Determining the electrochemically active area of IrOx powder catalysts in an operating proton exchange membrane electrolyzer

Shuai Zhao, Haoran Yu, Radenka Maric, Nemanja Danilovic, Chris Capuano, Katherine E. Ayers, William E. Mustain

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Abstract

Iridium oxide is one of the most common anode catalysts in commercial PEM electrolyzers for its high oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity and stability. Unfortunately, benchmarking iridium oxide OER catalysts has proven difficult since IrO2 cannot undergo proton underpotential deposition, which makes it difficult to estimate the electrochemically active surface area (ECSA). In this work, we propose a method to calculate the electrochemically active surface area of iridium oxide in an operating PEM electrolyzer. A constant of 601 μC/cm2 was obtained using powder electrocatalysts by correlating the pseudocapacitive charge and electrochemically active surface area of the iridium oxide. This allowed us to determine the catalyst specific and mass activities in an operating PEM electrolyzer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPolymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 15
EditorsH. A. Gasteiger, A. Z. Weber, V. K. Ramani, T. F. Fuller, R. A. Mantz, H. Uchida, F. N. Buchi, M. Edmundson, C. Coutanceau, J. M. Fenton, S. Mitsushima, T. J. Schmidt, K. Shinohara, K. Swider-Lyons, D. J. Jones, B. S. Pivovar, K. E. Ayers, K. A. Perry, S. R. Narayanan, P. Strasser
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages877-881
Number of pages5
Edition17
ISBN (Electronic)9781607685395
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventSymposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting - Phoenix, United States
Duration: Oct 11 2015Oct 15 2015

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number17
Volume69
ISSN (Print)1938-6737
ISSN (Electronic)1938-5862

Conference

ConferenceSymposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhoenix
Period10/11/1510/15/15

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