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Porous transport layers (PTL) are key components of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) cells controlling species transport. Further optimization requires better understanding of how PTLs influence overpotentials. In this work, the data from an electrochemical overpotential breakdown is compared to a state-of-the-art model, which includes a Nernstian overpotential description, two-phase Darcian flow and advective-diffusive mass transport. Model parameters are derived from X-ray tomographic measurements, pore-scale calculations, standard models for porous materials and by transferring ex situ measurements from other materials. If the parameter set is available, model results and experimental data match well concerning PTL-related overpotentials at different current densities and operating pressures. Both experimental and modeling results suggest that mass transport through PTLs does not affect a considerable, pressure-independent share of mass transport overpotentials. Both model results and experimental findings conclude that mass transport through the cathode PTL causes overpotentials more than twice as high as through its anode counterpart. Further research opportunities regarding the relationship between PTL bulk properties and experimentally determined mass transport overpotentials are identified. © 2020 The Author(s). Published on behalf of The Electrochemical Society by IOP Publishing Limited.
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License of this version: | CC BY 4.0 Unported - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Publication type: | Article |
Publishing status: | publishedVersion |
Publication date: | 2020 |
Keywords english: | Electrodes, Electrolysis, Porous materials, Diffusive mass transport, Operating pressure, PEM water electrolysis, Porous transport layers, Proton exchange membranes, Research opportunities, Species transport, Water electrolysis, Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) |
DDC: | 540 | Chemie, 620 | Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau, 660 | Technische Chemie |
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