scholarly journals Degradation of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolysis Cells: Looking Beyond the Cell Voltage Increase

2019 ◽  
Vol 166 (10) ◽  
pp. F645-F652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Suermann ◽  
Boris Bensmann ◽  
Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach
2019 ◽  
Vol 166 (15) ◽  
pp. F1200-F1208
Author(s):  
C. Immerz ◽  
B. Bensmann ◽  
P. Trinke ◽  
M. Suermann ◽  
R. Hanke-Rauschenbach

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (13) ◽  
pp. 3932
Author(s):  
Jie Song ◽  
Qing Ye ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Zhiyuan Guo ◽  
Meiling Dou

The development of high efficient stacks is critical for the wide spread application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in transportation and stationary power plant. Currently, the favorable operation conditions of PEMFCs are with single cell voltage between 0.65 and 0.7 V, corresponding to energy efficiency lower than 57%. For the long term, PEMFCs need to be operated at higher voltage to increase the energy efficiency and thus promote the fuel economy for transportation and stationary applications. Herein, PEMFC single cell was investigated to demonstrate its capability to working with voltage and energy efficiency higher than 0.8 V and 65%, respectively. It was demonstrated that the PEMFC encountered a significant performance degradation after the 64 h operation. The cell voltage declined by more than 13% at the current density of 1000 mA cm−2, due to the electrode de-activation. The high operation potential of the cathode leads to the corrosion of carbon support and then causes the detachment of Pt nanoparticles, resulting in significant Pt agglomeration. The catalytic surface area of cathode Pt is thus reduced for oxygen reduction and the cell performance decreased. Therefore, electrochemically stable Pt catalyst is highly desirable for efficient PEMFCs operated under cell voltage higher than 0.8 V.


Author(s):  
Britta Mayerhöfer ◽  
Konrad Ehelebe ◽  
Florian Dominik Speck ◽  
Markus Bierling ◽  
Johannes Bender ◽  
...  

Bipolar membrane|electrode interface water electrolyzers (BPEMWE) were found to outperform a proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer reference in a similar membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design based on individual porous...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burin Yodwong ◽  
Damien Guilbert ◽  
Wattana Kaewmanee ◽  
Matheepot Phattanasak ◽  
Melika Hinaje ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 1437-1442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sönke Gößling ◽  
Sebastian Stypka ◽  
Matthias Bahr ◽  
Bernd Oberschachtsiek ◽  
Angelika Heinzel

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