3D Self-Architectured Steam Electrode Enabled Efficient and Durable Hydrogen Production in a Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell at Temperatures Lower Than 600 °C

Wu, Wei; Ding, Hanping; Zhang, Yunya; Ding, Yong; Katiyar, Prashant; Majumdar, Prasun K.; He, Ting; Ding, Dong

doi:10.1002/advs.201800360

Title: 3D Self-Architectured Steam Electrode Enabled Efficient and Durable Hydrogen Production in a Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell at Temperatures Lower Than 600 °C

Journal Article · 31 August 2018 · Advanced Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800360 · OSTI ID:1468354

Wu, Wei ^[1]; Ding, Hanping ^[1]; Zhang, Yunya ^[1]; Ding, Yong ^[2]; Katiyar, Prashant ^[3]; Majumdar, Prasun K. ^[3]; He, Ting ^[1];

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Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

Hydrogen production via water electrolysis using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) has attracted considerable attention because of its favorable thermodynamics and kinetics. It is considered as the most efficient and low-cost option for hydrogen production from renewable energies. By using proton-conducting electrolyte (H-SOECs), the operating temperature can be reduced from beyond 800 to 600 °C or even lower due to its higher conductivity and lower activation energy. Technical barriers associated with the conventional oxygen-ion conducting SOECs (O-SOECs), that is, hydrogen separation and electrode instability that is primarily due to the Ni oxidation at high steam concentration and delamination associated with oxygen evolution, can be remarkably mitigated. Here, a self-architectured ultraporous (SAUP) 3D steam electrode is developed for efficient H-SOECs below 600 °C. At 600 °C, the electrolysis current density reaches 2.02 A cm^–2 at 1.6 V. Instead of fast degradation in most O-SOECs, performance enhancement is observed during electrolysis at an applied voltage of 1.6 V at 500 °C for over 75 h, attributed to the “bridging” effect originating from reorganization of the steam electrode. The H-SOEC with SAUP steam electrode demonstrates excellent performance, promising a new prospective for next-generation steam electrolysis at reduced temperatures.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1468354

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1468355; OSTI ID: 1623468

Journal Information:: Advanced Science, Vol. 5, Issue 11; ISSN 2198-3844

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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