High Throughput Low-temperature Electrolysis (HTLE) is an essential technology if we are to meet our global energy demands using intermittent renewable energy.
This master's assignment will explore the feasibility of HTLE by analysing and optimizing new electrode and cell designs. You will predict the performance of innovative nano-structured 3-D membrane-electrode assemblies (see figure below for an example) using multi-physics reactive transport models to make design recommendations for creating lab-scale HTLE devices. The nano-structured design has the potential for high cell performance using more stable materials at low temperatures making it a serious contender to conventional electrolysis technologies.
The assignment will offer you the unique opportunity to work closely with experimental PhDs to implement real measured properties from the lab into your models, as well as to implement your model results directly into the experimental device design.
You will be co-supervised by assistant professors Aayan Banerjee from the Catalytic Process and Materials (CPM) group and Georgios Katsoukis from the Photo-Catalytic Synthesis (PCS) group.
If interested, please contact a.banerjee@utwente.nl or g.katsoukis@utwente.nl for more information.