Utility-­Scale Energy Storage

The main objective of the utility-scale energy storage project is to bring together researchers from science and engineering to develop proof-of-concept energy storage solutions that are suitable for storing energy in the MWh range and provide MWs of power to the grid at competitive costs. Given the high level of maturity for other technologies such as pumped-hydro and compressed air compared to hydrogen storage and the fact that hydrogen can be used to offset negative emissions in transportation, residential and industrial sectors, research will mainly focus on the development of technologies for hydrogen production for storage.


The anticipated outcomes for this project will be the development new technologies for hydrogen production that exhibit lower capital cost, and higher efficiency and durability, the production of high impact research through internal and international collaborations, and the development of strong partnerships with industry where UAlberta will be playing a central role in research and development.

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s (NSERC) 2021/22

Eric Beaulieu

Award

Best Poster Award

Michael Moore

Award

Mechanical Engineering Club’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Marc Secanell

Award

NSERC CREATE ME2 CREATE and Use Hydrogen Poster Contest

Eric Beaulieu

Award

Research Award

Marc Secanell

Award

Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship 2021/22

Eric Beaulieu

Award

A Numerical Study on the Impact of Cathode Catalyst Layer Loading on the Open Circuit Voltage in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Marc Secanell, Michael Moore

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

A Numerical Study on the Impact of Low Electronic Conductivity on PEMWE Electrolyser Performance

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Activating p-Blocking Centers in Perovskite for Efficient Water Splitting

Jingli Luo, Zhehui Jin, Wanying Pang, Meng Li

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Analysis of Inkjet Printed Catalyst Coated Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Electrolyzers

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Analysis of Inkjet Printed Electrodes for Polymer Electrolyte Electrolysis

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal

Conference Proceedings

CREATE ME2 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2022

Jasper Eitzen

Other Event

Characterising PEMWE performance: a numerical study on the impact of ACL permeability and electronic conductivity

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Charge transfer dynamics in RuO2/perovskite nanohybrid for enhanced electrocatalysis in solid oxide electrolyzers

Jingli Luo, Meng Li

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

DEVELOPMENT OF IRIDIUM OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR ACIDIC WATER ELECTROLYSIS

Himanshi Dhawan

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Decoupling structure-sensitive deactivation mechanisms of Ir/IrOx electrocatalysts toward oxygen evolution reaction

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, Jing Shen, XueHai Tan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Determination of PEFC Gas Diffusion Layer and Catalyst Layer Porosity Utilizing Archimedes Principle

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Wei Fei

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Development of Proton Conducting Fuel Cells using Nickel Metal Support

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Development of a Novel Proton Conducting Fuel Cell based on a Ni-YSZ Support

Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Direct Microwave Sintering of Poorly Coupled Ceramics in Electrochemical Devices

Taghi Amiri

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Edmonton Electric Vehicle + Hydrogen Expo 2022

Jasper Eitzen

Other Event

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Electrolyte Supply Methods in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Cells with Custom Inkjet Printed Catalyst Layers

Jasper Eitzen

Master Thesis

Estimation of relative transport properties in porous transport layers using pore-scale and pore-network simulations

Marc Secanell

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Fabrication and Testing of Inkjet Printed Electrodes for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

Scott Storbakken

Master Thesis

Future Energy Symposium 2021 Poster

Jasper Eitzen

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Good Practices and Limitations of the Hydrogen Pump Technique for Catalyst Layer Protonic Conductivity Estimation

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Green energy cycle with electrolyzers and fuel cells

Jiafei Liu

Other Event

High Performance Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell based on Ba0.5Sr0.5Ce0.6Zr0.2Gd0.1Y0.1O3-d Proton Conductor Electrolyte

Jingli Luo, Amir Hanifi, Taghi Amiri

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Impact of Different Supports on the Performance of Ir Oxide Based Catalysts Synthesized Using Incipient Wetness Method

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, Himanshi Dhawan, James Woodford

Conference Proceedings

Improved Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolyzer Performance by Using Carbon Black as a Pore Former in the Anode Catalyst Layer

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Improvements in Fabrication and Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Taghi Amiri

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Improving Utilization of Ir-Based Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Eric Beaulieu

Master Thesis

Inkjet Printed Iridium Alloy Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

Steven Bergens, Marc Secanell, Eric Beaulieu

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Insights on designing non-PGM catalyst layers at low humidity

Marc Secanell

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Keynote presentation on the future of mobility

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Low loading inkjet printed bifunctional electrodes for proton exchange membrane unitized regenerative fuel cells

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, Jing Liu

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Measurement of Ionic Conductivity of PEM Water Electrolyzer Electrodes

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Measurement of the Protonic and Electronic Conductivities of PEM Water Electrolyzer Electrodes

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Measuring breakthrough and liquid permeability of gas diffusion layers

Lukas Protz

Master Thesis

Microstructure and Long Term Stability of Ni-YSZ Anode Supported Fuel Cells: A Review

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Microstructure and long-term stability of Ni\textendash YSZ anode supported fuel cells: a review

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Multi-Scale Analysis of Transport in Dry and Partially-Saturated Porous Media

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Multi-phase analysis of polymer electrolyte fuel cells at multiple scales

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Ni-YSZ a New Support for Proton Conducting Fuel Cells

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Numerical Modelling of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

Michael Moore

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Numerical Study of the Impact of Two-Phase Flow in the Anode Catalyst Layer on the Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysers

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

PEMFC Cell & Water Management (Session Chair)

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Panel discussion: Computational Tools for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Analysis and Design

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Performance Loss Breakdown in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AEMFCs)

Marc Secanell, Jiafei Liu

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Performance and Stability of Infiltrated Praseodymium Nickelate Cathodes for Low-Temperature Fuel Cell Applications

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Electrodes: From Fabrication, Characterization and Testing to Multi-Scale Numerical Simulation

Marc Secanell

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Producing Green Hydrogen through Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis using Low Loading Iridium-Nickel Catalysts

Eric Beaulieu

Other Event

Reducing PEM Water Electrolysis Anode Catalyst Layer Loading: Impact of Layer Conductivity and Activity

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore, Himanshi Dhawan, Eric Beaulieu

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Silver sulfide anchored on reduced graphene oxide as a high –performance catalyst for CO2 electroreduction

Jingli Luo

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Stability of infiltrated cathodes using Pr2NiO4$\mathplus$delta precursor for low-temperature fuel cell applications

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

State-of-the-Art Iridium-Based Catalysts for Acidic Water Electrolysis: A Minireview of Wet-Chemistry Synthesis Methods: Preparation routes for active and durable iridium catalysts

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, Himanshi Dhawan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Strong Metal-Support Interactions in ZrO2-Supported IrOx Catalyst for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, XueHai Tan, Himanshi Dhawan, James Woodford

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Study of electrochemical performance of IrOx/ATO catalysts with different Ir loading in acidic water electrolysis

Marc Secanell, Natalia Semagina, Himanshi Dhawan, James Woodford

Conference Proceedings

Studying the Microstructure of Electrodes for Low-temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Applications

Sajad Vafaeenezhad

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Tailoring the solid oxide fuel cell anode support composition and microstructure for low-temperature applications

Sajad Vafaeenezhad, Amir Hanifi, Mohtada Sadrzadeh

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Tetragonal Zirconia as Next Generation Support for Dry Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Jingli Luo, Amir Hanifi, Taghi Amiri

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The Effect of Pore-Former Morphology on the Electrochemical Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells under Combined Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Modes

Amir Hanifi

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Transient, multi-phase analysis of polymer electrolyte fuel cells: Insights from computational modeling at multiple scales and experiments

Marc Secanell, Wei Fei

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Transient, multi-scale, multi-phase analysis of polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolyzers

Marc Secanell, Manas Mandal, Michael Moore

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Understanding the physical phenomena limiting the inkjet printed PEM water electrolyzer performance

Manas Mandal

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Using Microwave Irradiation for In-situ Infiltration of Electrodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Taghi Amiri

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Water Transport Characterization of Anion and Proton Exchange Membranes

Marc Secanell, Jiafei Liu, Wei Fei

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Water transport in anion and proton exchange membranes

Marc Secanell, Jiafei Liu, Wei Fei

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article