TY  - CONF
AU  - Galkina, Irina
AU  - Faid, Alaa Y.
AU  - Grigorev, Nikita
AU  - Jiang, Wulyu
AU  - Borowski, Patrick
AU  - Sunde, Svein
AU  - Shviro, Meital
AU  - Lehnert, Werner
AU  - Mechler, Anna K.
AU  - Scheepers, Fabian
TI  - Promoting AEM Water Electrolyzer Performance and Reproducibility by Tumbler Milling of Ni 3 fe-LDH OER Catalyst
SN  - 2151-2043
M1  - FZJ-2025-00896
PY  - 2023
AB  - Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis is an attractive clean energy technology for producing hydrogen for energy storage, transport 1,2 and numerous other applications. Rational choice of highly active and stable catalysts as well as the proper design of catalyst layers are crucial to achieve technical relevance of electrolyser systems. The establishment of clear understanding of optimal catalyst treatment and methods of implementation are key steps towards optimized electrolyzer performance and durability. One aspect of catalyst performance in catalyst layers is the catalyst size distribution. A multimodal size distribution of catalyst particles or agglomerates can jeopardize the layer homogeneity and thus electrode performance.In this work, the effect of high-energy ball tumbling milling on the promising Ni3Fe-LDH OER catalyst followed by catalyst dispersion control was correlated to the microstructure of the catalyst layer, the achieved catalyst activity and utilization, and the resulting single cell performance and stability. Physico-chemical characterization confirmed the stable layered double hydroxide structure of the catalyst. By milling, a 300-fold reduction of catalyst agglomerate size, and an 8.8-fold increase of the geometrical surface was achieved. The optimized solvent compositions effectively increased the catalyst ink stability. We found that a significantly decreased catalyst agglomerate size resulted in very homogeneous mixtures of catalyst and ionomer. By tailoring the electrode structure design, lower internal electronic resistances of the electrodes, decreased charge-transfer resistances (Rct) of the membrane electrode assembly, and stable single cell durability of 1000 h with a minor degradation rate of 57 µV h-1 were accomplished.This work presents a facile and scalable approach of NiFe-LDH catalyst treatment and dispersion control and provides a guideline to follow for further electrode development and increased AEM water electrolyzer performances.
T2  - 244th ECS Meeting
CY  - 8 Oct 2023 - 12 Oct 2023, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Y2  - 8 Oct 2023 - 12 Oct 2023
M2  - Gothenburg, Sweden
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)1
DO  - DOI:10.1149/MA2023-02422138mtgabs
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1037736
ER  -