F-2.1 Electrolysis Performance and Durability

Tuesday, 2 October 2018: 08:10-12:20
Star 8 (Sunrise Center)
Chairs:
Bryan S. Pivovar and Radenka Maric
08:10
Introductory Remarks
08:20
(Invited) Addressing Fundamental Materials Challenges in Electrochemical Water Splitting Technologies for Sustainable Hydrogen Production
E. L. Miller, K. Randolph, D. Peterson, N. Rustagi (U.S. Department of Energy), J. W. Vickers (U.S. Department of Energy AAAS Fellow), M. Lyubovsky (U.S. Department of Energy ORISE Fellow), K. Cierpik-Gold (Allegheny Science and Technology), and S. Byham (The Building People)
09:00
(Invited) Large Scale PEM Electrolysis Stack Development - the Megastack Project
M. S. Thomassen, A. O. Barnett, P. Skjetne, T. Bergstrøm, K. Sundseth (SINTEF), T. Smolinka, K. Bromberger (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems), G. Serre, M. Chandesris, and F. Fouda-Onana (CEA-LITEN)
09:40
Impact of Mechanical Operation Conditions on PEM Water Electrolyzer Performance
E. Borgardt, L. Giesenberg (Institute of Energy and Climate Research), M. Müller (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), W. Lehnert (RWTH Aachen University), and D. Stolten (Chair for Fuel Cells, RWTH Aachen, 52072, Aachen, Germany)
10:00
Break
10:20
Analysis of Gas Permeation Phenomena in a PEM Water Electrolyzer Operated at High Pressure and Current Density
M. Bernt (Bayerisches Zentrum für angewandte Energieforschung, Technical University of Munich), J. Schröter (Bayerisches Zentrum für angewandte Energieforschung), A. Weiß, A. Siebel, and H. A. Gasteiger (Technical University of Munich)
10:40
On the Effect of Bipolar Plate Mechanical Properties on the Current Distribution of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis
S. Al Shakhshir, F. Zhou, and S. K. Kær (Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University)
11:00
Insight in Mass Transport of Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolyzer By Systematic Analysis of Liquid and Gas Fed Water
T. Schuler (Paul Scherrer Institut, ETH Zürich), T. Kimura (Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi), T. J. Schmidt (ETH Zürich), and F. N. Büchi (Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:20
Two Phase Flow Modeling and Characterization of Oxygen Bubbles in PEM Water Electrolysis Cells
A. Nouri-Khorasani, J. T. H. Kwan (University of British Columbia), A. Bonakdarpour, and D. P. Wilkinson (Mangrove Water Technologies)
11:40
(Invited) Study on the Degradation of PEM Water Electrolysis MEA after Long-Term Operation
H. Yu, L. J. Bonville (University of Connecticut), and R. Maric (Center for Clean Energy Engineering)