Self-adhesive ionomers for durable low-temperature anion exchange membrane electrolysis
Abstract
Low-temperature water electrolysis using an anion conductive polymer electrolyte has several potential advantages over other technologies, however, the fabrication of durable alkaline electrodes remains a challenge. Detachment of catalysts results in the loss of electrochemical surface area. Simple mixtures of ionomer and catalyst can suffer from poor catalyst adhesion because only physical adhesion is used to bind the components together. For this work, a family of chemically bonded, self-adherent, hydroxide conducting ionomers were synthesized and tested under alkaline electrolysis conditions with nickel ferrite anode electrocatalysts and platinum-nickel cathode catalyst. The ionomers are based on hydroxide conducting poly(norbornene) polymers used as the solid polymer electrolyte in alkaline fuel cells and electrolyzers. The synthesized terpolymer ionomers have been functionalized to provide pendant sites for covalent chemical bonding of bis(phenyl)-A-diglycidyl ether to the ionomer, catalyst, and porous transport layer. The electrodes show excellent adhesion between the catalyst particles, porous transport layer and ionomer, as determined by adhesion measurements and electrolysis performance. The AEM electrolyzer had stable voltage performance under high current density (1 A/cm2 at 1.83 V (67% voltage efficiency)) for extended time periods (>600 h) without degradation.
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- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Pajarito Powder, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1977400
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008833
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Power Sources
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 536; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Chemistry; Electrochemistry; Energy & Fuels; Materials Science
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Chen, Mengjie, Mandal, Mrinmay, Groenhout, Katelyn, McCool, Geoffrey, Tee, Hui Min, Zulevi, Barr, and Kohl, Paul A. Self-adhesive ionomers for durable low-temperature anion exchange membrane electrolysis. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231495.
Chen, Mengjie, Mandal, Mrinmay, Groenhout, Katelyn, McCool, Geoffrey, Tee, Hui Min, Zulevi, Barr, & Kohl, Paul A. Self-adhesive ionomers for durable low-temperature anion exchange membrane electrolysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231495
Chen, Mengjie, Mandal, Mrinmay, Groenhout, Katelyn, McCool, Geoffrey, Tee, Hui Min, Zulevi, Barr, and Kohl, Paul A. Mon .
"Self-adhesive ionomers for durable low-temperature anion exchange membrane electrolysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231495. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1977400.
@article{osti_1977400,
title = {Self-adhesive ionomers for durable low-temperature anion exchange membrane electrolysis},
author = {Chen, Mengjie and Mandal, Mrinmay and Groenhout, Katelyn and McCool, Geoffrey and Tee, Hui Min and Zulevi, Barr and Kohl, Paul A.},
abstractNote = {Low-temperature water electrolysis using an anion conductive polymer electrolyte has several potential advantages over other technologies, however, the fabrication of durable alkaline electrodes remains a challenge. Detachment of catalysts results in the loss of electrochemical surface area. Simple mixtures of ionomer and catalyst can suffer from poor catalyst adhesion because only physical adhesion is used to bind the components together. For this work, a family of chemically bonded, self-adherent, hydroxide conducting ionomers were synthesized and tested under alkaline electrolysis conditions with nickel ferrite anode electrocatalysts and platinum-nickel cathode catalyst. The ionomers are based on hydroxide conducting poly(norbornene) polymers used as the solid polymer electrolyte in alkaline fuel cells and electrolyzers. The synthesized terpolymer ionomers have been functionalized to provide pendant sites for covalent chemical bonding of bis(phenyl)-A-diglycidyl ether to the ionomer, catalyst, and porous transport layer. The electrodes show excellent adhesion between the catalyst particles, porous transport layer and ionomer, as determined by adhesion measurements and electrolysis performance. The AEM electrolyzer had stable voltage performance under high current density (1 A/cm2 at 1.83 V (67% voltage efficiency)) for extended time periods (>600 h) without degradation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231495},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = C,
volume = 536,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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