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FUEL CELLS
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 300-306Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.201900055
Keywords
Blistering in Porous Materials; Catalyst Layer Degradation; PEM Electrolysis; Synchrotron Radiography; Two-phase Flow
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- NeStPEL project by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) [Forderkennzeichen 03ET6044A]
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In-plane synchrotron radiography with a resolution of a few micrometers was applied to study transport processes within a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer cell. The degradation process of the catalyst layer, gas production with bubble formation at the catalyst layer and in the porous transport layer (PTL) was analyzed. From this, a new cell design was developed that allows for high X-ray transmittances at the membrane plane in the in-plane viewing direction. During the measurement, a bubble growth and movement was observed. Furthermore, a detachment of catalytic material from the catalyst layer was detected. Afterwards, a post mortem EDX analysis was conducted to determine the position of the catalyst particles. Despite Iridium being initially used as the anode catalyst and platinum as the cathode catalyst, the EDX measurement revealed Pt and Ir particles on both electrodes following cell operation.
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