Corrosion Resistance Electrocatalysts for Seawater Splitting
Supervisor: Dr. Amir Mirzaei
Project Description (Abstract):
Producing green hydrogen through electrocatalytic seawater splitting is a sustainable approach to addressing the energy crisis, depletion of fossil fuel resources, and greenhouse gas emissions. However, the limited availability of highly active and corrosion-resistant electrocatalysts for seawater significantly hinders its industrial application.
In this project, in collaboration with computational partners, we aim to rationally select the elemental composition to design and fabricate highly active, multielemental electrocatalysts with minimal or no reliance on noble metals. These electrocatalysts will be engineered to withstand harsh operating conditions, such as oxidation under high voltage and chlorine attack.
This project involves fabricating film electrocatalysts using physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniques, followed by thorough structural, compositional, and morphological characterization (XPS, SEM/EDX, TEM, XRD, and XPS), as well as performance evaluation for seawater splitting.
