Assessing potential profiles in water electrolysers to minimise titanium use

Hans Becker, Edmund J. F. Dickinson, Xuekun Lu, Ulf Bexell, Sebastian Proch, Claire Moffatt, Mikael Stenström, Graham T. Smith, Gareth Hinds

Energy & Environmental Science · 2022 · 52 citations · 31 references

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The corrosive zone at the anode of a proton exchange membrane water electrolyser extends only ∼200 μm into the porous transport layer under typical operating conditions, allowing replacement of platinum-coated titanium with much cheaper materials.

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