High Efficiency Electrochemical Cells

该项目将研究最近开发的一种节能的“毛细管馈入”电化学电池结构，以促进各种电能和电合成转化。新的电池结构将作为氢氧燃料电池和从甲烷（天然气）中5-10%的氢混合物中提取纯氢的电池进行测试。如果可能的话，这项工作旨在改善这种类型的最佳商业和学术细胞的电化学性能。为了提高可再生电力转化为可再生氢的效率，该项目将支持到2050年实现净零碳排放的国家优先事项。

This project will study a recently developed, energy efficient ‘capillary-fed’ electrochemical cell architecture in the facilitation of various electro-energy and electro-synthetic transformations. The new cell architecture will be examined as a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell and as a cell for extracting pure hydrogen from a 5-10% mixture of hydrogen in methane (natural gas), amongst others. The work seeks to improve upon the electrochemical performance of the best commercial and academic cells of such types, if possible. In increasing the efficiency with which renewable electricity can be converted into renewable hydrogen and back, this project will support the national priority of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.