EcoMat Webinar Series 2022| Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysers
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Session in March 30, 2022
Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysers
Time: Mar 30, 2:00PM-3:30PM (China Standard Time) / Mar 30, 5:00PM-6:30PM (Sydney Time)
SPEAKERS & ABSTRACTS
1. Prof. Minhua Shao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Development of high performance and durable fuel cell electrocatalysts
Low temperature fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly to electricity. They have great potential for both stationary and transportation applications and are expected to help address the energy and environmental problems that have become prevalent in our society. Despite their great promise, commercialization has been hindered by lower than predicted efficiencies and high loading of Pt-based electrocatalysts in the electrodes. For more than five decades, extensive work has being focused on the development of novel electrocatalysts for fuel cell reactions. In this talk, I will present recent progress in developing advanced electrocatalysts and their fuel cell performance in my group, with an emphasis on core-shell and non-previous metal materials.
2. Prof. Chuan Zhao, the University of New South Wales
Advancing Electrocatalysts for Water Electrolysis
Water electrolyser is a cornerstone technology for the hydrogen economy, which requests highly efficient, low cost, and robust catalyst materials to reduce its current levels of energy consumption and cost. However, currently there is a gap between lab-scale research and industrial scale water electrolysis, effectuated by catalysts, cell design, and operation conditions. The increasing demands for clean energy have triggered tremendous research interests on electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems with minimum environmental impact. Hydrogen holds the promise as green energy carriers for global scale storage of renewable energy, e.g., solar and wind, enabling the continuous usage of these diffusive and intermittent energy sources when used together with fuel cells.
The commercialisation of some our catalysts for water electrolyser industry also will be introduced to highlight the significance of material design from atomic to macroscopic to industrial scales. This talk showcases examples of our efforts in developing electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions (OER) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), as well as operando methodologies for understanding the catalytic processes.
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