PEM water electrolysis cells with catalyst coating by atomic layer deposition
Laube A, Hofer A, Ressel S, Chica A, Bachmann J, Struckmann T (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Original Authors: A. Laube, A. Hofer, S. Ressel, A. Chica, J. Bachmann, T. Struckmann
Book Volume: 46
Pages Range: 38972-38982
Journal Issue: 79
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.153
Abstract
The limited annual mining capacity and high costs of platinum metal group catalysts (PMG) are confining the production of hydrogen from PEM electrolysis. Therefore, a significant reduction of catalyst needs is crucial to reduce system costs and increase production capacity. This study demonstrates the feasibility of a PEM water electrolysis cell design using porous transport electrodes (PTE) with catalyst coating by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and operation in 1 mol/L sulphuric acid at 60 °C. Though the catalyst loading has been reduced to 0.12 mg/cm2 iridium on the anode and 0.28 mg/cm2 platinum on the cathode, a current density of 168 mA/cm2 and mean high mass activity of 1400 A/g iridium could be achieved at 1.7 V. The characterization of three high loading PTE cells is combined with a detailed overpotential analysis from polarization curve fits and demonstrates a reproducible cell setup. Further analysis steps show an increasing cell performance with increasing coating cycle numbers and the consistency of the anode performance in the three electrode setup with the complete cell. The ALD coated PTE design turns out to be a promising candidate for catalyst loading reduction in PEM electrolysis.
Authors with CRIS profile
André Hofer
Lehrstuhl für Chemistry of thin film materials
Julien Bachmann
Lehrstuhl für Chemistry of thin film materials
Related research project(s)
Involved external institutions
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW)
Germany (DE)
Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Spain (ES)
Germany (DE)
Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Spain (ES)
How to cite
APA:
Laube, A., Hofer, A., Ressel, S., Chica, A., Bachmann, J., & Struckmann, T. (2021). PEM water electrolysis cells with catalyst coating by atomic layer deposition. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(79), 38972-38982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.153
MLA:
Laube, Armin, et al. "PEM water electrolysis cells with catalyst coating by atomic layer deposition." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46.79 (2021): 38972-38982.
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