(Invited) Lowering the Noble Metal Requirement for PEM Water Electrolysis: Membrane Electrode Assembly and Porous Transport Layer Design Considerations

铂金 贵金属 质子交换膜燃料电池 电解 材料科学 电解水 催化作用 化学工程 制氢 分解水 析氧 氧化物 阴极 电极 电解质 无机化学 电化学 化学 金属 冶金 光催化 生物化学 物理化学 工程类
作者
Maximilian Bernt,Matthias Felix Ernst,Hubert A. Gasteiger,Matthias Kornherr,Vivian Meier,Maximilian Möckl,Carina Schramm
出处
期刊:Meeting abstracts 卷期号:MA2023-01 (36): 1993-1993
标识
DOI:10.1149/ma2023-01361993mtgabs
摘要

The Net Zero Emission scenario proposed by the International Energy Agency projects a required electrolytic generation of hydrogen equivalent to 3600 GW by 2050 [1], averaging to an annual installation of ~130 GW/a between 2023 and 2050. If this were to be provided by proton exchange membrane based water electrolyzers (PEM-WEs) based on platinum catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and iridium catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the current PEM-WE noble metal requirements of ~0.7 g Ir /kW and ~0.3 g Pt /kW [1] would have to be drastically reduced in view of the noble metal supply constraints. As argued previously, for PEM-WEs to be sustainable on such a large scale would require to achieve platinum and iridium loadings of ~0.05 mg/cm 2 electrode [2,3]. While the former can be easily achieved due to the fast HER kinetics on Pt, the latter requires either ultra-thin OER catalyst layers or improved OER catalysts with a substantially reduced iridium packing density (in units of g Ir /cm 3 electrode ) [2], like the recently developed catalyst with a hydrous iridium oxide shell supported on a titanium oxide core (IrO x /TiO 2 ) [4,5]. In this contribution, we will discuss the effect of the design of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and of the adjacent porous transport layers on PEM-WE performance. In general, the preparation of MEAs with low platinum loading cathodes is straightforward, due to the availability of carbon supported platinum catalysts (Pt/C) with a low Pt packing density. For the optimization of the ionomer content in the cathode electrode, however, its effect on the high current density performance and on the hydrogen permeation rate from cathode to anode have to be considered [6,7]. With regards to the anode electrode, we will further discuss the MEA design challenges when targeting ultra-low iridium loadings. In the case of the ultra-thin catalyst layers that result when using conventional OER catalysts, additional contact resistances between the anode catalyst layer and the titanium based porous transport layer (Ti-PTL) are observed [2]. As will be shown, these can be largely mitigated by the use of a titanium based microporous layer (MPL) coated on the Ti-PTL, highlighting the importance of the interface between the PTL and the anode catalyst layer. In case of using the above described IrO x /TiO 2 catalysts with low iridium packing density, their typically lower electrical conductivity also results in apparent contact resistances within and across the anode catalyst layer [4], which poses an additional constraint on the allowable range of the catalyst/ionomer ratio in the anode electrode. The interplay between the anode catalyst type, the anode ionomer content, and the type of interface between the anode electrode and the PTL (i.e., with and without MPL) will be discussed. References: [1] International Energy Agency (IEA), Global Hydrogen Review 2021 , (2021) . [2] M. Bernt, A. Siebel, H. A. Gasteiger; "Analysis of Voltage Losses in PEM Water Electrolyzers with Low Platinum Group Metal Loadings"; J. Electrochem. Soc. 165 (2018) F305. [3] C. Minke, M. Suermann, B. Bensmann, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach; “Is iridium demand a potential bottleneck in the realization of large-scale PEM water electrolysis?”; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (2021) , 23581. [4] M. Bernt, C. Schramm, J. Schröter, C. Gebauer, J. Byrknes, C. Eickes, H. A. Gasteiger; "Effect of the IrO x Conductivity on the Anode Electrode/Porous Transport Layer Interfacial Resistance in PEM Water Electrolyzers"; J. Electrochem. Soc. 168 (2021) 084513. [5] M. Möckl, M. F. Ernst, M. Kornherr, F. Allebrod, M. Bernt, J. Byrknes, C. Eickes, C. Gebauer, A. Moskovtseva, H. A. Gasteiger; "Durability investigation and benchmarking of a novel iridium catalyst in a PEM water electrolyzer at low iridium loading"; J. Electrochem. Soc. 169 (2022) 064505. [6] P. Trinke, G. P. Keeley, M. Carmo, B. Bensmann, R. Hanke-Rauschenbach; "Elucidating the Effect of Mass Transport Resistances on Hydrogen Crossover and Cell Performance in PEM Water Electrolyzers by Varying the Cathode Ionomer Content"; J. Electrochem. Soc. 166 (2019) F465. [7] M. Bernt, J. Schröter, M. Möckl, H. A. Gasteiger; "Analysis of Gas Permeation Phenomena in a PEM Water Electrolyzer Operated at High Pressure and High Current Density"; J. Electrochem. Soc. 167 (2020) 124502.

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