Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting

Zhenye Kang; Jingke Mo; Gaoqiang Yang; Feng Yuan Zhang; Scott T. Reterer; David A. Cullen

doi:10.1109/NEMS.2017.8016989

Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting

Zhenye Kang, Jingke Mo, Gaoqiang Yang, Feng Yuan Zhang, Scott T. Reterer, David A. Cullen

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Abstract

Liquid/gas diffusion layers (LGDLs) function as a medium to transport heat, electrons, and reactants/products in/out of the PEMECs simultaneously with minimum losses of electrical interfacial, thermal, and fluidics. As multifunctional layers, they are located between the catalyst layer (CL) and bipolar plate (BP), and play a critical role in enhancing the performance of water splitting in proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells (PEMECs). With the help of the advanced micro/nano manufacturing methods, novel LGDLs with planar surface, small thickness and well-controllable pore morphologies are fabricated. The new thin LGDLs with different pore morphologies are also in-situ tested in PEMECs and a superior performance has been achieved. This novel thin LGDLs can be a new guide for future research and development towards high-efficiency and low-cost hydrogen energy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	126-130
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509030590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NEMS.2017.8016989
State	Published - Aug 25 2017
Event	12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: Apr 9 2017 → Apr 12 2017

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Name	2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017

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Conference	12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	04/9/17 → 04/12/17

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors greatly appreciate the support from U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory under Award DE-FE0011585. This research was partially conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The authors also wish to express their appreciation to Dr. Bo Han, Dale Hensley, Dayrl Briggs, William Barnhill, Stuart Steen, Alexander Terekhov, Douglas Warnberg, Kate Lansford, and Andrew Mays for their help.

Funders	Funder number
DOE Office of Science user facility
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FE0011585

Keywords

hodrogen production
liquid/gas diffusion layers
micro/nano manufacturing
water spliting
wet etching

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Kang, Z., Mo, J., Yang, G., Zhang, F. Y., Reterer, S. T., & Cullen, D. A. (2017). Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting. In 2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017 (pp. 126-130). Article 8016989 (2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NEMS.2017.8016989

Kang, Zhenye ; Mo, Jingke ; Yang, Gaoqiang et al. / Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting. 2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 126-130 (2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017).

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Kang, Z, Mo, J, Yang, G, Zhang, FY, Reterer, ST & Cullen, DA 2017, Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting. in 2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017., 8016989, 2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 126-130, 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017, Los Angeles, United States, 04/9/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/NEMS.2017.8016989

Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting. / Kang, Zhenye; Mo, Jingke; Yang, Gaoqiang et al.
2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 126-130 8016989 (2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017).

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Kang Z, Mo J, Yang G, Zhang FY, Reterer ST, Cullen DA. Micro/nano manufacturing of novel multifunctional layers for hydrogen production from water splitting. In 2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 126-130. 8016989. (2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2017). doi: 10.1109/NEMS.2017.8016989

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