The Technology
Alkaline fuel cells and electrolyzers offer many advantages over their acidic counterparts, the main one being the possibility to replace precious metals in electrodes with other, low cost and abundant metals. However, the alkaline environment leads to substantial electrolyte decomposition – an anion exchange membrane (AEM) – limiting the operating hours of the devices. Moving away from classical chemistries, new polymers with protected cations leads to AEMs with unparalleled alkaline stability.
Advantages
- Very high membrane stability in harsh alkaline environment
- Low cost polymers
- Access to devices based on low-cost and abundant metals
- Modular system
Applications and Opportunities
- Electrolyzers
- Fuel cells
- Flow batteries
- Metal-air batteries
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