The world’s largest economies have set clear development plans for hydrogen energy. From an Economy, Energy, and Environment (3E) point of view, hydrogen energy can be considered an ideal technology for enabling the energy transition from fossil fuels, restructuring energy systems, securing national energy sources, accelerating carbon neutralization, and driving the development of technologies and industry.
Green hydrogen production by water electrolysis is the key for hydrogen energy and this book offers urgently needed guidance on the most important scientific fundamentals and practical applied technologies in this field.
• Details materials, electrochemistry, and mechanics.
• Covers ALK, PEM, AEM, and SOEC water electrolysis, including fundamentals and applications.
• Addresses trends, opportunities, and challenges.
This comprehensive reference is aimed at engineers and scientists working on renewable and alternative energy to meet global energy demands and climate action goals.
1. A General Overview of H2 Production by Water Electrolysis.
2. Extreme Large Current Density Operation of Alkaline Water Electrolysis.
3. Recent Advances in Non-Precious Metal-Based Electrodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis.
4. Free-Standing Electrodes and Catalysts for Alkaline Water Electrolysis.
5. The Effect of Electrolytic Gas Bubbles on the Electrode Process of Water Electrolysis.
6. Alkaline Water Electrolysis at Industrial Scale.
7. Electrocatalysis in PEM Water Electrolysis.
8. Advances and Challenges for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Catalysts.
9. Recent Development of Acidic Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR) Catalysts.
10. Degradation Phenomena and Mitigation Strategies for PEM Water Electrolysis.
11. Review of the State of Art Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM).
12. Advanced Electrocatalysts for AEM Water Electrolysis.
13. Current Status, Research Trends, and Challenges in SOEC Water Electrolysis.
Biography
Junbo Hou is Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he conducts research on fuel cells and batteries. He joined HYPSR in March 2022, a listed company on China SSE STAR Market, as a Chief Engineer responsible for developing hydrogen and fuel cells technologies and products. Prof. Hou received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 2003 and 2005, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science in 2008, all in chemical engineering, particularly electrochemical engineering. He has published 1 book and contributed 2 invited book chapters in the area of electrochemical energy conversion and storage. He published 60 peer-reviewed papers and applied for 42 Chinese patents. He is a member of the National Fuel Cell Standardization Technical Committee, an Outstanding Scientist of Zhejiang, China, and a member of the APEC Sustainable Energy Center's domestic expert team.
Min Yang is a senior director at Central Research Institute, Shanghai Electric Group. She obtained her M.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 2004 and her Ph.D. degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, China in 2008, in Chemical Engineering. She was selected as a member of National Technical Committee 342 on Project Management of Standardization Administration of China, and also a member of NEA/TC34 National Energy Administration/technical committee 34, participating in the formulation of national standards of hydrogen energy and fuel cells. She is one of the writers of major consulting and research projects of Chinese Academy of Engineering-Research on development strategy of hydrogen energy and fuel cells in China. She was selected as an expert by the Shanghai Scientific and Technical Committee.
