2. Theoretical foundations
2.1 Thermodynamic aspect
In a water electrolysis cell, electric current is used to dissociate water into its elementary constituents, molecular hydrogen (H
2
) and oxygen (O
2
). In an acid medium (the case of an acid membrane electrolyzer), this reaction breaks down into two half-reactions:
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