Highly Porous Iridium Thin Electrodes with Low Loading and Improved Reaction Kinetics for Hydrogen Generation in PEM Electrolyzer Cells

Ding, Lei; Wang, Weitian; Xie, Zhiqiang; Li, Kui; Yu, Shule; Capuano, Christopher B.; Keane, Alex; Ayers, Kathy; Zhang, Feng-Yuan

doi:10.1021/acsami.2c23304

Highly Porous Iridium Thin Electrodes with Low Loading and Improved Reaction Kinetics for Hydrogen Generation in PEM Electrolyzer Cells

Journal Article · 11 May 2023 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c23304· OSTI ID:2418626

Ding, Lei ^[1]; ^[2]; Xie, Zhiqiang ^[2]; ^[2]; Yu, Shule ^[2]; Capuano, Christopher B. ^[3]; Keane, Alex ^[3]; Ayers, Kathy ^[3]; ^[2]

Nanodynamics and High-Efficiency Lab for Propulsion and Power, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering, UT Space Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388, United States; OSTI
Nanodynamics and High-Efficiency Lab for Propulsion and Power, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering, UT Space Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388, United States
Nel Hydrogen, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, United States

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Research Organization:: Skyre, Inc., East Hartford, CT (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008423; EE0008426; FE0011585

OSTI ID:: 2418626

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 15; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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