Characterisation of Green Hydrogen Materials - Cambridge, United Kingdom - University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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Description

Project Description

Key questions and priorities that this project will address are:

How can NMR relaxometry inform our understanding of water environments and dynamics in ionomer membranes?
How sensitive is the technique to differences in the membrane structure: both in different materials and as a membrane ages/degrades?
How does the addition of a catalyst layer affect the behaviour of water in the system and the ability of NMR relaxometry to characterise the material?
What information can EPR provide on the iridium oxidebased catalyst, as a powder, ink formulation and CCM?
Do these measurements correlate with physical and electrochemical performance or with data from other characterisation techniques?
Does lowfield NMR/EPR offer a practical method for rapid, routine characterisation suitable for atline quality control in a production environment?

Funding

Full funding covering Maintenance and the University Composition Fee at the Home rate is provided for the studentship, with effect from 1st October 2024.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3.5 years in the first instance.

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