A non-precious metal hydrogen catalyst in a commercial polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyser
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1866
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41565-019-0550-7
- Title of journal
- Nature Nanotechnology
- Article number
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- First page
- 1071
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 1748-3387
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/624258/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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D - Surface Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This work demonstrates the first translation of a non-precious metal catalyst (CoP) from lab-scale to a commercial-scale polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser. In collaboration with NEL Hydrogen, a leading PEM manufacturing company (kayers@nelhydrogen.com), this project compared CoP with a commercial platinum-based PEM. The CoP was found to be active and stable (>1700 hours of continuous hydrogen production), providing substantial material cost savings relative to platinum. This work illustrates a potential pathway for incorporating non-precious catalysts developed in the research lab into commercial-scale PEM-electrolysers. The article was picked up by 13 news outlets (according to the journal’s altimetric report).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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