The Role of Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques in Scale-Up Fabrication of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers
Jasna Jankovic a, M. Ahmadi a, M. Batool a, A.O. Godoy a, O. Sanumi a, J. Foster b, G. Stelmacovich b, S. Pylypenko b, S. Khandavalli c, C. Baez Cotto c, S. A. Mauger c, L. Ney d, I. Franzetti d, J. Horstmann de la Vina d, N. Zamel d, T. Smolinka d, U. Groos d
a University of Connecticut, Civil & Environ. Engr., 261 Glenbrook Rd U-3037, Storrs, CT, 06269
b Colorado School of Mines, Illinois Street, 1500, Golden, United States
c National Renewable Energy Laboratory
d Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference (MATSUSFall23)
#WATERCAT - Experiment and theory in the catalysis of water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells
Torremolinos, Spain, 2023 October 16th - 20th
Organizers: Serhiy Cherevko and Nejc Hodnik
Invited Speaker, Jasna Jankovic, presentation 119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.119
Publication date: 18th July 2023

With the recent trends in hydrogen technologies, scale-up fabrication of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for the electrochemical systems such as fuel cells and electrolyzers is gaining significant attention. Companies and researchers are focusing on diverse large-scale electrode fabrication processes, such as roll-to-roll and screen-printing. However, optimizing such processes is not trivial, and a number of parameters, including but not limited to catalyst type, solvent, ink mixing, electrode coating and drying, play a role in the quality of the final product. Correlations between the fabrication parameters and resulting electrode microstructure, properties and performance are important to understand, in order to better control the processes. Advanced imaging and spectroscopy techniques, together with image and data processing to quantify important structural and compositional parameters, play an important role in this understanding. Information about catalyst distribution, composition, and surface chemistry can be correlated to ink characteristics, and finally to electrode structures, component distribution and properties, and their effect on MEA performance can be investigated. This talk will offer a plethora of examples of these advanced characterization and quantification techniques within a collaborative project on Overall Research on Electrode Coating Processes (OREO) between four institutions: University of Connecticut, Colorado School of Mines, National Renewable Energy Lab and Fraunhofer ISE.

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