Session: Electrochemical Advances to Enable Efficient Oxygen, Hydrogen and Water Reactions

The electrochemical conversion of oxygen, hydrogen and water molecules plays a critical role in several applications ranging from electrolyzers to fuel cells. In the three key components of the cell - anode, cathode and electrolyte - materials and operational advances can lead to a reduction in the amount of energy that is wasted during these transformations. This symposium will focus on the most recent materials-level and cell-level advances that have been made to reduce overpotentials, or costs, in aqueous electrochemical systems. Selected topics of interest include: development of new catalysts (both noble metal and noble-metal free) for the oxygen evolution/reduction and hydrogen evolution/oxidation reactions in acid and alkaline media, novel electrolytes, novel cell architectures, and the influence cell operating conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.). Both experimental and theoretical studies are encouraged.