Award Number: DE-EE0008092CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15Fuel Cells Technologies OfficeLocation(s): CTOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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July 11, 2017
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Benchmarking Advanced Water Splitting Technologies: Best Practices in Materials Characterization
Award Number: DE-EE0008092
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Fuel Cells Technologies Office
Location(s): CT
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Proton OnSite to create a comprehensive best practices benchmarking framework at the materials, component, device and systems levels for water-splitting technologies.
The proposed project activities would include laboratory testing of various water-splitting technologies for the purpose of developing benchmarking tools and standards. Development activities would involve fabrication of electrodes and electrochemical testing at Proton OnSite in Wallingford, CT. Activities at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) would include conducting industry surveys, development of standardized test procedures, fuel cell performance characterization, and off-site facilitating. High-temperature electrolysis and photoelectrochemical water splitting would occur at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA. Coordination among researchers on standards and benchmarking with the core teams would occur at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ. Collaboration is proposed to occur with the HydroGEN Energy Materials Network (EMN) National Laboratory consortium. Work at the EMN National Laboratory consortium is consistent with efforts carried out by Proton OnSite and its sub-recipients.