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Re-envisioning a sustainable hydrogen energy economy

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URFC model outputs - 2<br />

• Fitting modelled V-I curves to experimental curves<br />

• Finding best values for exchange current densities and charge transfer coefficients for both electrodes, and saturation current<br />

densities in E and FC modes<br />

2.5<br />

Voltage, [V]<br />

2<br />

1.5<br />

1<br />

0.5<br />

O<br />

α = 0.4400<br />

H<br />

α = 0.8174<br />

O<br />

j<br />

O = 4.77x10 -9 A/cm 2<br />

H<br />

j<br />

O = 7.02x10 -4 A/cm 2<br />

sat<br />

j<br />

E = 0.2 A/cm 2<br />

sat<br />

j<br />

FC = 0.165 A/cm 2<br />

E ‐ mode ‐ Theoretical model curve<br />

FC ‐ mode ‐ Theoretical model curve<br />

E ‐ mode ‐ Experimental curve<br />

0<br />

‐0.15 ‐0.10 ‐0.05 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20<br />

FC ‐ mode ‐ Experimental curve<br />

C urrent Density, [A/c m 2 ]<br />

URFC cell constructed at RMIT: active membrane area 5 cm2; catalysts<br />

- 4 mg/cm2 Pt black on H side and 4 mg/cm2 Pt black on O-side<br />

Slide 55

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