Proton exchange membrane water electrolysers with thin film nanostructured electrodes

当前质子交换膜水电解槽（PEMWE）的最大挑战是其差的功率性能和耐久性，这主要是由大的传质损失和来自催化剂纳米颗粒的随机电极结构的电极结构的劣化引起的。在这个博士项目中，我们将开发新一代的催化剂电极从对齐的IrO2和金属氧化物为基础的纳米线PEMWE应用，利用纳米线的高稳定性和纳米线阵列的独特薄催化剂层的增强传质特性的优势。

The biggest challenge with current proton exchange membrane water electrolysers (PEMWE) is their poor power performance and durability, which is mainly caused by large mass transfer losses and degradation of the electrode structure from the random electrode structure from catalyst nanoparticles. In this PhD project, we'll develop a new generation of catalyst electrodes from aligned IrO2- and metal oxide-based nanowires for PEMWE applications, taking the advantages of the high stability of nanowires and the boosted mass transfer characteristics of the unique thin catalyst layers from nanowire arrays.