Performance of a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyser |
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Authors: | Wu XuKeith Scott Suddhasatwa Basu |
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Affiliation: | a School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom b School of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India |
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Abstract: | A high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyser (PEMWE) was investigated at temperatures between 80 and 130 °C and pressures between 0.5 and 4 bar. Nanometer size Ru0.7Ir0.3O2 and Pt/C were employed as anode and cathode catalysts respectively. The catalyst coated on membrane (CCM) method was used to fabricate the membrane electrode assemblies. The membrane, oxygen evolution catalysts and MEAs were characterized with SEM, XRD and TEM. The influence of high temperature and pressure was investigated using in situ electrochemical measurements. Increasing temperature and pressure produced higher current densities for oxygen evolution, and smaller terminal voltages. The high temperature PEMWE achieved a voltage of 1.51 V at a current density of 1 A cm−2, at 130 °C and 4 bar pressure. |
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Keywords: | Water electrolyser Water electrolysis PEMWE High temperature Polymer electrolyte membrane |
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