2024/11/13 by On-Yu Dung, Stephan Boden, Dung, On-Yu +9
Energy · Engineering · Materials Science · #Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells #FOS: Physical sciences #Fuel Cells and Related Materials #Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2411.08940
openalex publication_date 2024/11/13 · openalex created_date 2024/11/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
X-ray radioscopy was used to measure the 2D projected dynamic void fraction in a zero/narrow gap alkaline water electrolyzer at a spatial resolution of 15 μm, for narrow gap sizes up to 300 μm and current densities up to 0.54 A/cm2. As expected, the void fraction in the bulk was found to increase along the cell height and with increasing current density. The void fraction measured in the gap region (the space between the diaphragm and the electrode and its holes) was always larger than in the bulk. It hardly depended on the gap size at current densities below 0.3 A/cm2. The lowest cell potential was measured for zero gap. No evidence of isolating gas pockets/films in the gaps was found. Liquid crossover and oxygen void fraction exceeding the hydrogen void fraction occurred for porous plate electrodes, but these phenomena were suppressed for perforated foil electrodes.