2013 Annual Progress Report

II. Hydrogen Production

This section of the 2013 Annual Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program focuses on hydrogen production.

Hydrogen Production Program Overview, Sara Dillich, U.S. Department of Energy

A. Electrolysis

1. PEM Electrolyzer Incorporating an Advanced Low-Cost Membrane, Monjid Hamdan, Giner, Inc.
2. Renewable Electrolysis Integrated Systems Development and Testing, Kevin Harrison, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
3. High-Performance, Low-Cost Hydrogen Generation from Renewable Energy, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite
4. Low-Cost Large-Scale PEM Electrolysis for Renewable Energy Storage, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite
5. Economical Production of Hydrogen through Development of Novel, High Efficiency Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Membrane Electrolysis, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite
6. Unitized Design for Home Refueling Appliance for Hydrogen Generation to 5,000 psi, Timothy Norman, Giner, Inc.
7. Hydrogen by Wire - Home Fueling System, Luke Dalton, Proton OnSite
8. Low-Noble-Metal-Content Catalysts/Electrodes for Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis, Katherine Ayers, Proton OnSite

B. Solar Thermochemical

1. Electrolyzer Development in the Cu-Cl Thermochemical Cycle, Michele Lewis, Argonne National Laboratory
2. Solar High-Temperature Water-Splitting Cycle with Quantum Boost, Robin Taylor, Science Applications International Corporation
3. Solar-Thermal Redox-Based Water Splitting Cycles, Al Weimer, University of Colorado
4. Solar Hydrogen Production with a Metal Oxide-Based Thermochemical Cycle, Anthony McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories
5. Electrolyzer Development for the HyS Thermochemical Cycle, William Summers, Savannah River National Laboratory

C. Photoelectrochemical

1. Semiconductor Materials for Photoelectrolysis, Todd Deutsch, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, Jian Hu, MVSystems, Incorporated
3. Critical Research for Cost-Effective Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen, Liwei Xu, Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC
4. Characterization and Optimization of Photoelectrode Surfaces for Solar-to-Chemical Fuel Conversion, Tadashi Ogitsu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
5. Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanotubular Arrays for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation, Dev Chidambaram, University of Nevada, Reno
6. Photoelectrochemical Material Synthesis at LANL, Todd Williamson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
7. Next-Generation Si Microwire Array Devices for Unassisted Photoelectrosynthesis, Shane Ardo, California Institute of Technology

D. Biological

1. Maximizing Light Utilization Efficiency and Hydrogen Production in Microalgal Cultures, Tasios Melis, University of California, Berkeley
2. Biological Systems for Hydrogen Photoproduction, Maria Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
3. Fermentation and Electrohydrogenic Approaches to Hydrogen Production, Pin-Ching Maness, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
4. Hydrogen from Water in a Novel Recombinant Oxygen-Tolerant Cyanobacterial System, Phil Weyman, J. Craig Venter Institute
5. Probing O2-Tolerant CBS Hydrogenase for Hydrogen Production, Pin-Ching Maness, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

E. Distributed Bio-Derived Liquids

1. Distributed Bio-Oil Reforming, Stefan Czernik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2. Biomass-Derived Liquids Distributed Reforming, David King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory