PEM Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

An ever-increasing dependence on green energy has brought on a renewed interest in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis as a viable solution for hydrogen production. While alkaline water electrolyzers have been used in the production of hydrogen for many years, there are certain advantages associated with PEM electrolysis and its relevan

Dr. Dmitri Bessarabov joined the Department of Science and Technology Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Infrastructure Center of Competence at North-West University and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 2010. His research covers hydrogen and electro-catalytic membrane systems for energy applications and fuel cells. In 1991, Dr. Bessarabov received his M.Sc in chemistry at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia before continuing his studies at the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1993, he joined the Ph.D program at the Institute for Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, where he received his Ph.D in 1996. Dr. Haijiang Wang is a principle research officer and project manager in the National Research Council of Canada. He received his Ph.D in electrochemistry from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1993. He then joined Dr. Vernon Parker's research group at Utah State University as a postdoctoral researcher to study electrochemically generated anion and cation radicals. Dr. Wang is adjunct professor at five universities, including the University of British Columbia and the University of Waterloo. He has published more than 160 journal papers, three books, ten book chapters, numerous reports, conference papers, and presentations, and has been issued five patents. Dr. Hui Li is a research officer and a program technical lead under the energy storage program at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). She received her BS and M.Sc in chemical engineering from Tsinghu University in 1987 and 1990, respectively. In 2006, she obtained her Ph.D in electrochemical engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Since joining NRC in 2007, Dr. Li has been working on polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell contamination and durability, PEM electrolysis, and zinc-air batterie

Overview of PEM Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production. Fundamentals of PEM Water Electrolysis. Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. NSTF for PEM Water Electrolysis. Membrane. Bipolar Plates and Plate Materials. Current Collectors (GDLs) and Materials. Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer Stack and System Design. Characterization Tools for Polymer Electrolyte (PEM) Water Electrolyzers. Degradation Processes and Failure Mechanisms in PEM Water Electrolyzers. Modeling of PEM Water Electrolyzer. Fundamentals of Electrochemical Hydrogen Compression. Large-Scale Water Electrolysis for Power-to-Gas. Depolarized Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis: Coupled Anodic Reactions. Generation of Ozone and Hydrogen in a PEM Electrolyzer. Isotope Separation Using PEM Electrochemical Systems.