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Cost Effective PEM Electrolysis: The Quest to Achieve Superior Efficiencies with Reduced Investment

Friedrich, K. Andreas and Lettenmeier, Philipp and Stiber, Svenja and Ansar, Syed Asif and Wang, Li and Gago, Aldo (2018) Cost Effective PEM Electrolysis: The Quest to Achieve Superior Efficiencies with Reduced Investment. 233rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 2018-05-13 - 2018-05-17, Seattle, USA. doi: 10.1149/08513.0003ecst.

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Abstract

Hydrogen is expected to play an important role as a crosslinking technology between power generation on one hand and transport and industry on the other hand. It can directly replace fossil fuels in transport and industry when produced by water electrolysis renewable energies such as solar or wind, which are converted with low efficiencies. The relevant technologies are either the mature alkaline electrolysis or the newer proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. For PEM electrolysis in particular, key components that determine the stack cost are the titanium-based contact elements, such as the bipolar plates (BPP) and the current collectors (CC), and the high iridium loading of electrocatalyst for the OER in state of art membrane electrode assemblies (MEA). However, the cost structure depends on the specific design of the electrolyser. This presentation will discuss strategies for cost reduction by synthesizing novel electrocatalyst with the aim of lowering the high Ir loading. Our concept can be applied to supported and alloy electrocatalysts. The supports need to be highly stable and exhibit sufficient electronic conductivity. The enhancement of activity achieved with improved electrocatalyst reaches a factor of about 15 with respect to the best commercially available electrocatalyst. Additionally, the cost reduction achieved by a titanium coating for stainless steel BPPs or CCs for PEM electrolysis will be discussed. We use vacuum plasma spraying (VPS) to coat either dense coatings for corrosion protection of stainless steel components or build up titanium diffusion layers with defined porosity as contact elements for the MEA. The conductivity of the titanium coating can be improved by well-known Pt or Au additions; however, we have also developed promising non-noble conductivity enhancement elements. Furthermore, the VPS coating and production procedure is adaptable to large-scale industrial production.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/125602/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:Cost Effective PEM Electrolysis: The Quest to Achieve Superior Efficiencies with Reduced Investment
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Friedrich, K. AndreasUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-5029UNSPECIFIED
Lettenmeier, PhilippUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-8440UNSPECIFIED
Stiber, SvenjaUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-6589UNSPECIFIED
Ansar, Syed AsifUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wang, LiUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gago, AldoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:13 May 2018
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
DOI:10.1149/08513.0003ecst
Status:Published
Keywords:hydrogen production, electrolysis, cost reduction
Event Title:233rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society
Event Location:Seattle, USA
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:13 May 2018
Event End Date:17 May 2018
Organizer:Electrochemical Society (ECS)
HGF - Research field:Energy
HGF - Program:Storage and Cross-linked Infrastructures
HGF - Program Themes:Electrolysis and Hydrogen
DLR - Research area:Energy
DLR - Program:E SP - Energy Storage
DLR - Research theme (Project):E - Elektrochemical Processes (Electrolysis) (old)
Location: Stuttgart
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics > Electrochemical Energy Technology
Deposited By: Friedrich, Prof.Dr. Kaspar Andreas
Deposited On:10 Jan 2019 15:20
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 20:29

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