2016 Annual Progress Report

II. Hydrogen Production

This section of the 2016 Annual Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program focuses on hydrogen production.

Hydrogen Production Program Overview, Eric Miller, U.S. Department of Energy

A. Hydrogen Production Analysis

  1. Hydrogen Pathways Analysis for Hydrogen Production via a Monolithic Piston Reforming Reactor and Reformer-Electrolyzer-Purifier Technology, Brian James, Strategic Analysis, Inc.

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B. Electrolysis

  1. Renewable Electrolysis Integrated System Development and Testing, Mike Peters, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. High-Performance, Long-Lifetime Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis, Hui Xu, Giner Inc.
  3. High-Performance Platinum Group Metal-Free Membrane Electrode Assemblies through Control of Interfacial Processes, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite
  4. High-Temperature, High-Pressure Electrolysis, Cortney Mittelsteadt, Giner Inc.
  5. Solid Oxide-Based Electrolysis and Stack Technology with Ultra-High Electrolysis Current Density (>3A/cm2) and Efficiency, Randy Petri, FuelCell Energy
  6. Economical Production of Hydrogen through Development of Novel, High-Efficiency Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Membrane Electrolysis, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite
  7. New Approaches to Improved PEM Electrolyzer Ion Exchange Membranes, Earl Wagener, Tetramer Technologies, LLC

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C. High-Temperature Thermochemical

  1. High Efficiency Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production, Anthony McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories
  2. Flowing Particle Bed Solarthermal Redox Process to Split Water, Al Weimer, University of Colorado
  3. Electrolyzer Component Development for the HyS Thermochemical Cycle, William Summers, Savannah River National Laboratory
  4. NSF/DOE Solar Hydrogen Fuel: Accelerated Discovery of Advanced Redox Materials for Solar Thermal Water Splitting to Produce Renewable Hydrogen, Charles Musgrave, University of Colorado, Boulder

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D. Photoelectrochemical

  1. High-Efficiency Tandem Absorbers for Economical Solar Hydrogen Production, Todd Deutsch, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. Wide Bandgap Chalcopyrite Photoelectrodes for Direct Water Splitting, Nicolas Gaillard, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute/li>
  3. Tandem Particle-Slurry Batch Reactors for Solar Water Splitting, Shane Ardo, University of California, Irvine

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E. Biological

  1. Biomass to Hydrogen (B2H2), Pin-Ching Maness, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  2. Sweet Hydrogen: High-Yield Production of Hydrogen from Biomass Sugars Catalyzed by in vitro Synthetic Biosystems, Y-H Percival Zhang, Virginia Tech
  3. Novel Hybrid Microbial Electrochemical System for Efficient Hydrogen Generation from Biomass, Hong Liu, Oregon State University

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F. Separations

  1. Monolithic Piston-Type Reactor for Hydrogen Production through Rapid Swing of Reforming/Combustion Reactions, Kenneth Rappe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  2. Reformer-Electrolyzer-Purifier (REP) for Production of Hydrogen [CO2 Pump], Fred Jahnke, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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