optimum oxygen-inhibition effect.
    [0036] Table II shows the anodic potential gap between the unwanted oxygen evolution side reaction and the wanted chlorine evolution reaction calculated on the basis of the measured anodic potentials at 10 KA/m2 in saturated NaCl solution and Na2SO4 solution for electrodes
    [0037] 1, 8, 3, 9 and 10.
    [0038] The presence of a low percentage of Co304
    [0039] (coupons 11-14) is found, from anodic polarization curves in saturated NaCl up to 10 KA/m2 , to lower the chlorine evolution potential without influence on the oxygen evolution potential (notably without increasing it) as measured in the electrolysis of a 200 g/1 Na2SO4 solution at 60°C.
    [0040] Fig. 5 is a graph, similar to Fig. 2, showing the anodic potential of coupons 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 measured in a solution of 10 g/1 NaCl and 5 g/1 Na2SO4 at
    [0041] 15 C. In these conditions, it can be seen from the graph that the presence of Co304 decreases the potential up to the limit chlorine evolution current iL(Cl2) and therefore increases the Cl2/02 ratio up to this limit. This effect of the Co304 is greatest up to a threshold cobalt content about 5%.
    [0042] It is believed that the Co304 additive may play two roles. Firstly, it helps the Ru02 to catalyze chlorine evolution, probably by the formation and decom- Position of an active surface complex such as CoIIIOC1. Secondly, it increases the electrical conductivity of the coating, probably by an octahedral-tetrahedral lattice exchange reaction
    .
    [0043] EXAMPLE II
    [0044] Titanium anode bases were coated using a procedure similar to that of Example I, but with coating compositions containing the appropriate thermodecomposable salts to provide coatings with the compositions set out below in Table III, the intermediate layers being first applied to the anode bases, and then covered with the indicated top layers. All coatings were found to have selective properties with a low chlorine overpotential, high oxygen overpotential and low catalytic ageing rate. As before, all quantities in Table III are given in % by weight of the respective metal to the total metal content of the entire coating.
    [0045]
    EXAMPLE III
    [0046] Titanium coupons were coated using the procedure of Example I, but employing a solution of SnCl4 and Bi(N03)3 to provide coatings containing 10 to 30 g/m2 by metal of a solid solution of Sn02.Bi203 in which the Sn/Bi ratio ranged from 9:1 to 4:1.
    [0047] Some further cleaned and sandblasted titanium coupons were provided with a solid solution coating of Sn02.Bi203 by plasma jet technique in an inert atmosphere, using mixed powders of Sn02 and Bi_0_ and powders of pre-formed Sn02.Bi203, having a mesh number of from 250 to 350. Pre-formed powders were prepared either by thermal deposition of Sn02.Bi203 on an annealed support, stripping and grinding, or by grinding Sn02 and Bi203 powders, mixing, heating in an inert atmosphere, and then grinding to the desired mesh number.
    [0048] The anodes with an Sn02.Bi203 coating obtained in either of these manners have a high oxygen overpotential and are useful for the production of chlorate and perchlorate, as well as for electrochemical polycondensations and organic oxidations.
    权利要求:
    Claims
    1. An electrode for electrolytic processes, comprising an electrically-conductive and corrosion resistant Substrate having a coating thereon, characterized in that the coating contains a solid solution of tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide.
    2. The electrode of claim 1, characterized in that the coating consists essentially of a solid solution of tin dioxide and bismuth oxide codeposited in one or more layers on a valve metal Substrate.
    3. The electrode of claim 1, characterized in that the solid solution of tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide is codeposited in one or more layers on the Substrate and covered with one or more layers of a different electrocatalytic material.
    4. The electrode of claim 1, characterized in that the solid solution of tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide is codeposited with other electrocatalytic materials in a multicomponent coating.
    5. The electrode of claim 4, characterized in that the coating contains, in parts by weight of the respective metal or metals:
    (i) 30 - 50 parts of ruthenium dioxide, (ii) 30 - 60 parts of titanium dioxide, (iii) 5 - 15 parts of the solid solution of tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide, and
    (iv) 1 - 6 parts of cobalt oxide.
    6. The electrode of claim 1 or 5, characterised in that the coating material is applied to or incorporated in a permeable Separator and the conductive Substrate is brought into contact with the coating material carried by the Separator.
    7. The electrode of any preceding claim, characterized in that the tin dioxide and bismuth trioxide are present in a ratio of from 9:1 to 4:1 by weight of the respective metals .
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