Volume 2, 2024

Active and highly durable supported catalysts for proton exchange membrane electrolysers

Abstract

The design and development of supported catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a promising pathway to reducing iridium loading in proton exchange membrane water electrolysers. However, supported catalysts often suffer from poor activity and durability, particularly when deployed in membrane electrode assemblies. In this work, we deploy iridium coated hollow titanium dioxide particles as OER catalysts to achieve higher Ir mass activities than the leading commercial catalysts. Critically, we demonstrate state-of-the-art durabilities for supported iridium catalysts when compared against the previously reported values for analogous device architectures, operating conditions and accelerated stress test profiles. Through extensive materials characterisations alongside rotating disk electrode measurements, we investigate the role of conductivity, morphology, oxidation state and crystallinity on the OER electrochemical performance. Our work highlights a new supported catalyst design that unlocks high-performance OER activity and durability in commercially relevant testing configurations.

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Feb 2024
Accepted
12 Jun 2024
First published
21 Jun 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

EES. Catal., 2024,2, 1139-1151

Active and highly durable supported catalysts for proton exchange membrane electrolysers

D. Belami, M. Lindley, U. S. Jonnalagadda, A. M. Goncalves Bullock, Q. Fan, W. Liu, S. J. Haigh, J. Kwan, Y. N. Regmi and L. A. King, EES. Catal., 2024, 2, 1139 DOI: 10.1039/D4EY00026A

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