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ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201903216
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catalyst utilization; mass transport losses; microporous layer; polymer electrolyte water electrolysis; porous transport layers
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- Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) [SI/501331-01]
The high operational and capital costs of polymer electrolyte water electrolysis technology originate from limited catalyst utilization and the use of thick membrane electrolytes. This is due to the coarse surface structure of the state-of-the-art titanium porous transport layer materials used. Therefore, a series of materials with three different microporous layers (MPLs) with advanced interface properties are fabricated and characterized. It is shown that these sintered multilayer structures, made from economically viable titanium powders, have improved interface properties with low surface roughness, as characterized by X-ray laboratory and synchrotron-based tomographic microscopy. The transport layer materials provide superior electrochemical performance in comparison to conventional single-layer structures, with up to three times higher catalyst layer utilization and a approximate to 60 mV decrease in (anodic) mass transport overpotential at 2 A cm(-2). The MPLs combine preferential surface properties with high open porosity and low tortuosity of sinter materials, enabling for the first time the use of thin membranes, in combination with anodic titanium transport layers. The fundamental mechanism of the MPL effect is elucidated and shown to be based on a homogeneous contact pressure distribution, resulting in high catalyst utilization and low mass transport losses.
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