Hydrogen Electrolyser and Fuel Cell

众所周知，聚合物膜燃料电池(PEMFC)在未来的车载、便携式和热电联产应用中具有很大的吸引力。质子交换膜燃料电池的一般要求是：良好的化学稳定性和热稳定性，低气体渗透性(氢气和氧气)，良好的机械强度和低成本。该项目将开发最近研究的燃料电池膜，这种膜可以提高化学和机械稳定性，制造容易，可以更薄，因此具有更低的电阻。由这种材料制成的电池将能够使用低成本的催化剂，并实现比目前同等的燃料电池更好的性能。同时，这项研究将开发一种新的电解槽概念，用于生产氢燃料，使用相同的膜概念和低成本催化剂。该电解器可用于从可再生电能中生产氢气，从而与来自可再生能源的波动能源供应兼容。

It is well known that polymer membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are attractive for future vehicle, portable and combined heat and power applications. General requirements of PEMFCs are: good chemical and thermal stability, low gas impermeability (H2 and O2), good mechanical strength and low cost. This project will develop recently researched membranes for fuel cells that improve chemical and mechanical stability, are easilly fabricated and can be thinner and thus have lower electrical resistance. The cells made from such materials will be able to use low costs catalysts and achieve superior performance to current equivalent fuel cells. In parallel the research will develop a new electrolyser concept for the production of hydrogen fuel using the same membrane concept and low costs catalysts. The electrolyser can be used to produce hydrogen from renewable electrical energy and thus be compatible with fluctuation energy supplies from renewable sources.