Additive manufactured bipolar plate for high-efficiency hydrogen production in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells
Abstract
Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is capable of fast and low-cost prototyping from complex 3D digital models. To take advantage of this technology, a stainless steel (SS) plate with parallel flow field served as a combination of a cathode bipolar plate and a current distributor; it was fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) techniques and investigated in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cell (PEMEC) in-situ for the first time. The experimental results show that the PEMEC with an AM SS cathode bipolar plate can achieve an excellent performance for hydrogen production for a voltage of 1.779 V and a current density of 2.0 A/cm2. The AM SS cathode bipolar plate was also characterized by SEM and EDS, and the results show a uniform elemental distribution across the plate with very limited oxidization. Finally, this research demonstrates that AM method could be a route to aid cost-effective and rapid development of PEMECs.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1361233
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1396509; OSTI ID: 1615831
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-4A00-68481
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; AC05-00OR22725; FE0011585
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; additive manufacturing; bipolar plate; PEM electrolyzer cell; hydrogen production; stainless steel; selective laser melting
Citation Formats
Yang, Gaoqiang, Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, List, III, Frederick A., Green, Jr., Johney B., Babu, Sudarsanam S., and Zhang, Feng -Yuan. Additive manufactured bipolar plate for high-efficiency hydrogen production in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.100.
Yang, Gaoqiang, Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, List, III, Frederick A., Green, Jr., Johney B., Babu, Sudarsanam S., & Zhang, Feng -Yuan. Additive manufactured bipolar plate for high-efficiency hydrogen production in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells. United States. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.100.
Yang, Gaoqiang, Mo, Jingke, Kang, Zhenye, List, III, Frederick A., Green, Jr., Johney B., Babu, Sudarsanam S., and Zhang, Feng -Yuan. Sat .
"Additive manufactured bipolar plate for high-efficiency hydrogen production in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells". United States. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.100. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1361233.
@article{osti_1361233,
title = {Additive manufactured bipolar plate for high-efficiency hydrogen production in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells},
author = {Yang, Gaoqiang and Mo, Jingke and Kang, Zhenye and List, III, Frederick A. and Green, Jr., Johney B. and Babu, Sudarsanam S. and Zhang, Feng -Yuan},
abstractNote = {Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is capable of fast and low-cost prototyping from complex 3D digital models. To take advantage of this technology, a stainless steel (SS) plate with parallel flow field served as a combination of a cathode bipolar plate and a current distributor; it was fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) techniques and investigated in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cell (PEMEC) in-situ for the first time. The experimental results show that the PEMEC with an AM SS cathode bipolar plate can achieve an excellent performance for hydrogen production for a voltage of 1.779 V and a current density of 2.0 A/cm2. The AM SS cathode bipolar plate was also characterized by SEM and EDS, and the results show a uniform elemental distribution across the plate with very limited oxidization. Finally, this research demonstrates that AM method could be a route to aid cost-effective and rapid development of PEMECs.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.100},
journal = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},
number = 21,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {5}
}
Web of Science
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