Webinar
Membrane Innovation: New horizons in membranes and ionomers for a clean hydrogen future
March 13, 2023 | 10 am - 1 pm ET
hosted by Berkeley Lab
Organized by U.S. Department of Energy & Mission Innovation
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Background
Commercial polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) technology for fuel cells and electrolyzers is typically based on perfluorosulfonic acid ionomers (PFSA), but PFSA-based materials are facing increased regulatory barriers globally due to potentially detrimental environmental impacts of the chemicals used during manufacturing as well as of the degradation products of the ionomer materials themselves. Furthermore, these membrane materials are expensive, representing, for example in the case of heavy-duty PEM fuel cells, ~10% of the total stack cost at high manufacturing volumes, and they limit the operating temperature of the PEM cell.
In order to address this emergent PEM fuel cell and electrolyzer supply chain sustainability challenge, the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) will convene a webinar of stakeholders in coordination with the Mission Innovation Clean Hydrogen Mission.
The webinar will discuss current PFSA manufacturing and integration challenges from the perspective of membrane suppliers and stack/system manufacturers, as well as the materials, performance, durability and manufacturing challenges associated with potentially lower-cost, environmentally friendly alternatives to standard PFSA ionomers and membranes. The webinar will explore and facilitate international collaboration and coordination on expediting the advancement of electrolyzer and fuel cell technology.
The available presentations from the webinar can be found below.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Agenda
Agenda (all times Eastern)
10:00 am - Welcome and introduction: Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos/Greg Kleen (HFTO), 5 mins
10:05 am - Background on PFSAs for PEM applications: Ahmet Kusoglu (LBNL), 10 mins (presentation file)
10:15 am - Membrane supplier presentations
Chemours (Andrew Park), 15 mins (presentation file)
W.L. Gore & Associates (Wen Liu), 15 mins
Solvay (Matthieu Helft), 15 mins (presentation file)
Ionomr (Ben Britton), 15 mins (presentation file)
11:15 am - Break, 10 mins
11:25 am - Panel 1: Membrane Supplier Perspective: moderated by A. Kusoglu (LBNL), 45 mins
Membrane supplier presenters
12:10 pm - Panel 2: OEM Perspective: moderated by A. Kusoglu (LBNL), 40 mins
Nel Hydrogen (Andrew Motz)
Plug Power (Karen Swider-Lyons)
Ballard (Julie Bellerive)
Johnson-Matthey (Mike Yandrasits)
12:50 pm - Closing comments: HFTO, 10 mins
1:00 pm - Adjourn
Presentations
Presentations
DOE-Webinar-MembraneInnovation_PFSAs-Intro.pdfIntroduction: PFSA
DOE-Webinar-MembraneInnovation_Chemours.pdfChemours
DOE-Webinar-MembraneInnovation_Ionomr.pdfIonomr
DOE-Webinar-MembraneInnovation_Solvay.pdfSolvay
Please direct any questions or concerns regarding meeting to akusoglu@lbl.gov
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