New water-inserted perovskites for high-current-density water electrolysis

R&D Focus Areas:
Electrolysis, Nanomaterials

Lead Organisation:
Curtin University

Partners:
Not Applicable

Status:
Active

Start date:
January 2024

Completion date:
December 2026

Key contacts:
Chief Investigator Dr Xiaomin Xu – xiaomin.xu@curtin.edu.au

Funding:
AUD$435,237 – Australian Research Council

Project total cost:
Not Applicable

Project summary description:
This project aims to develop a new type of water-inserted perovskite oxide materials to realise high-current-density hydrogen production in anion-exchange-membrane water electrolysers using renewable electricity. Innovations are expected in the rational design and engineering of novel materials, elucidation of new catalytic mechanisms from experimental and computational studies, and breakthroughs in commercially relevant water electrolysis processes.

Expected outcomes include innovative materials engineering methods, in-depth reaction mechanism understandings, and demonstration of robust electrolysers.

Related publications and key links:
Fatma Abdelghafar, Xiaomin Xu, San Ping Jiang, and Zongping Shao, Perovskite for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution at Elevated Temperatures, ChemSusChem, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301534. Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202301534

Higher degree studies supported:
One PhD student in the WA School of Mines, Curtin University, will be supported by this project.

 

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