By: Dr Kamran Dastafkan, UNSW – 10/05/2022
Compared to blue hydrogen generated from splitting of natural gas along with the capture of CO2 through steam methane reforming and auto thermal reforming, green hydrogen can be produced by water electrolysis with zero carbon emissions. If combined with renewable energy resources such as solar and wind, green hydrogen can be generated with high efficiency. One of the key opportunities for increasing the efficiency of the water electrolysis process is to address the efficiency limitations due to gas bubble evolution.
Dr Kamran Dastafkan is a post-doctoral research fellow and the Hydrogen Cluster Leader in the NanoElectrochemistry Laboratory led at the University of New South Wales by Professor Chuan Zhao. Dr Dastafkan investigates surface and interface electrochemistry in electrocatalysis and water splitting. He has focused on oxygen and hydrogen gas bubble removal at large current loads, and monitoring techniques for gas bubble evolution, of particular relevance for industrial scale water electrolysis.