Experimental studies on the effects of sheet resistance and wettability of catalyst layer on electro-catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells
Abstract
As the most important part of electrochemical reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells (PEMECs) for water splitting, oxygen evolution reaction (OER) occurs at the anode catalyst layer (CL). The distribution of the OER site is affected by many factors, such as properties of CL, operation parameters, procedures, etc. To study the effects of properties of CLs on the distribution of OER site on the CL, and consequently affect the performance of PEMECs, CLs with different sheet resistances are tested under different operation conditions. Furthermore, the phenomena of OER on CLs are captured by a high-speed and micro-scale visualization system in-situ and analysed coupled with electrochemical results. The results in this work show that both sheet resistance and wettability of CLs have significant impact on the distribution of the OER site, which can help optimize the design of membrane electrode assembly and improve the operating parameters for electrochemical devices.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1660244
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1670479
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-77542
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199; MainId:27478;UUID:82efce70-fd4a-4866-86b5-0f2c5f6b230a;MainAdminID:17341
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; FE0011585
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 45; Journal Issue: 51; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; oxygen evolution reaction; proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell; sheet resistance; visualization; wettability
Citation Formats
Mo, Jingke, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Kang, Zhenye, Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green, Jr., Johney B., and Zhang, Feng-Yuan. Experimental studies on the effects of sheet resistance and wettability of catalyst layer on electro-catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.087.
Mo, Jingke, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Kang, Zhenye, Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green, Jr., Johney B., & Zhang, Feng-Yuan. Experimental studies on the effects of sheet resistance and wettability of catalyst layer on electro-catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.087
Mo, Jingke, Yang, Gaoqiang, Li, Yifan, Kang, Zhenye, Bender, Guido, Pivovar, Bryan S., Green, Jr., Johney B., and Zhang, Feng-Yuan. Sat .
"Experimental studies on the effects of sheet resistance and wettability of catalyst layer on electro-catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.087. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660244.
@article{osti_1660244,
title = {Experimental studies on the effects of sheet resistance and wettability of catalyst layer on electro-catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells},
author = {Mo, Jingke and Yang, Gaoqiang and Li, Yifan and Kang, Zhenye and Bender, Guido and Pivovar, Bryan S. and Green, Jr., Johney B. and Zhang, Feng-Yuan},
abstractNote = {As the most important part of electrochemical reaction in proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells (PEMECs) for water splitting, oxygen evolution reaction (OER) occurs at the anode catalyst layer (CL). The distribution of the OER site is affected by many factors, such as properties of CL, operation parameters, procedures, etc. To study the effects of properties of CLs on the distribution of OER site on the CL, and consequently affect the performance of PEMECs, CLs with different sheet resistances are tested under different operation conditions. Furthermore, the phenomena of OER on CLs are captured by a high-speed and micro-scale visualization system in-situ and analysed coupled with electrochemical results. The results in this work show that both sheet resistance and wettability of CLs have significant impact on the distribution of the OER site, which can help optimize the design of membrane electrode assembly and improve the operating parameters for electrochemical devices.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.087},
journal = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},
number = 51,
volume = 45,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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