Application of Thermal Spray Coatings in Electrolysers for Hydrogen Production: Advances, Challenges, and OpportunitiesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: ChemNanoMat, E-ISSN 2199-692X, Vol. 8, no 12, article id e202200384Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Thermal spray coatings have the advantage of providing thick and functional coatings from a range of engineering materials. The associated coating processes provide good control of coating thickness, morphology, microstructure, pore size and porosity, and residual strain in the coatings through selection of suitable process parameters for any coating material of interest. This review consolidates scarce literature on thermally sprayed components which are critical and vital constituents (e. g., catalysts (anode/cathode), solid electrolyte, and transport layer, including corrosion-prone parts such as bipolar plates) of the water splitting electrolysis process for hydrogen production. The research shows that there is a gap in thermally sprayed feedstock material selection strategy as well as in addressing modelling needs that can be crucial to advancing applications exploiting their catalytic and corrosion-resistant properties to split water for hydrogen production. Due to readily scalable production enabled by thermal spray techniques, this manufacturing route bears potential to dominate the sustainable electrolyser technologies in the future. While the well-established thermal spray coating variants may have certain limitations in the manner they are currently practiced, deployment of both conventional and novel thermal spray approaches (suspension, solution, hybrid) is clearly promising for targeted development of electrolysers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, 2022. Vol. 8, no 12, article id e202200384
Keywords [en]
catalysts; electrolyser; hydrogen production; renewable energy; thermal spray
National Category
Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology
Research subject
Production Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-19428DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202200384ISI: 000879916900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141637217OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-19428DiVA, id: diva2:1730050
Note
The authors (NF, AP, MH, QC, BAH) acknowledges high temperaturesteam electrolysis related funding by the UKRI EPSRC viaGrants No. EP/W033178/1 (METASIS). Authors (NF, AP, MH)acknowledges thermochemical electrolysis related funding byUK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) via gamechanger GrantNo. GC 596 (THERMOSIS). Also, the author (BAH) acknowledgethe funding support provided by the Leverhulme TrustResearch Fellowship (LTRF2021\17131) related to redox hydrothermalreactor for production of green hydrogen. Additionally,the author (SG) acknowledge the funding support provided bythe UKRI via Grants No. EP/S036180/1, EP/T001100/1 and EP/T024607/1, feasibility study award to LSBU from the UKRINational Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub (EP/V029746/1)and Transforming the Foundation Industries: a Network+ (EP/V026402/1), the Hubert Curien Partnership award 2022 from theBritish Council, Transforming the Partnership award from theRoyal Academy of Engineering (TSP1332) and the NewtonFellowship award from the Royal Society (NIF\R1\191571).
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